Hendersonville Library Presentation Tues. – Nov. 7
Posted by Fay on November 8, 2006
This election day was a day of pouring rain. Bob and I didn’t really expect anyone to come out in the bad weather to here me speak but we were wrong.
10 brave souls showed up and they were a wonderful audience. I worried that I would not have enough to say in 1 hour and 45 minutes but I did. Bob said I did a great job and I think I did also. I had a 35 slide power point presenation and a short video of Helen and read parts of the book and I added information about the orphan trains and NC orphanages. The audience seemed interested. The library had a nice set up for doing the program. You can see a web version of the presentation at http://www.usucceed.com/helen/power_point.htm
One woman was from a local woman’s shelter and she commented that like the children in Helen’s orphanage who carried all their belongings in a little bag stored on their chair, many of the children that come to the shelter have all their belongings in a Wal Mart bag and they really need suitcases so the kids have something to call their own. Heartbreaking.
There was a couple from International Falls, MN who came because of the Minnesota connection.
A woman who works at a local children’s group home came with a young girl who she thought would benefit from hearing what happened to Helen. I talked with them afterward. The girl has had a tough time of it. I asked her if I could give her a hug. She looked down shyly and said “I guess so.” We gave each other a big long hug. I hope it made her feel a little better. I know it made me feel better. I can’t get her out of my mind. I gave them a book for their home. They thought some of the girls might read it.
I went to bed feeling good about what I did.
