To UVM FeelGood - Happy 2007

To the amazing UVM Feelgood,

I just couldn't let you guys leave 2006 behind without a 'lil feelgoodreflection...
So, how will you remember this past year? Well, to start off you maywant to remember 2006 as the year you invested (roughly) (drum rollplease....)

$10,700 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to a world free from hunger. Add on the check we presented to the Hunger Project in May, and UVMfeelgood has raised around $18,700. How incredible. Think about otherall of the other feelgood kids across the country and theircontributions. Put togetherall of our passion, energy, and financial contributions. We are a student movement that is surely a force to be reckoned with.

There are millions of lives that will be affected as the change wecreate radiates throughout our world. Not only in the lives of ourpartners in the 2/3'rds world, but the in lives of our peers. We areshowing our generation that ending hunger and poverty is not animpossible unreachable goal. There are not only misconceptions aboutthe capabilities of our partners living in poverty, but about thecapabilities of ourselves as a generation. But, we all have theability to "shift that paradigm." 1) Hungry people are intelligent,worthy individuals who ask only for our partnership so they may endtheir own hunger and contribute significantly to society. 2) We, asyoung and responsible citizens of this world, can take on thatpartnership, and work to wards a world in which we can all be proud toinhabit together as equals.

I hope you are all empowered and fulfilled by this notion....Lets getready to start another year. This can only get better!

Business, Business.... Tomorrow is the first meeting of the semester. We will be opening thecounter this Tuesday! So the meeting is

MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2007 @ 7:00 PM in the MLK LOUNGE (next to CC theater)

We will be sharing with you a couple of organizational changes we willbe implementing and of course opening up the floor to new ideas forthe semester.And if you are just joining feelgood this semester, we would love tosee your smiling faces there, so please come!

So here's to the kids who have probably consumed more cheese and breadthan anyone else in Burlington... I am continually thankful that I canspend my weeks with all of your amazing spirits and I can't wait tosee you all behind that counter!

-Leah Grossman

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens canchange theworld;indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."