Really, Really Close

Well, it has been almost two years since I have posted on this blog. In case you were wondering, the movers did not read my note from the last post. Two boxes cracked and bread tabs spilled over the truck. Yes, we will be (sigh) recounting those boxes. We are currently at 976 800 bread tabs and I believe we have enough uncounted ones in the class to make our goal. Since we have moved back to our building a few interesting things have happened. A journalist from The Daily Gleaner came by to write an article about us moving in to our new digs. While there, she spotted the bread tabs, asked questions, took pictures and wrote an article. CBC NB saw the article and they came out to find out what we were doing. Many people have mailed and driven bread tabs to us since then. A dear sweet man from Blackville drove down with tabs he had been saving for years. His wife kept asking him why he was saving them and he said that someone would need them some day. He was right. He spent about twenty minutes with the class telling them about some of his history and filling them in on the history of the foot bridge in Priceville. It was great. One of my students remarked that he was a good example of what we had been talking about lately. We had been discussing making a difference and doing good things for the world without necessarily getting anything back. This whole project has been an example of that. I am desperately trying to come up with ideas for a one million bread tab party. If anyone has a suggestion please let me know. I will let you know when we get there.