My Sunday morning ritual usually includes the CBS Sunday Morning Show with Charles Osgood.
My wife tells me that I am enamoured with this show due to the exhilarating trumpet introduction. This is predicated on the fact that I am a huge fan of brass instruments and played the tuba from Grade 7 to Grade 13. She may be right?
In any event, I love this show primarily due to the eclectic stories that are presented. Stories that hit every emotional chord...stories from the sublime to the ridiculous....stories that are political, social, economic and entertaining...stories that happen in our backyard to the far reaches of our globe.
One segment on this week's show addressed actor Sean Penn and his effort to help the nation of Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake that took place in January. You see him with his two children physically bringing in food, medical supplies, medical personnel, building materials and apparently over one million dollars in cash in nap sacks for immediate infusion into the Haitian economic recovery efforts. He joked that his own monetary contributions have precipitated the need to find work in Hollywood very soon.
The interviewer asked him about what his thoughts were regarding the skeptics who wondered what his ulterior motives were. His response that "the greatest gift from service to others is the act of serving" clearly indicated that he wanted his actions to stand on their own and felt that he was not required to justify why he felt compelled to help.
Originating from our own students with the support of key staff members, CtK has created our own "act of service" known as the CtK Cares Foundation. In a nut shell, this foundation uses the proceeds from civvies, fundraisers, volunteer services and community pledges to give back to those within our own Catholic Learning Community and in the community of Georgetown.
Similar to Mr. Penn, our justification as a faith based learning community is the act of serving those most in need.
Thanks for reading.
My wife tells me that I am enamoured with this show due to the exhilarating trumpet introduction. This is predicated on the fact that I am a huge fan of brass instruments and played the tuba from Grade 7 to Grade 13. She may be right?
In any event, I love this show primarily due to the eclectic stories that are presented. Stories that hit every emotional chord...stories from the sublime to the ridiculous....stories that are political, social, economic and entertaining...stories that happen in our backyard to the far reaches of our globe.
One segment on this week's show addressed actor Sean Penn and his effort to help the nation of Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake that took place in January. You see him with his two children physically bringing in food, medical supplies, medical personnel, building materials and apparently over one million dollars in cash in nap sacks for immediate infusion into the Haitian economic recovery efforts. He joked that his own monetary contributions have precipitated the need to find work in Hollywood very soon.
The interviewer asked him about what his thoughts were regarding the skeptics who wondered what his ulterior motives were. His response that "the greatest gift from service to others is the act of serving" clearly indicated that he wanted his actions to stand on their own and felt that he was not required to justify why he felt compelled to help.
Originating from our own students with the support of key staff members, CtK has created our own "act of service" known as the CtK Cares Foundation. In a nut shell, this foundation uses the proceeds from civvies, fundraisers, volunteer services and community pledges to give back to those within our own Catholic Learning Community and in the community of Georgetown.
Similar to Mr. Penn, our justification as a faith based learning community is the act of serving those most in need.
Thanks for reading.
