September 14, 2010
In an effort to keep going "beyond the wall" because they help the U.S.? Many who live outside USAmericans territory not know that there is need in this country ... is more, many believe that there is no need in the United States. I've been helping Colombia for more than two years by this organization, but I never forget my countrymen USAmericans. I have donated over 1,000 items of clothing to the homeless here in Orlando, Florida, and continue to do, especially as winter approaches. Currently I have two jobs, and one of them is in the Castle Creek Elementary School as the group leader of the fifth grade of the "Extended Day." Extended Day is a program for students after they ending the school district is part of Orange County (Orange County Public Schools), and throughout my high school years, I worked as volunteer at the school. Now, as a university, I am an employee, and I decided to combine my social work with my fifth grade students in Castle Creek. In May 2010, many students school-wide donated clothing for the needy in Colombia. It is both, if you remember, Miss Colombia 2010, Natalia Navarro, visited the school to congratulate the students for all donations.
Orlando has a high rate of homelessness, and many of them are going to Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando. I have worked with homeless for many years, and I think it is very important that people help when they can ... with food, shoes, clothes, etc. Since I started my job in Castle Creek, I have always noticed how students wasted so much food. For example, every day, many students do not open their snacks that we provide, and tossed simply because they do not. The correct action is not receiving the meal, however, many students do not know they are making a mistake. I feel it is very important that students understand that there are people around the world, including here in Orlando, they need the food they wasted. Decided to Initiate a project that includes distributing lunch to the homeless at Lake Eola Park with students from fifth grade Extended Day elementary school Castle Creek. I think it's a perfect way for them to understand how important it is not waste food, and for them to be more considerate of local homeless.
The project includes students in fifth grade and I make peanut butter sandwiches with jam (USAmericans popular culture) on Friday, September 17, 2010 during Extended Day.'s Sandwiches then will be packed in lunch bags, juice and potatoes. All and food items will be sponsored by the Extended Day program. On Saturday, September 18, seven students in fifth grade, Extended Day Coordinator, and I will meet at Lake Eola Park to distribute the lunches out. Lunch bags will be distributed in clothing that people have donated to Beyond the Wall. We end the day at lunch in the park. This alliance with Extended Day Beyond Wall allows me to not only help the most needy in Colombia, but also help the needy in the United States. I am also happy with this alliance because Castle Creek students have the opportunity to talk with homeless, and learn why they are living under those conditions. This is not the only distribution for this school year, I will have many distributions as the years pass, so that all students have a oportundiad to go.
I want to thank Castle Creek Elementary School for this opportunity so interesting, and also to parents of fifth grade students for allowing me to direct this project.
