Are YOU Up to the Challenge?

Posted by Susan Burness 
on Oct 12, 2012
 

By Sue Burness and Wolf Lant

Still news! Challenge Day at Dublin Schools is Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week (10/30, 10/31, and 11/1).  Please help!


ImageImagine a world in which every child, no matter what size, shape, color, or identity, felt safe, valued, and not just accepted but loved and honored.We may never see such a world.  For one thing, children can be very cruel to each other. A program exists that tries to realize this vision, however, and once again Dublin A.M. Rotary is helping with it.  It's called Challenge Day. It is the peer program that might get our children closest to that vision of everyone being safe, secure, and esteemed.   

Let's see this video (click to view in email) that demonstrates "the possibility of love and connection through the celebration of diversity truth and full expression." It takes place in a particular school, but it could have been filmed anywhere where Challenge Day occurs including Dublin.

 
Dublin Schools are having three Challenge Days.  The dates are October 30, 31 and November 1 and the time commitment is 7:15-3:15 with lunch provided. We need volunteers to help make these days a success for the kids. We promise you an amazing experience. You'll be moved, you be involved, and after you see how wonderful the children of Dublin Schools are, you'll always be optimistic about the future of our city.  Come be a part of the Challenge. To help, contact Sue or Wolf.