What does tea have in common with crayons?

Everything, if you were a student in Kate Maynard’s summer Dimensions of Freedom class at CCV-Winooski. After reading Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, which describes Greg’s work to build schools in rural Pakistan, Kate’s students decided they wanted a way to contribute school supplies to kids in that part of the world.

It just so happened that student Kylee Rowden had a friend stationed in Afghanistan who had just contacted her about Operation Outreach Afghanistan (http://www.operationoutreachafg.org). This program helps American soldiers stationed there to provide school supplies to Afghani children as part of their humanitarian efforts.

The class responded with enthusiasm and as you can see, enough supplies to stuff multiple boxes.

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Their motto: “Changing the world, one box of crayons at a time.”