National Night Out 2011 was a big success. I learned a lot from last year and did some things differently. Like last year I went alone. That made it hard to do all the set up by myself and handle all the visitors to my table. But, this year I brought a friend. She was so helpful in so many ways: She helped me set up the table so it looked nice and organized; she answered questions and pointed out the book to people when I was engaged in conversation; she even listened as I rehearsed my first presentation. She was great! I also brought lots of stuff to give away - on the condition that each person do something nice for someone else. I had lots of bookmarks to give away and lots of do good cards. I bought a table top tripod stand for my sign, too.
There were lots of people and I had a chance to talk to lots of kids about bullying and talked to some parents, too. Everyone was interested in what I had to say and several people came over and told me they appreciated the work I was doing.
i think many people are inspired when they see that there are people out there who care enough to help kids and are happy to know there are a few of us out there who think it's important to inspire kids to be good people.
We all want our kids to be good people, right?
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