Hope For Future Angels, Inc...................

Came from the project of 20 4th and 5th graders at Burrel Union Elementary. They wanted to meet people from around the world. We read Flat Stanley and decided to go traveling. We ended up meeting David Lubaale, in Kampala, Uganda Africa. He is the founder/director of Future Victory School, an orphanage for 750 students. My students then collected and shipped 750 Christmas gifts to the school on December 22, 2005. Giving the students their very first Christmas. We then decided that we would each bring one dollar a month and adopt a child. Najat was 4 years old and in the nursery level of school. In January I began telling my friends what I was doing and now we, Joyce Bergthold and I are partners and are a full nonprofit organization, with 20 sponsors.

My students then decided to teach the students in Uganda about Solar Energy, since they have so much sun. So they learned about solar energy, wrote lessons and a television show to explain the lessons to the students. Then they demonstrated the experiments for them, so they could see how to do them, with the eguipment we sent. They wrote a book, made a powerpoint and then a movie about their experiences.

Now we talk with David regularly, on the Internet on a webcam. We see him and hear him. He sees us and hears us. Next week, May 2, 2006, his students will be viewing the video. They are renting a generator, TV and vcr to view the lessons. The Director of Education of the country will be present.

Today we talked with a new friend Liam in Sydney, Australia. He is working with David to build a website for the school. He is a college student, majoring in technology and graphic design. He will be signing on Thursday night to meet with our parents and students during Open House at our school, so we can demonstrate how the webcam works. I will keep you posted on the projects that my class is doing. Please check out our website www.hopeforfutureangels.org or David's is www.FutureVictorySchool.org or you can reach us at hopeforfutureangels@yahoo.com Ask questions you can make a difference for $20.00 a month.

This week has been an exciting week. Wednesday the 26th Mary spoke to a group of people at the monthly meeting for Fresno Wildlife Rescue and Rehab. It was very exciting to see the concern and excitement in the members faces. By the time she left, she had signed up four individuals as sponsors and recieved and very nice $50.00 donation. Several people said they would be contacting her.

On Thursday April 27th, Burrel Union had "Back to School Night", our class hooked up our webcam and were able to visit with Liam, our new friend in Southern Australia. Our Spanish speaking parents spoke with Liam about crops and agriculture in his area. The students talked with him about music, video games and things he likes to do in his spare time. David was sorry that he could not meet with us, but it was the middle of the night in Uganda. It was a great evening for everyone.

On Saturday, April 29th the 4th and 5th graders of Burrel Union Elementary attended the CTAP/CUE Conference and put on a showcase of the Burrel Science News Lessons and the project we are doing with Future Victory School. It was very exciting, and many people showed a great deal of interest in our project and said thay would be contacting us.

Joyce and I decided at our monthly meeting today that we need to have a fund-raiser to gain some operational funds. We also decided that we need to print out some flyers to have on hand and some business cards. People are really stepping up to the plate and getting involved much more quicly now. It is very exciting.