A worthy cause!

This past weekend I participated in an event that is absoultely wonderful. "Reach out to Drop-outs" was an amazingly rewarding experience. For those of you who may have never heard of it, it is an event in which volunteers sign up to participate in teams of 6-8 people and go knock on the doors of the last known addresses of students who at some point quit school. I realize that many of you reading this are not school district employees, and kids dropping out of school every year is by no means a staggering number, but that unfortunatley is not the case. We lost over 650 students last year in Alief alone. I don't know about you, but that is way too many people in neighborhoods next door to us struggling and reliving a sad cycle of life! It makes me want to ask every kid I see out on the street if they are in school or graduated. We had over 260 volunteers this year in Alief and I am pretty sure each and everyone of them plus more will be back next year. We brought back over thirty kids that same day, ready and wanting to come back to school to better their lives and futures! We made contact with hundreds and hope they will come see us soon! I would like to thank my wonderful husband, who ironically enough was the only man on his team, which I am sure made the ladies feel a bit more secure:), my dad, my sister, and our family friend Victor for waking up early on Saturday morning, and giving of themselves to better serve out community! WAY TO REACH OUT!!!!!