Yesterday, we completed a three-day leadership institute summit at the Baltimore Harbor Hotel in downtown Baltimore. We had people at this summit from all over the United States and it was three days of intense education on our part.
We were able to meet and talk with people about how they arrange their programs, where they find their funding opportunities and because of kindness of the Council of Urban Families we were introduced to the movers and shakers of the industry who provide a multitude of services to every segment of our society.
Pam and I are considered novices with respect to these issues within our society but we were met with respect and kindness from each and every member of this group of people, of which there were many involved in fantastic projects throughout the country. We had the opportunity to sit down and explain our weekend backpack "survival" kit to so many people and were requested to contact them again and keep in contact with them.
We are getting recognized as an example of what can be accomplished if people simply want to do something positive for their society and people are now considering utilizing the information that we have developed during these last five years to introduce these backpacks in their communities.
The people at the Council for Urban Families could not have been kinder to us during our training and learning experience and the work that they are doing in the community has received acknowledgement from President Obama. It was a privilege for us to attend and learn so much more and we plan on using what we have learned to ensure the growth of our program so that no homeless child goes hungry.
So in closing, we have developed a new slogan, "HAVE BACKPACK WILL TRAVEL".
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