Service Project Serves Up Massive Success
I just returned from another phenomenal ONE/World Vision service project. As at the DNCC last week – David Lane and Zambian AIDS activist Princess Zulu introduced the event, but this time we also heard moving remarks from special guests Senator Frist, Cindy McCain and First Lady Laura Bush.
I captured video of Cindy McCain and First Lady Laura Bush’s speeches and quickly uploaded them to YouTube. You can check them out below. We got higher quality video of the speeches as well, but it may take a couple days to get that up – and I want to share this experience with ONE Blog readers ASAP.
First, Cindy McCain:
Next, First Lady Laura Bush. (You can also read her full remarks here.)
Here’s a photo of (from left to right) Cindy McCain, David Lane, First Lady Laura Bush, Princess Zulu and Senator Frist assembling care kits.
In the course of a couple hours we packed 2,500 kits, all with simple but essentials supplies like flashlights, wash clothes and basic drugstore medications, to be given out to AIDS caregivers around the world. Below is a very short video clip to give you a sense of the what it was like to be in room at the height of kit-assembly commotion.
-Virginia Simmons
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September 2, 2008 at 9:24 pm
WOW! Republicans and Democrats working together to help save lives in the poorest places on Earth. So proud to be an American, so proud to be ONE!
September 3, 2008 at 11:01 am
Great videos, Virginia. This is what One is all about. Together we can accomplish much. Alone we will accomplish little.
September 3, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I’m so incredibly impressed to see how large the AIDS caregiver KITS project has become. Princess Zulu was an excellent choice to be with the DNC and RNC AIDS Caregiver Kits Campaigns and the First Lady of the United States.
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