Sunday, October 19, 2008
Flat Stanley
The courier dropped off a piece of mail the other day addressed to "Science Team". It was covered in stickers of sharks, and the return address was to Laguna Vista School in Oxnard, CA. I opened it to find a Flat Stanley who had been colored and cut out by a kid named Joseph, a letter from Joseph, and a letter from the teacher of the class. The letter from Joseph was SO adorable. It started out "Dear Antaredca, Hello How are you?..." The letter from the teacher explained the story of Flat Stanley and listed their website. When I checked out their website, I noticed their Flat Stanleys did quite a bit of domestic travel, but I didn't see any internationally traveling Stanleys. I could just picture this kid Joseph being laughed at by classmates when he said he wanted to send his to Antarctica. I've made it a personal mission to get this Flat Stanley out and about. My coworker Robyn and I took some photos of him right away, and I sent one back to the class with a paragraph explaining how we ended up with Joseph's Flat Stanley. I also asked if we could laminate Stanley and if we could keep him for awhile so he could have some adventures here. Both of the teachers wrote back to me in two separate emails telling me how excited they all are that he made it here and will get to see and do lots of things. They said Joseph carried the printed photo we sent around with him to show all of his classmates. So yesterday my friend Jen took Flat Stanley out on a balloon recovery helicopter ride. She read Joseph's letter over the mike for the three other people in the helo, and while they were out at the dormant volcano Mt. Terror, they snapped a few photos of Flat Stanley!The first photo sent back to Joseph and his classmates
Mahesh the scientist, Marco the helicopter pilot, Flat Stanley, and Kevin the mountaineer
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I am so glad that Flat Stanley is having an adventure down there! And I am equally glad that you are making a small boy and his class so happy that they are being taken seriously. It's a great way for them to find out what you all do on the Ice. Hope Flat Stanley continues to have lots of adventures...sometimes the smallest gestures have the most profound effects....Mom