Today I received a wonderful present from the School Ambassadors of North Boulevard Elementary School in Pompton Plains, NJ. Lorraine La Tempa, School Nurse and facilitator of the School Ambassador Program, said, "They are boys and girls that make a difference in our school and community." They made clay pens for me to give to the students in my memoir writing class. There was a letter included with the pens. It said, "We read
the article in the Star-Ledger about you and your writing class. We were happy to hear about all you did in your life. We are a group of 4th and 5th grade students... Our group meets at lunch time and we do service learning projects. Our group is called School Ambassadors. As a group we decided to make pens for you and your writing class. We hope you enjoy them. It is great to hear how you are using writing as favorite memories of your lives. By reading the article we also learned about desegregation and treating everyone equally." The letter was signed by Jessie, Hailey, Heather, Evelyn, Julia, sofia, Catherine, Jenna, Veronica, Caitlin, Teagan, Victoria, Joylene, Leah, Maelana, Lucy, Melissa and Erika.
Thank you, School Ambassadors.
I hope that the efforts of these wonderful young people will inspire others to pick up their pens and start to write. I am organizing a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the Maggie Ink Project. The money will support the publication of the stories of all kinds of wonderful people. Please donate to Maggie Ink.
Keep writing!
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