Bricks for Madagascar: Kids raise money to build school скачать в хорошем качестве

Bricks for Madagascar: Kids raise money to build school

FORT MITCHELL, Ky. (Mike Berk) -- It's amazing what people can accomplish when they pour their heart and soul into something. Now, thanks to the efforts of the fourth graders at Blessed Sacrament, the concrete will soon be poured to begin construction on a much-needed school. The kids were on a mission, literally! They were given a goal and a deadline. Not only did they blow away both but brick-by-brick, they managed to astonish their teachers and parents with an incredible show of the human spirit. The students in Ft. Mitchell haven't experienced a lot of life just yet. But already they've helped to change lives a half a world away. Sister Mary Agnes Cashman can't help but get emotional when talking about the 4th graders at Blessed Sacrament. She asked them to lend a hand with a mission to benefit her order, generate enough money to purchase the 33,000 bricks it will take to build a suitable school in poverty stricken Madagascar. There, school is often taught in a shack with no chairs or desks.Their goal was 60 so they have more than enough to build the entire school complete with furniture. The kids weren't asked to give up something for Lent. Instead they were asked to give something of themselves. The very first day I told them you are not allowed to go home and say, 'Mom I want a dollar to buy bricks,' said Sister Cashman.So what did they do to earn all of this brick money? Lainee Mack wasn't scrubbing porcelain, but with a new addition to the family, and dad kind of tied up with that basketball team of his, she may have had the most important chore of all!Lainee said, I babysat my brother, who is only four months.Had to be a big help to mom who was often times helping to get the symbolic bricks up on the wall. Now they're lighting up about what it is they've actually accomplished.Now a new school in Madagascar will be built with love and of course all of the bricks! A group of sisters departed for France Thursday, May 7, to "hop" a connecting flight to Madagascar. They will hand-deliver the brick money so work can begin soon. Follow Mike Berk on Twitter @mike_berk and LIKE him on Facebook.