Howe High School 2018 Prom Local teacher receives national recognition

Katie Wilson, a local teacher from Howe High School, has been selected as an NEH Summer Scholar from a national applicant pool to attend one of 32 seminars and institutes supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities The Endowment is a federal agency that, each summer, supports these enrichment opportunities at colleges, universities, and cultural institutions so that teachers can study with experts in humanities disciplines

Wilson will participate in an institute entitled "Remaking Monsters and Heroines: Adapting Classic Literature for Contemporary Audiences " The two-week program will be held at the University of Arkansas

The 35 teachers from across the nation selected to participate in the program each receive a stipend to cover their travel, study, and living expenses

The approximately 862 NEH Summer Scholars who participate in these programs of study will teach almost 128,000 American students the following year

Howe Post Office delivers for Feed My Sheep

The Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive is the outgrowth of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ tradition of community service, a tradition exhibited repeatedly by members of the letter carriers’ union over the years These carriers, who go into neighborhoods in every town at least six days a week, have always been involved when something needed to be done, whether it be collecting funds for a charity like the Muscular Dystrophy Association, watching over the elderly through the Carrier Alert program, assisting the American Red Cross during time of disaster, or rescuing victims of fires, crime, and other mishaps

For many years, a number of NALC’s branches (locals) had collected food for the needy as part of their community service efforts

A national, coordinated effort by the NALC to help fight hunger in America grew out of discussions in 1991 by a number of leaders at the time, including NALC President Vincent R Sombrotto, AFL-CIO Community Services Director Joseph Velasquez and Postmaster General Anthony Frank A pilot drive was held in 10 cities in October of 1991, and it proved so successful that work began immediately on making it a nationwide effort

Input from food banks and pantries suggested that late spring would be the best time since by then most food banks in the country start running out of donations received during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday periods

A revamped drive was organized for May 15, 1993 the second Saturday in May with a goal of having at least one NALC branch in each of the 50 states participating The result was astounding: More than 220 union branches collected more than 11 million pounds of food a one-day record in the United States

From Alaska to Florida, from Maine to Hawaii, letter carriers did double duty on Food Drive Day delivering mail and picking up donations The Food Drive just grew and grew from that point

In 2010, the food drive surpassed the 1 billion pound park in total food collected over its history