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Author Archives: Julio Novo
Drawing to a Close
I want to take this opportunity to thank every person who was involved in this Major Works/Issues course, all of the people who contributed to our goal of funds and donations, and everyone who supported us. This was an amazing … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Air Force, Awareness campaigns, Charity, Education, Mac Dill Air Force Base, Shipping, Social media, University of South Florida
Tagged Donations, fundraising, Funds, Honors, LtCol Wolf, MacDill Air Force Base, school supplies, School Supplies for Afghan Children, USF, WUSF
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The Fall of Mortenson
And so it happens, “Another hero bites the dust”, says MTV founder Tom Freston. This remark is in light of the recent scandal involving Greg Mortenson. Greg Mortenson is mountain climber, best-selling author, and philanthropist. His tales of bravery, courage, … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Stones into Schools, Three Cups of Tea
Tagged Afghanistan, Arántzazu Gárate, CBS News, Central Asia Institute, charitable giving, charity, Chase Zimmerman, Donation, education, Greg Mortenson, Jon Krakauer, Julio Novo, Kati Fratesi, Korphe, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, Sarai Quiel, Three Cups of Tea, Tom Freston, University of South Florida, USF Honors College, Zoe Stiling
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We are priveleged
The end of the semester is nearing and we are almost to our goal. We have gone above and beyond our original 120 box goal of school supplies. Now it is a race to raise enough money to ship the … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Education, Shipping, Social media, University of South Florida, USF Bulls Market
Tagged Afghanistan, fund raising, Papa John's Pizza, pizza, school supplies, School Supplies for Afghan Children, selling, Shipping, University of South Florida, USF, usf bull market
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Rain Rain Go Away
It was a reasonably calm morning this Thursday, March 31. The sky was grey, and the wind was low. However, that all changed rapidly. First, the rain started pouring down very hard. Then, the wind picked up and blew against … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Social media, University of South Florida, USF Bulls Market, veterans
Tagged charity, Donations, fundraising, pizza, rain, storm, tornado, USF, weather
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We keep going…and going..
This week in class I was lent a great deal of help by two great girls. I am not so far along in terms of supplies collected. I needed a donations box to place in the Office of Veterans Affairs. … Continue reading
A Good Week
What a week! I emailed several local companies that sell school supplies. Of the ones that I emailed, Lakeshore Learning, actually replied. I received an email from a representative saying that she had forwarded my request to Lakeshore Learning’s donation … Continue reading
The Wheels are Turning
Things are looking up so far! Our class is planning a joint event after the USF Spring Break. We will set up a booth, or whatever we can get, and stack up on boxes of donated pizza, thanks to my … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Bulls Business Community, Education, University of South Florida, USF Bulls Market
Tagged Afghanistan, children, class, Donating, Donations, education, Fox News, Funds, gofundme.com, help, Helping, school, school supplies, Shipping, Shipping Boxes, students, University of South Florida, USF
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Hoping for the Best
Is it a lack of caring or initiative? This week, I have been periodically checking the boxes that were stationed in the three PODs of the BBC, which is the living learning community in which I reside within the fourth … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Education, Partner organizations, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
Tagged Afghanistan, Bulls Business Community, charitable giving, charity, children, education, Julio Novo, University of South Florida, USF, USF Honors College, USF Office of Veterans Services, USF University Experience
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Getting Exposure
This represents our radio exposure This week was about taking our first steps to collecting school supplies. Our class went to an A.M. radio talk-show. SMSgt Rex Temple and his wife, Liisa Temple, were interviewed. They were asked questions about … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness campaigns, Social media
Tagged charity, Donations, exposure, news, Radio, school supplies
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Our Project So Far
As you may know by now if you have been reading my blog entries or those of the other students in my class, we are sending school supplies to children in Afghanistan. We are concentrating our efforts on working with other … Continue reading
