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Playground Map
Members
of Jasper N. Keller Chapter #33, Mountain Valley Empire Chapter #97,
Alexander Graham Bell Chapter #15 and the Region were in Tampa, Fl.
attending the Annual Training Meeting. We had decided to arrive a day early
and put our time to good use to paint a map of the United States at the
Cross Bayou Elementary School in Pinellas Park, Florida for the students to
use in conjunction with their studies. The School has an enrollment of 528
students and serve grades K-5 as well as for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing,
Varying Exceptionalities, Speech Impaired, Language Impaired, Visually
Impaired, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and the Gifted.
We were able to first attend a
school assembly where Principal Marcia Stone introduced each of us and told
the students the purpose of our visit. The enthusiasm was heart warming.
We were presented with a Certificate of Appreciation and tokens of
appreciation for each of us. After the assembly, we got down to business
and started laying out the map and laying out assignments for the colors and
order of doing the states. The children, came & went all day, were very
curious about the map and very supportive of our endeavors. Words of
encouragement and amazement could be heard as they passed. Cindy Hebbler,
our school contact who by the way is deaf herself, was a life long friend of
Gabe Olah from Mountain Valley Empire Chapter. She jumped right in too and
painted Florida. She, along with the other teachers, were completely amazed
and thrilled about the finished product. The Principal and other teachers
couldn’t wait to show other schools in the area, the project we had done for
them. One of our volunteers, June Weakley, was interviewed by a girl on the
school newspaper.
Since it was an early
release day for the kids, we were able to participate in the teacher’s
Thanksgiving Luncheon…..what a great variety of casseroles, meats, etc and
let us not forget the great desserts!
We all left with full
hearts and full tummies! What a great day!
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Front row: Betsi
Dupont, (Keller Chapter) Sue Yezzi, (region) Mary McCarty (Keller Chapter)
Mary Lefebvre ( Keller Chapter) Cindy Hebbler (Cross Bayou School)
Back row: Russ &
June Weakley (AGB Chapter) Steve Kohn (Region VP) Gabe Olah (Empire Chapter)
Doug Clements (Keller chapter) Richard Lefebvre (Keller Chapter)
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