Hi all, this is to let you know that I will be at Shipton's this Sunday from
noon till about 3:30 selling flag pins with the kids. If anyone is out shopping
you can stop by and drop off any care package items while you are out and about.
Hunter
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
They threw vegetables
I had a great time yesterday over at Shipton’s Big R store. 5 hardy 8th grade students turned out
on a Sunday to help sell flag pins to raise money for shipping our soldier boxes. It was a good
time and we were very successful. Many people were happy to see us out there working on this
cause. I did have two sobering conversations with two different Viet Nam vets. The first man was
older and didn’t talk very much. He just quietly got out a dollar and stared at our pictures looking
them over. He gave us the dollar and simply said, “no body ever sent me any mail, I was in Viet Nam ”
he looked sad for a moment and walked off. The other man was even more troubling. He stopped and
talked to us for a while. He explained to the kids that when his company was shipping out, crowds
of anti-war protesters threw vegetables and trash at their busses as they were shipping out to do
their duty. He also said the same thing how no body sent them any boxes or letters.
How could that have happened?
My students learned a lot on a Sunday afternoon I think.
Thanks for the support.
Hunter
Hunter Jones
WJ Soldier Support Coordinator
Will James Middle School
Billings Mt. 59106
406-651-8523
http://willjamessoldiersupporters.blogspot.com/
on a Sunday to help sell flag pins to raise money for shipping our soldier boxes. It was a good
time and we were very successful. Many people were happy to see us out there working on this
cause. I did have two sobering conversations with two different Viet Nam vets. The first man was
older and didn’t talk very much. He just quietly got out a dollar and stared at our pictures looking
them over. He gave us the dollar and simply said, “no body ever sent me any mail, I was in Viet Nam ”
he looked sad for a moment and walked off. The other man was even more troubling. He stopped and
talked to us for a while. He explained to the kids that when his company was shipping out, crowds
of anti-war protesters threw vegetables and trash at their busses as they were shipping out to do
their duty. He also said the same thing how no body sent them any boxes or letters.
How could that have happened?
My students learned a lot on a Sunday afternoon I think.
Thanks for the support.
Hunter
Hunter Jones
WJ Soldier Support Coordinator
Will James Middle School
Billings Mt. 59106
406-651-8523
http://willjamessoldiersupporters.blogspot.com/
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