The Old Homosassa Heritage Council (OHHC) has been busy getting the message out about preserving and enhancing the heritage of our unique community.
Last week DeeDee Wilcox and Marianne MacRae, Co-chairs of OHHC, and I went to the Homosassa Elementary School and put on a presentation for the fourth grade classes.
Gotta say, those kids were adorable!
We asked the teacher, Mr. Barlow (whose classroom we were invading) for three volunteers. One from each class.
And here they are:
The classes learned all about Homosassa History and Heritage.
And we had a rapt audience!
And they had a lot of comments and questions. And they hardly wiggled at all!
Seriously, these were some GREAT kids!
So what exactly were we doing there?
Besides telling the students about the history and heritage of Old Homosassa, DeeDee also told them about Wyland, the artist.
And how we REALLY WANT WYLAND TO PAINT THE WATERTOWER!
So the kids are writing letters to Wyland asking him to do just that.
Isn’t that the coolest thing ever?
Mr. Barlow told his class that they only had two essays to write before the end of the year. And one of them was the letter to WYLAND!
It is so fun being part of the OHHC. Lots of work. But FUN! Because everyone is so enthusiastic and all they want is EVERYTHING and WHY CAN’T WE HAVE THAT!
Wyland, you will be painting our water tower.
As soon as we raise the gazillion we need to repair and restore it. Which means we have a sell a lot of t-shirts or we need to find a wealthy benefactor!
And I want to give a shout out to the teachers:
Mr. Barlow, Ms. Crosswhite, and Ms. Crispino!
Thank you!
Sounds like fun!