Signs of Hope
CESAR Students attending a Youth Peace Rally in Milwaukee
Hi Everyone,
The students and I have continued our twice a week Spanish classes. After 5 classes I can say that they are doing pretty well. It took me a little longer to get the hang of remembering certain phrases:).
This week I was also at a conference at Cardinal Stritch University. The conference, "Called to the City," featured Signs of Hope in Milwaukee, and I was honored to be one of the people recognized as I sign of hope, helping Milwaukee come together as a community. While I was there I was able to promote the CESAR program and find out what was going on in the city that would work well with collaborations with out program.
The kids made little candy bags to help fundraise for our trip to Mexico in the Summer of 2007. No specific price was asked for the bags only donations and we raised $80.00 to go toward our trip. I would say that this was pretty good for just a few hours, wouldn't you? So, this money will go toward our trip to Mexico and we are looking into more fundraising ideas if you have any please comment on this blog.
The conference was very informative and I also met a women whose husband is a pilot. I explained that many of the kids in the program had never been on a plane before and they were a little apprehensive about flying and she said that she would ask her husband if there was anyway for the kids to tour a jet sometime in the future. When I hear more from her I will let all of you know.
Well that is all for now. Stay tuned for next week's update!
Teneisha