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December 20, 2013- In the course of human events it is often difficult to divine the overall arrangement of things and what is to come. In the midst of chaos lies uncertainly. Each day brings earth-shifting news and unsure footing. Then comes that small act, that small deed which shines, and affodrs not just hope but certain knowledge that when one cuts through the scatter of the current milieu, the fundamentals are just fine. That bright things are yet to come.
You see, it is not the injury, but how you approach. It is not the act but the response. It is not the happening of something, but that when it happens you are not alone, the Comforter is there with you. We are in this life cast into the most wonderfully complex testing ground, proving ground, training ground. Its appearance is meant to make one have to look closely to see what drives it, to look behind it and learn the whys and wherefores so that we might have subsequent value. And so it is that Jack's donation arrived.
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The goal of a service project is to realize that we should shift our focus from ourselves and to focus on positively impacting others. And Watt’s has exhibited this spirit! Through the month of November, students participated in a coupon collection that benefits the TROOPONS® program. TROOPONS® is an amazing program! Coupons can be used on overseas military bases for up to six months past their expiration date. Many military families rely on donated coupons to help offset the expense of living overseas. Shopping abroad can be especially tough for military families. Donated coupons can make a difference! On the evening of December 5th, students from We Serve Too, Watts Leadership, Meet in the Middle, PALS (Clemens and Steele), staff, and parents came together to sort the many coupons into four categories: food, non-food, pet, and baby items. Watts set a goal of collecting 6,500 coupons, but quickly exceeded that goal!
Read more: Watts Students Collect 42,185 Coupons To benefit the TROOPONS® Program
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What is a Veteran? Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a vet just by looking. He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel. He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel. She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang. He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't come back AT ALL. He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs. He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand. He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
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