Brooketopia Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Our mayor phoned our house this morning to invite our 9yo to present her "community improvement" idea at the city council meeting tonight. We participate in the Girl Scout "Juliette" program, and seeing how the 22nd of February is World Thinking Day, I let my girls take the day off from regular school and just work on Girl Scout stuff all day. One of the things my 9yo worked on was a step for one of her "Journeys"--picking a problem she sees in the community and trying to do something about that problem. She wrote a letter to the mayor about our city's running trail and how she was hesitant to use it because it's not marked very well and, because they are no maps of it, she has no idea where it goes. She also wrote that she would appreciate a response to her letter. That was a little over a week ago (obviously), and the phone rang this morning with the mayor's name on the caller ID. I figured it was worth interrupting lessons to answer the phone, and it was indeed our actual mayor on the line. He said her letter was "the sweetest letter," and then he acknowledged that she had asked for him to write back to her and he said, "How about I do ya one better? Would she be comfortable presenting her idea to the city council tonight at our meeting?" And then there was some stammering from me, which I'm sure was very impressive, and we talked logistics for a minute before deciding that she could handle it and that'd we'd show up early so she could have a chat with the mayor and he could talk her through the protocol. She's excited, "but a little nervous." She narrated to me what she wants to say and I wrote it down for her, and now we're having lots of discussions about various political topics. What a great tie-in to our study of the American Revolution! :) I just had to share because I'm just so proud of her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymonster Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 That's awesome! What a great educational experience about local government, and the power of speaking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Awesome for your dd, awesome for the mayor, and awesome for you! How cool that she may even get to see an actual physical result from her letter! What a great lesson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 So cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 What a great experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 :thumbup1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Wow! That is super cool! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooketopia Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 UPDATE: It went really well! I'm so proud! I wrote up a blog post about it, if you'd like to full story and video of the proposal. The mayor was so awesome! http://mrsbrooke.blogspot.com/2013/03/bluebirds-brownie-quest-project.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Great job! What a wonderful experience for her. Now just to wait and see what happens with her proposal. :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicity Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 That's really great! Would you mind if I shared this with my Brownies? I am the leader of my daughter's troop and we're working on the same kind of journey right now. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garddwr Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I'm super impressed by your daughter--and by your town's mayor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 UPDATE: It went really well! I'm so proud! I wrote up a blog post about it, if you'd like to full story and video of the proposal. The mayor was so awesome! http://mrsbrooke.blogspot.com/2013/03/bluebirds-brownie-quest-project.html She did wonderfully! Wait, you're in SF? If that's the Utah SF, we'll be living ten min away soon. Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilaclady Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Wow that was quite cool. Way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuddleJumper1 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 What a great job she did! What a marvelous experience. Your mayor is wonderful. Her "you're welcome" while skipping down the aisle is priceless :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 That is so neat! She did a great job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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