The City Is In Good Hands
Posted: September 22, 2014 Filed under: Diet- comedy | Tags: mayor's award 4 Comments
Today I had to take Carter downtown for her photo op with Mayor Bill Bell. My shot is not the official one, but the proud mother in sitting in the audience photo. Carter was one of what looked like a hundred kids who had worked as a volunteer this summer for over 100 hours for a local non-profit. There are enough kids that they spread the photo taking over two days so I assume there will be as many kids there again tomorrow.
The real ceremony is next week so I guess that is when I will hear from the Mayor what a difference all these young people make in the community. I know that most of these kids do this volunteer work as a way of getting things for their college CV, but I think that in Carter’s case she gained as much out of her work at the Animal Protection Society as she gave.
Learning what it is like to get up early everyday and spend nine hours at a job with people you have never even met before is in valuable experience. At first Carter was in charge of the kitten room where she cleaned out cages, fed and socialized kittens, but eventually she got to move on to more interesting work.
The highlight was getting to help in surgery. Her excitement in telling me what it was like to help spay or neuter an animal made me a little queasy, but not her. She also discovered that she had a special talent for reorganizing files and creating systems.
I am forever grateful to the wonderful people at APS who took her on, especially Susan Teer. Kids need to find ways to get experience in work, but they can’t get work without experience. The Mayor’s Award, which encourages kids to help the community through volunteer work, is not just good for the non-profits who can use the help, but the kids themselves.
Carter, I am proud of you. And I am really glad you wore flats to get your photo taken with the mayor. Who knew you were a good six inches taller than him?
Less Dana, More Good 
Thank you Carter, for helping the cats, dogs and other animals of Durham, at the Animal Protection Society!
Dana…rome hotels…Hassler at top of Spainish steps owned by Intercontinental 5 stars. Intercontinental owns De La Ville just down the street from Hassler..4stars and at the bottom of the spainish steps hotel d’inghilterra or Angilterra. Also owned by Intercontinental… Go on google and put in 10 of the best boutique hotels inRome…some look nice.Remember the Restaurant La Cisterna which means the well in Travestere.. an ancient neighborhood in Rome that was a jewish ghetto.You might find something cool there in a hotel
I misspelled it it is Trastevere. I am sure these hotels are much cheaper than Hassler but you all might think it is a cool place to stay.
If you want something spectacular look up Aldrovandi Villa Borghese on google.It is Leading Hotels place in Rome and right on the Borghese Gardens . I think I stayed there before Leading Hotels took it over.It was great in!(96)