Winners Announced

Dear Ursuline,

I have been privileged with the task of blogging for OCCS and have personally committed myself to inspiring, motivating, and encouraging others. I believe that this opportunity that I have been presented with is unlike any other; it is an unique chance to speak to all of you, week after week after week, and to let you all in on my most innermost dilemmas within my senior year. This has not been an easy thing to do because many times I am left feeling emotionally exhausted; my soul exposed and transparent to many of you, whom I do not even know your names.
Yet, I have found new friends amongst my Ursuline community; supportive and loving people with stories to tell and lessons to grow by. Therefore, this blog is dedicated to the students that have decided to take me up on my Thanksgiving Challenge; you all are FABULOUS!! You let down your guards, opened up your hearts, and voiced your values upfront and personal! Thank you! I apologize for not making my winners announcement earlier; I was sincerely trying to get more participants in something that I really believe in. I must admit that both of your stories touched a very special part of me and I am convinced that if a lot more students were aware of this site, then they too would have as well found validity in it.
So, without further adieu I would like to announce the winners:
Grand Prize: Hillary B.
First Prize: Hannah
Second Prize: None
Your prizes can all be picked up anytime beginning, Monday, December 3rd, 2007 in Mullen/Room 130 from Meegan Cox and once again thank you for participating in my Thanksgiving Challenge. Be sure to continue patronage to this blog. Your voices need to be and want to be heard. And, in keeping to our tradition, I want to share a quote from John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” Have a great week!

Yours truly,
Kimberley H.