Mom and Dad, I am excited to do your service this coming Spring. I have most of it arranged. Here is the story.
Dad had mentioned a couple times that with my photography skills, it might be nice to offer a complimentary session to a Senior who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford Senior pictures. I thought this was a fantastic idea but was worried about how I would find someone.
At church, I attended a class and got to know a girl my age named Anna. Anna is a psychologist and works with disadvantaged students. I emailed her and asked if she knew any schools that she could put me in contact with or if she worked with any students who fit the criteria (disadvantaged, poor, but someone who is striving to be better and do better). She emailed me back and said that one young girl in particular came to mind and that she would also put me in contact with an inner city school that deals with students with learning and emotional disabilities.
Because of laws governing privacy I must wait for the young woman to contact me, but Anna told me that she is ecstatic. With Village Academy, I contacted the school and the person of contact was very excited as well and told me that she knew of just the person: a young man, a Senior in high school and one of TWELVE children. Like Anna said, Senior pictures aren't something that some of these students even think about because their families can barely keep food on the table. This young man's mother has already been in contact with me and we are planning on doing a session with her son this coming Spring.
I am excited for this opportunity to share something I love with a young high school student in need. Thank you Dad for offering this suggestion and thank you for being an example of giving. The one gift that I still remember is the KIVA gift card you gave us 5 years ago. Every 8-10 months I am reminded of this gift as the money is returned and I get to re-gift it to another person throughout the world trying to get their feet on the ground.
Merry Christmas!
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From Dad: How touching and sweet. I can only imagine how both of these students and their families will feel having a pictoral rememberance of this great event in their lives! I am so proud of all you children picking up on this idea of serving others; to me this is really what Christmas is all about. We celebrate the Savior's birth serving others because that is what His life was all about. Love, Daddyo
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