We are very proud to announce that our daughter, Katie Noon, has been
accepted as a People to People Student Ambassador for 2006. As a Student
Ambassador, Katie will travel to Australia this summer for 20 days where she
will meet with government officials, interact with other students her age,
experience many educational activities and spend a couple of days with a
host family.
For those of you who are not familiar with the People to People, this
organization was founded in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His goal
was to promote world peace by having people from different cultures come
together in peace and friendship. Organizations such as Sister Cities,
Project HOPE and Pen Pals have spawned from this original program.
Students who are selected as Student Ambassadors are nominated by teachers
or other civic leaders. They must then complete an application and interview
process. Less than 1% of our nations high school students actually become
Student Ambassadors. So, needless to say, we are very proud of Katie's
accomplishments and we are excited for her that she will have this wonderful
lifetime experience.
On the downside, the tuition for this trip is in excess of $6000.00.
However, we decided that this is such a wonderful opportunity for Katie that
we would figure out some way to do this. To that end, we will be doing quite
a bit of fund-raising. Most of our events will be local (dinners, motorcycle
poker run, dog obedience classes). At this time Katie is completing letters
requesting donations toward her trip. We are also selling raffle tickets for
a gorgeous afghan that Katie's Grandmom Everland crocheted for her. Tickets
for this are $1.00 each and the drawing will be held on April 15th. Please
let us know if you would like any tickets for this.
Raffle Tickets will be sent by US Mail (so include snail mail address)
Hand Crocheted Afghan, Leaf Design, Off White, Appox 42X60 inches
Send ticket requests and paypal payments to Crossfirekennel@comcast.net
contact us for other payment options
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