The kids sat in boxes, held signs, ran the donation table, talked with all sorts of people, and got plenty of chances to exercise their patience - and their puppy dog faces!
One of the girls who has been around since the beginning jokingly told me that she ought to be getting credit for all of this as a leadership skills class. She might just be right! They have pulled off all sorts of things that most people would never think of doing with their summer, and they constantly have new ideas bubbling up. It's been pretty amazing to see the kinds of things that a group of teenagers can do when they're just given permission to "GO."
They raised $81.97 in two hours, in everything from twenty dollar increments down to three cents at a time from a little girl who wanted to "free" one of the boys. (And, quite a few quarters from random kids who were out working the crowd!)
All in all, I was pretty stinking impressed. These are some awesome kids.
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