Congratulations!! Samantha

On Thursady, Nov 6, 2008, Samantha was awarded "Do the Right Thing". The Punta Gorda police department runs the program. Anyone can nominate a student, for doing the right thing. Each month five students recieve the award. So November is Samantha's month.

At the beginning of the school year, Samantha found some lost keys. She found out who the keys belonged to and returned them. The owner of the keys nominated Samantha for the "Do the Right Thing" award. The owner of the keys said that he was greatful to have the keys back, and glad to have the peace of mind that the keys were not in a strangers hands. Good Job Samantha. The coolest part of the story is that Samantha doesn't remember doing this. Like her Grandma Crane said, this means that Samantha does the right things for the right reason.

There is also a funny part to the story. Craig and I had been notified of the award and had decided to let Samantha be suprized. So we had invited the Smith's and told Patrick and Morgan. We thought every thing was under our hat. On the morning of the award Ceremony, Samantha was called into the principals office to be congratulated. She didn't know what Mr Revelas was talking about, so he had his secretary call the police department, to be sure they had the right kid. In that phone call, they realized that they had blown the suprized. So the principal called me to apolgize for ruining the suprize! Oh well.

Of course I took lots of pictures. The top picture is when Samantha recieved the award, she is flanked by two detectives. The second picture is Samantha with the Punta Gorda Police Chief. And the third picture is Samantha with her parents. The roses in the pictures came from Grandma and Grandpap Smith. I'm glad they and Aunt Joy were able to come and celebrate with us.

Congratulations Samantha, we love you!!