Gold Award Idea!

   On Friday I ended up going to The Oaks Retirement Home to observe the tutoring that Blair Students do with the seniors. The seniors were so welcoming, and so grateful that our school's students were willing to help and make a difference in their community.
   Upon hearing that I went to Blair, was in video club, and loved volunteering- One woman, Mary Jacobs, had the idea to make "A Legacy to My Family" Videos. Ms. Jacobs explained that everyone has a story, and every story deserves to be told. Now that videos can easily be made by people, why not preserve these seniors stories for the generations after?
 I thought her idea was great; it could help the seniors, Blair, and me.
I could use this as a Gold Award Project for girl scouts. This award makes you eligible for many scholarships, and is the highest achievement of the girl scout program, equivalent to the boy scout's eagle scout award. More importantly the award rewards you for making change in your community.
I'd really like to pursue this idea, and hopefully I can use Blair's resources to complete the project.

In other video related news, Our interview with LFFP for the documentary project was cancelled-but will be rescheduled soon. We were going to observe their peace leaders meeting in Arlington Virginia, but no other group members could come. Luckily I have some B-Roll videos from this summer, which we can use if we start editing.

This is my last post of 2012! Everyone have an amazing Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year!