35 kids and 5 adults spent Saturday painting Roderic Williams' home on Alamanda Street. These weren't just any kids helping a neighbor - they were Campbell Middle School students and adults from the Rec Group of United Cerebral Palsy of East Central Florida.Last year, Dan Lucas, a Campbell Middle behavior specialist, brought some students to this same street to paint the home of Eunice Williams, who lives next door to Roderic Williams, although they are not related. "We thought, 'You know, the house next door needs some help, too,' " he said.
Lucas persuaded Walmart to donate the paint and cookout fixings, and then he coaxed the students into showing up, one of whom walked three miles from his home to participate. Fifteen-year-old Majid Sulimen said it was only the prospect of helping people that got him out of his usual Saturday morning routine of hanging and watching movies: "It's awesome," he said.
The experience had Dotti Bernhard, a United Cerebral Palsy recreation specialist, thinking she'd like her group to partner more with Campbell Middle School students.
"Here we have young and old, interracial, people with disabilities, people without," she said. "People who don't get out and see this are missing something that's still good in the world."
The media reminds us daily of all the bad news in the country and world - it's nice to just look inside your own community and find Good News!
Sherry Armstrong, REALTOR
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This is very touching post. It is very nice that the people in the community volunteered and gave a helping hand to those who need help the most. And i agree to what you've written above that "it's nice to just look inside your own community and find Good News." Good job and more power.
-brian
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