When extra credit is worth the extra.

David's Social Studies teacher is very supportive of the US Armed Forces and the veterans that have served our country. When Adam had him as a teacher, he gave extra credit to kids who visited the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall when it was set up in East Hartford. Gordie took the boys to that exhibit and Adam took tons of really cool photos with his little Rebel.

This year the same teacher offered extra credit to students who created a care package for soldiers. You had to provide images of your care packages so we took pics as David was setting them up. Adam helped him shop for the items, they took their own cart around Target and set aside their differences for a short while in order to better serve their country. Short while. Jokes aside, I thought they did a great job of picking things. Dave also added his old-ish iPod Nano, and a headset to one of the boxes. It was great to watch him pack these boxes as though he was giving a gift to a specific person. He had as much concern and care about the relevance and usefulness of each item as if he was giving the boxes to a friend.

Here are the pics of the contents of his boxes.