“Sammie’s” 3rd Stop was Louisiana!

“Sammie” got to visit and inspire a group of kids and participate in their service project! Read below what her host said!

“I told the Ann Fairfax Society Children of the American Revolution about how young Sammie was when she had this idea of a Buddy Bench and how she began collecting the caps and lids. Most of our little group is younger than 10, so they definitely could relate. I asked them if they ever had a really big idea and we talked about how great things can happen when you have a good idea. “Sammie” helped with our service project of sorting seed packets for the Hindman Settlement School. Their area was decimated last year by the floods in Kentucky. The school shoes the seed packets with the community to encourage the local people to grown their own food. The school offers classes and programs in planting crops, tending to them, cooking and preserving. We are sending them over 850+ seed packets!

Personally I began collecting caps and lids last August as a “Service in Seconds” project for the Louisiana Daughters of the American Revolution. This project has been incredibly successful. Even little ladies in nursing homes are collecting, we have a husband of a member working on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico collecting from his crew, not to even mention the scout troops, Sunday School classes, Bible study groups and all the others collecting! My original goal was to place a bench at each of the 5 Veterans homes in the state. Well, guess what! I’m only 400 pounds away from having 10 benches. This has been an amazing project and truly it only takes seconds to save those caps and lids. I know we will reach this goal and get 10 benches! Then we can place 2 benches at each Veterans home! (Note: They now have their benches!)

I loved Sammie’s book so much that I ordered 3 books from Amazon and they came in 2 days!!! We are going to add them to our Little Free Libraries that we sponsor. She is truly an inspiration to so many. “ Margaret

Now off to Mississippi!