https://lauriethompson.com Inspiring and empowering young readers Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:30:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://lauriethompson.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cropped-05_lauriethompson_PhotoByMaryBalmaceda-thumbnail-square-150x150.jpg https://lauriethompson.com 32 32 https://lauriethompson.com/2017/05/25/good-news-brooks-global-emmanuels-dream/ https://lauriethompson.com/2017/05/25/good-news-brooks-global-emmanuels-dream/#respond Fri, 26 May 2017 01:28:10 +0000 https://lauriethompson.com/?p=3016 Read more]]> Several weeks ago I wrote about a school in North Carolina, Brooks Global Studies, which had selected Emmanuel’s Dream as their all-school read and then had Emmanuel come visit them in person! (If you haven’t seen it yet, please go check out the video. It’s pretty amazing!)
Recently, I came across this additional piece of the story, which I hadn’t been aware of… In addition to the shared reading experience and the inspirational visit from Emmanuel, the Brooks Global Studies school community took things one step further by organizing a charity bike drive and were able to collect 210 donated bicycles! The bikes will be shipped to Ghana, refurbished by a repair shop operated by people with disabilities, and then put up for sale there.
What an inspiring, rewarding event for everyone involved. Way to go, Brooks Global Studies! Click here to read the full article, and be sure to scroll through the picture slideshow!

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