Okay, well, something positive.
At our school, there is currently no student government plan to collect money to send to the Sept. 11th fund. In fact, the principal discouraged a collection of donations to send to this, for reasons I don't really understand. So a few of the students have decided to take initiative on their own.
As of right now, we are going to organize a school-wide collection that will be ongoing as long as we can still get donations. We're still in the planning stages, but suggestions such as going around with envelopes and coffee cans for change, holding bake sales and the like, and having teachers post addresses for check and online donations on bulletin boards and chalkboards. The more we gather, the better, and we're going to split it between D.C. and NYC. I suggest any of you who have the time to get involved with something like this. Donating blood is also a good idea, as is volunteering to give rides to donation centers for those who don't have cars. Posters placed on public and school bulletin boards with blood and monetary donation information would also be desirable.
In addition, my friends and I have started and spread a sort of ribbon project in memory of the victims of this tragedy. We're currently using yellow ribbons (yes, I know this is technically "taken", but it's more short term than the other yellow ribbon project, and both are noble causes, so we don't really foresee a problem) for this. We made about 25-30 today, and they were gone in a matter of minutes, with students requesting more.
So, yeah, if you have any ideas, contributions, ideas, or anything of that sort, or if you have started something at your school, post it. It would be great if we could get something national or even international going among the youth of the world. We do care, and we can do something. So let's strive to.
