Peaceful day today.   We spent the day trying not to eat the candy that Gabe managed to collect last night.   Exactly 233 pieces...   fewer by my count today :-)

In the afternoon, Diane and I went to the Haunted Forest to do a little filming of the Pumpkin King. We had to do it today before we lost the gneerator an compressor. Believe it or not, I'm trying to use it to make a rap video about the joys of  engineering. It'll ether by funny or awful.. you'll get to judge in a week or so...

The other acomplishments for the day were ..   getting a run in with the dogs and diane.. putting up our interior storm windows.. and a project with Jen. 

I spent a couple of hours over at Jen and Tim's working on the Friends of Sam page on Samstones.org. Jen's idea is to collect all of the material that the kids have done with Friends of Sam to help them with their college applications.  These kids have done such great community service in Sam's Honor. I hope it does help them get noticed as they apply..

Here's a list of the stuff off the page...   If you're reading this and your've been involved with Friends of Sam.. please check out this list and let Jen know if we've left anything out.. or if you have some pictures  or documents you'd like us to add in.. 

Here's the material.. so I'll end here... Have a peaceful novermber folks. It's a tough  month for us.. but we'll get thruh it.. Nite all.. Nite Sam
-me


Friends of Sam is a group of kids helping kids. Friends of Sam is made up of several of Sam's good friends. They have been doing fund raisers to raise money to help kids in need.

 

2007

Friends of Sam supports local teens who lost their home to a house fire.....

Friends of Sam sent two Williston teens $200.00 gift certificates to the University Mall in order that they could replace some of their clothing and belongings that they lost in a house fire.

May 28, 2007 : Friends of Sam supports the Tyler Eklund Fund

Fourteen year old Tyler Eklund broke his C3 vertebrae while snowboarding at a national competition.  He was paralyzed from the neck down.  Friends of Sam supported the Tyler Eklund fund with a check for $2526.83 with the intention that it be used to help his family make his home wheel chair accessible. The funds for this donation were raised through the sale of T-shirts and Frisbees at a memorial birthday event in honor of Sam Cohn.  Tyler was a participant in the High Cascade camp program as was Sam.

August, 2007 : Friends of Sam supports the Camels Hump Middle School

Friends of Sam purchased and donated new school supplies to the Camels Hump Middle School in Richmond, VT.  They shopped for and delivered $420.00 worth of much needed supplies including notebooks, pencils, rulers, gluesticks, paper, etc. with the intention that it be made available to kids in need.

 

November, 2007 : Friends of Sam supports the Burlington Emergency Food Shelf and Local Families in Need:

Friends of Sam presented an art auction event at Jager Dipaolo and Kemp in support of the Burlington Emergency Food Shelf.  At this event, Friends of Sam provided musical entertainment and refreshments, while visitors enjoyed the hand made art donations by the kids, their friends and family members.  This event, combined with the Chili Cookoff with Hettena-Wright and Horton, netted close to 4000.00 in cash and food donations for area families and the food shelf:

May, 2008: Friends of Sam supports Abraham Nhail and family with $3000.00, that was raised at the Jam for Sam event at Talent Skate Park:

 Here's Abraham's story:

We've just learned that Abraham is close to being reunited with his family

December 2007 & 2008: Friends of Sam supports Jingle Rails:

Jingle Rails in an event held at Bolton Valley Ski Resort in support of the mission of Friends of Sam. Skiers and Snowboarders competed for placement and prizes.

 

June 2009:  Jam for Sam at Talent Skate Park

Friends of Sam and Talenet Skate park joined together again to raise funds for the Kraing Baing Village Project, a non-profit organization whose mission is to help the impoverished village of Kraing Baing, Camboidia. Friends of Sam raised and donated $700 to the project which was enough to support their goal of the installation of two clean water wells.