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Tag Archives: United States
Field Trip To MacDill Air Force Base
On Monday, April 11th our class was invited to MacDill Air Force Base to take a tour and meet many of the honorable men and women who are stationed at MacDill. When we arrived, three airmen who flew on the … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Air Force, Charity, Education, Mac Dill Air Force Base, Shipping, Social media, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
Tagged Afghanistan, Air Force, charitable giving, charity, children, Donation, education, Liisa Temple, MacDill, MacDill Air Force Base, school supplies, School Supplies for Afghan Children, social media, Student, United States, University of South Florida, USF, USF Honors College
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Mixed Views
For all those who have been following along with our project, we have some great news to share!!! This past Monday we reached and surpassed our goal of 120 boxes for the semester! Actually, we were able to collect a … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Bulls Business Community, Change, Charity, Education, Holland & Knight Foundation, Japan, 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
Tagged Afghanistan, charitable giving, charity, Demography of Afghanistan, Donation, Donations, education, Facebook, Freedom HIgh School, Greg Mortenson, inspiration, Jordi Lucero, Justin Doromal, Kacie Segovia, Mohammad A. Ismail, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, 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, Taliban, Three Cups of Tea, United States, University of South Florida, USF Honors College, YouTube
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Doin’ Stuff
This past week has been a bit busier than usual for me. Not just in terms of any one thing, but across the board; and that certainly applies to my effort to collect school supplies as much as anything else. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Charity, Kaleisia Tea Lounge, Partner organizations, University of South Florida, USF Bulls Market
Tagged act of class, Afghanistan, Catholic Student Center, Catholic Student Union, charitable giving, charity, children, Donation, Donations, education, elicit, help, humanitarian, inspiration, Kaleisia, Kaleisia Tea Lounge, music, non-profit, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, school supplies, School Supplies for Afghan Children, social media, Student, Tampa, tea, Three Cups of Tea, United States, University of South Florida, USF, USF Honors College
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Unstoppable Schools
Over the past week or two the earthquake in Japan has been a major part of the news that I’ve been seeing. Besides being a terrible tragedy, it’s reminded me of some of the other natural disasters that have struck … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Education, Japan, Stones into Schools
Tagged Afghanistan, charitable giving, charity, children, devastation, Donation, earthquake, education, help, humanitarian, inspiration, Japan, Natural Disaster, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, Pakistan, poverty, school, school supplies, School Supplies for Afghan Children, Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books Not Bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Student, Taliban, United States, University of South Florida, USF, USF Honors College
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Forgetting Value
One of the things that always amazes me is the drive and motivation that people have to learn just when their opportunities are the most limited. We’re sending school supplies to kids in Afghanistan that might not even have a … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Education, Three Cups of Tea, University of South Florida
Tagged Afghanistan, Central Asia Institute, charitable giving, charity, children, Donation, education, Greg Mortenson, help, humanitarian, inspiration, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, Pakistan, Patrick Wetzel, poverty, school supplies, School Supplies for Afghan Children, Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books Not Bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Student, United States, University of South Florida, USF
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Twitter, Gators & Student Government- Oh My!
It has been 43 days since I first learned of the School Supplies for Afghan Children charity drive and became committed to a truly meaningful project donating tools to educate Afghanistan students and thereby helping to improve a country. Since the … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Social media, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
Tagged Afghanistan, Colleges and Universities, Donation, education, Florida, Kryssa Johnson, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, School Supplies for Afghan Children, United States, University of Florida, University of South Florida, USF Honors College
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Educating Democracies
Our project is about giving kids a chance at getting an education, but I’ve only really been able to consider the results of what we’re doing in a general kind of way. I mean, I’ve been thinking (and saying) that … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Education, Uncategorized
Tagged Afghanistan, change, charitable giving, children, corruption, democracy, education, Egypt, future, government, humanitarian, inspiration, Middle East, poverty, protest, revolution, school supplies, School Supplies for Afghan Children, Student, United States
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Experiencing Change
Prior to entering USF nearly two years ago, I would have never imagined to be in the position at where I stand today. I never thought that I would one day be leading an organization in the role of a … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Holland & Knight Foundation, Partner organizations, Partner schools, Social media, University of South Florida, USF Honors College, Video
Tagged Afghanistan, charitable giving, charity, children, Christian Talk, Demography of Afghanistan, Do the Right Thing, education, Facebook, inspiration, Islam, Liisa Temple, Mohammad A. Ismail, Muslim, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, Pakistan, Radio, school supplies, School Supplies for Afghan Children, SMSgt Rex Temple, social media, Social network, Taliban, Twitter, United States, University of South Florida, USF Honors College, WTBN, YouTube
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What Armies are For
When you learn new information, it’s expected that you’ll change the way you think to accommodate it—even if it’s only a very little. Well, I’ve been reading about some of the humanitarian efforts by Americans in Afghanistan (I recently read … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Awareness campaigns, Three Cups of Tea, University of South Florida, US Army
Tagged Afghanistan, charity, children, education, One Pencil Can Help Bring Peace, Patrick Wetzel, peace, school supplies, School Supplies for Afghan Children, SMSgt Rex Temple, Taliban, Three Cups of Tea, United States, war
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Through the Glass: Looking at 9/11 From a New Perspective
This past week, I read Chapter 19, in Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea, titled “A Village Called New York.” Throughout the chapter, it discussed the education offered in the Wahhabi madrassas, where students are brainwashed into “thinking twenty, forty, … Continue reading
