Ideas.

I've become quite the little humanitarian these days...
Free the Children has started our "Save Darfur" project for the year.. Pretty much what happens is for the second half of the year, Mr. Mayot takes over and we work on genocide awareness. There are some awesome ideas being thrown around right now, and I'm pretty excited for what we're going to accomplish:) We're having the annual Genocide Conference on April 12 at our school (ahhhhh!), and there is SO much we have to do before then. We have to raise awareness in our own school, with posters and displays and demonstrations... We have a lot of display cases booked out, and we were thinking of doing creative announcements (counting the number of dead...) and maybe having bracelets. Then on the day of the actual conference, we're going to lay on the floor (being dead) with skull masks on as the other schools come in. Just to shock them a bit, spark some interest... We also need something to do at lunch that day.. Not sure what yet.
Later, when it gets warmer out, we're planning on doing a refugee camp display (tents, etc.) out in front of the school. That way, cars driving by can see it too, and we'd have a REALLY BIG sign saying something about Darfur. Overall, it's looking like some awesome stuff will happen :D
Tomorrow we're going to Westheights to do a presentation about our group.. Hopefully recruit some new members for next year ;) Meagan, Alex and I met after school to plan our little speech, and I made a powerpoint tonight. It looks pretty sweet if I do say so myself.. ;)
Right now I'm discussing history trip ideas with Alex :D :D :D

To be honest, being in Free the Children is still weird. I mean, I love it. But its just such a big change to be devoting my time to it instead of gym... :S I spent 12 years of my life in this very individual based, perfection chasing, you're-never-good-enough world. And now I'm doing pretty much the COMPLETE opposite. We're all about making things better for OTHERS, and working towards a common goal, doing what we CAN, not what we HAVE TO... and no one cares if you're perfect. They don't expect you to save the world, just to try.
Where as in gym, TRYING isn't good enough. You either do it or you don't.
I mean, it's awesome to let all that pressure go. But that's what I've known for 12 years...
Whatever. I like this new world. The people especially :)
It will never replace what gym was for me... But I can still enjoy it.