Saluting the First Graders of Wilderness Oak Elementary School

We came across an inspiring and exciting story about a class of first graders attending Wilderness Oak Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas. The Today Show featured this story last week about the student’s humanitarian effort to do something special for the children of Haiti. Incredibly, these kids (remember this is a group of “first graders”) raised over $9,000 to help the small victims of this earthquake shattered country.

For their remarkable work and unselfish hearts, they were selected over other competing schools, to travel to Orlando, Florida and visit the new Harry Potter Theme Park. When it was reported that one parent told their child not to be disappointed if their school did not win, that child responded by saying, “It was okay, because the children of Haiti already won!” Oh what we could learn from the mouth of babes!

Read more about this exciting story at: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/local_first-grade_class_wins_extraordinary_contest_94485919.html

I hope everyone will smile at this story and yet, be inspired by having big hearts like these children and the children around us. Deciding to help someone or some cause does not have to be a national story, neither do you need a wad of money, but it will indeed make a tremendous difference in the lives you sincerely touch. Be inspired, and then become an inspiration!

People Still Have A Heart

In light of the recent catastrophe that occurred this week in Haiti with a record 7.0 seismic earthquake, along with the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 or The 1925 Tri-State Tornado, disasters have a way of bridging gaps that separate us physically, economically, spiritually and globally. There are many who will sit, watch and say someone needs to do something and then there are others who stand, aid and comfort those who are forlorn.

There are many who analyze, evaluate, are insensitive and ridicule some humanitarian efforts, but fortunately they are a minority. We must not be entrapped by their rhetorical ignorance, because we can utilize our energy in a more positive capacity. It’s most unfortunate that we also find others who use disasters or benevolent missions as an opportunity to create fraudulent intentions to deceive the givers and invoke mistrust. Don’t worry, in time these scammers will be dealt with and trust me, payback is no joke.

If we look around, despite the idleness and narrow-mindedness that plagues the thoughts and hearts of so many, we still witness tremendous human compassion that is colorblind to race, creed, demographics and economics. May we continue to embrace the fruits of our spirit, stay prayerful and never forget to do for the least of these, not just in times of disasters, but always. No matter what, it still warms my spirit to watch daily eyewitness accounts of people who still have a heart, doing some incredible things within their reach. If our children can do it, then it behooves us to do even more.

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