People Are So Generous!

I realized that I had not added a comment about my class' plastic collection odyssey in awhile and thought that, perhaps, it was time.

Our official count is currently 137 663 bread tabs. However, we have fallen behind a bit in our counting and we have several good sized bags and our faithful 2-litre ice cream container filled and waiting to be added to the tally.

The latest chapter in the saga took place at a bowling tournament to raise money for the Turnaround Achievement Awards. Several teams of teachers and District Office staff were involved in this event and fun was had by all. (56 is a perfectly acceptable score for bowling. Isn't it?)

A friend of mine is in charge of all the league bowling, and a variety of other things, at Kingswood. She has been faithfully asking the folks at the snack bar to put aside any tabs for her crazy friend. One of the ladies that bowls in one of the leagues just happens to be the

manager of the local Burger King. Somehow, the topic of my project came up and this wonderful lady became interested. She has been asking her staff to save all the tabs from their buns, etc. for us. What a wonderful boost for our collection!!! The best part was that this lady was at Kingswood that night (her score looked just a smidgen different than mine) and I got to go over and thank her personally. She said that it was nice to put a face to the project and that she would keep it up until my friend, Patti, asked her to stop.

Just a little note, after some members of our District Office won a couple of the large door prizes at the tournament, I went over to excitedly tell them that although they may have won hundreds of dollars in prizes I had received hundreds of bread tabs that evening. One, normally kind, individual stated that perhaps it was time for me to take a nice vacation in a special area of the hospital. He may be correct, but nonetheless I shall persevere!

As well, a gal from the community, who supply teaches at our school, brought in a grocery bag of tabs from the hospital cafeteria where her mom works. Wow, do we have a lot of counting to do! If I do end up on vacation at this hospital at least I'll know that I will be contributing to the continuation of my project.

The one other development since my last posting involves the friend of a father of a student. I'm not positive of exactly how it works, but my understanding is that this fellow makes deliveries, of some sort or another, to several restaurants. He has been gathering bread tabs from these places and giving them to the father of this student in my class. She has been bringing in about 200 bread tabs every two or three days. They are really adding up! I have sent him a thank you card containing huge thanks from the class. It constantly amazes me what people are willing to do to help with educational development of children. People are so generous!