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Tag Archives: Liisa Temple
From Awareness to Action: A Journey
I want to start my entry this week by thanking the Sisters United Muslim Association for their help and support for this semester. During the meeting tomorrow I will be collecting donations from them for the semester and I am … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, blog, Children, Education, helping, Inspiration
Tagged Liisa Temple, SMSgt Rex Temple, USF SUMA
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Meeting the Paras – an important piece to our puzzle
As Professor Temple wrote a few weeks ago, here, we are now in contact with a local troop from Sarasota, LTjg Greg Para, who will be the one doing the footwork to bring the supplies to the kids who need … Continue reading
Posted in blog, Change, Education, Inspiration, Uncategorized
Tagged bigger picture, Greg Para, humanitarian, impact, Liisa Temple, Phoebe Chang, piece, puzzle, SMSgt Rex Temple, USF
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The road ahead.
Excitement buzzed through the air as last year’s students from Professor Temple’s class filed into our small classroom on Monday morning. Lined up on the back row of tables were a series of gifts that had been sent from soldiers … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Charity, Children, Education, Fundraising, helping, School Supplies for Afghan Children, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
Tagged Afghanistan, Archana Reddy, BIC, charity, Children in Afghanistan, Dean Silverman, education, Liisa Temple, make a difference, Papermate, School Supplies for Afghan Children, USF Honors College
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The Importance of the Image
I was given the opportunity on Monday to listen to a talk by SMSgt Rex Temple, whom, along with his wife Liisa, founded School Supplies for Afghan Children. He discussed his tour in Afghanistan, the conditions there, and what prompted … Continue reading
With the Blink of an Eye
And with the blink of an eye, it all came to an end. That is the only way I can describe this semester. Time always flies by fast, but this semester it was just unbelievable. I feel like it was … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Air Force, Awareness campaigns, Bulls Business Community, Change, Charity, Education, Golden Bull, Holland & Knight Foundation, Mac Dill Air Force Base, Partner organizations, Partner schools, Shipping, Social media, Stones into Schools, Three Cups of Tea, Uncategorized, University of South Florida, US Army, USF Bulls Market, USF Honors College, USF Housing and Residential Education
Tagged Afghanistan, Arántzazu Gárate, charitable giving, charity, children, Donation, education, Facebook, Greg Mortenson, humanitarian, inspiration, Jordi Lucero, Liisa Temple, Mohammad A. Ismail, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, Pakistan, school supplies, School Supplies for Afghan Children, SMSgt Rex Temple, social media, Social network, Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books Not Bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Student, Three Cups of Tea, University of South Florida, USF, USF Honors College
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Finishing The Semester
It’s hard to believe the class is almost over. This semester really seemed to fly by, despite what a hard semester it was! My classes were tough, my grades are not perfect, and work is work as usual. But despite … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Air Force, Change, Charity, Education, Holland & Knight Foundation, Mac Dill Air Force Base, Shipping, Social media
Tagged Academic term, Afghanistan, education, humanitarian, Jordi Lucero, Liisa Temple, MacDill Air Force Base, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, School Supplies for Afghan Children, SMSgt Rex Temple, Social class, Student, Teacher, Television, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
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A definite success all around!
Remember when I talked about that finish line in my earlier blog? Yes, we just past it and we past it finishing in 1st place! A class of 12 dedicated Honors students has raised more than $4,000 dollars for shipping … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Charity, Education, Uncategorized, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
Tagged Arántzazu Gárate, charitable giving, charity, children, Donation, education, Facebook, Kati Fratesi, Liisa Temple, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, Sarai Quiel, SMSgt Rex Temple, USF Honors College, Zoe Stiling
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End of the Beginning
I’m still shocked we surpassed our goal by about seventy boxes of school supplies with more still to come. If someone had told me would get past 120 boxes back in January I would have thought, “Yeah, o.k, like maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Change, Charity, Education, Holland & Knight Foundation, Mac Dill Air Force Base, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
Tagged Afghanistan, Air Force, charitable giving, children, Donation, education, Facebook, grow, Kryssa Johnson, Learning, Liisa Temple, MacDill Air Force Base, Shipping, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
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My Appreciation
Project goal: 120 boxes, and $1560 to ship them. Present tallies: 190 boxes, $4421 in shipping funds. As of our last class meeting this past Monday, we are halfway to doubling our project goal, with plenty of funds raised to … Continue reading
How This Course Has Changed My Life
I still can’t believe I’m sitting here writing my last blog for this class. This semester flew by and it’s mind-boggling that it is almost over. While trying to think of what to write about this week, I’ve looked over … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Education, Mac Dill Air Force Base, Partner organizations, Uncategorized, University of South Florida, USF Honors College, USF Housing and Residential Education
Tagged Afghanistan, charitable giving, Donation, education, Liisa Temple, Sarai Quiel, SMSgt Rex Temple, USF Honors College
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