Monday, March 8, 2010

Update: What's Really Important

A while back, I posted about Cameron's desire to help Haiti.  I'm so proud to report that now he really has!

Cameron's great-grandma and great-grandpa sent him some money, and Cameron decided to make a donation with it.  This past Saturday, he handed over a fifty dollar bill and then spent two hours packaging meals to be sent to Haiti.  He reports that it was "great!" 

He did have some initial hesitation, though. As he got ready to go volunteer, he said to me, "Wait.  What's 60 plus 60?  It's 120, right?"

"Right," I answered.

"I'm going to be packing food for ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MINUTES?!?!?" he said in disbelief.  Then he pointed to his bracelet and said, "Well, I guess that okay.  You know, 'pa bliye Ayiti.'"

We're hoping to make this a regular event, although right now the organization has no openings for volunteers until the end of June!  We'll have to find some other volunteer opportunities in the mean time, since it appears that Cameron is fully capable of working for one hundred and twenty minutes!

3 comments:

Ninette said...

So proud of Cameron! You are raising an amazing young man!

Grandma Linda said...

Great job Cameron! Grandma Linda and Grandpa Frank are VERY proud of you!

Anonymous said...

that's awesome. Heal the World.