Together We Can
Last month I told you about a blogger and designer who I find truly inspiring, Dayka Robinson and her team over at Room Service Atlanta. I hope you’ve had a chance to see their team’s amazing transformations of the the rooms at Nicholas House. If you haven’t yet, click here, then come back and read on.
This week I was inspired by a short film I saw on helping to feed the homeless.
It was made by a 7 year old.
Um… yeah…a 7 year old…so, I think I was a clown in the ice skating pageant at age seven.
At a PTA lunch, the group honored the local second grader, Zevin Acuña for his original and untitled film. It was the district and state award winner for the PTA’s Reflections Program, an arts recognition and achievement program for students. Each year the program has a theme, this year it was “Together We Can.”
While Zevin’s film is untitled, he did add the following:
“Together we can save the homeless. Together we can save the world.”
Here’s his film:
So yeah…. after seeing that I was pretty inspired.
I mean, I talk about doing stuff like this with my kids but these families make this happen with their kids every month.
Source: Polls Boutique
I saw one of the dad’s featured in the film at teeball the next day and asked him about it. He told me the first Sunday of every month they get together, taking turns in who does the Costco run for supplies, who hosts and who delivers. The kids all have their jobs and it takes about 45 minutes max to assemble the bag lunches. The kids then have a giant playdate.
I absolutely LOVED this idea and was truly inspired. They made it obvious that is truly easy to do something meaningful and have your children be involved too. Something I’ve managed to make excuses for in the past.
Thank you Zevin for your film and for showing my family how together we can come together and make a difference.
FYI – the organization that the Acuna family takes the sandwiches to is the:
Open Door Mission
92 7th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 451-7924
