Task #29: Contact Brandon Stanton - Say Thank You (Kim)

29. Send a thank you note to Brandon Stanton.

As stated so many times in this blog, Humans of New York was one of the biggest inspirations behind this project.  I wanted to reach out and thank Brandon Stanton.  Brandon's fame has increased exponentially in the past few weeks since he has raised over a million dollars for Mott Hall Academy in New York.  This fundraiser was all due to a particular portrait he took for the Humans of New York blog.  Because Brandon's fame has increased so exponentially in recent weeks, I would love a response to my e-mail but expect nothing.  Someone who not only receive thousands of comments and e-mails every day but also spends his days running around the entire city of New York to take fascinating portraits most likely does not have the time to answer most of his e-mails.

Brandon's book which I asked for as a Christmas present and absolutely love.

Task #6 Completed: Write a Letter to a Veteran (Rachael)

6. Write a Letter to a Veteran

Even though this is my second patriotic task in a row, and it seems as if I may be creating a trend, I would like to state that this portion of our project was not planned. In fact, it came to be due to a lack of recognition of our veterans on Veteran's day.

 A few years ago the School Board decided that due to excessive snow days we should have school on this particular holiday. On the first year this occurred every single one of my teachers made a point to do something to honor those who serve be it a moment of silence or having us write letters to veterans. However, I am shocked and disappointed to say that all but one of my teachers neglected to even mention this holiday this year. Later that day as Kim and I were talking we realized that we both had relatives that served and were awarded with the "Purple Heart." As we continued talking we came to the revelation that we should not fail to recognize those who fight for our country just because we were not asked to do so in school. Thus number 6 out of 52 was born.

 Happy Veteran's day!