If you're not from the Pittsburgh area, you probably have no idea what Jamie and Ali McMutrie have been up to the past week. They were in charge of 130 at the BRESMA orphange in Port-Au-Prince in Haiti when the devastating earthquake hit. Thanks to the efforts of these two young women, 53 of these orphans flew into Pittsburgh today and 47 of them already have adopted parents ready to take them in.
Here is a link to the story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/10019/1029348-100.stm
Of course, credit must be given to the airline company, Republic Airways, who donated the plane and fuel for the mission. They also delivered 3,000 pounds of relief supplies once they arrived in Haiti. The great people who adopted these children must be commended, and probably countless others in local and national government that pulled whatever strings needed to be pulled to make everything possible.
It's sincerely beautiful stories like these that made me want to be a journalist. The opportunity to tell stories like these just make your work feel so rewarding. It's not the biased-filled stories we get from CNN or Fox News, that are always slanted in favor of democrats or republicans. It's just a great story of regular people doing what is right, and not caring about anything else.
I'm not saying we should all go out to third world countries and start orphanages to become better people. But just think of all the good that could be done if we all just volunteered a few hours a week to a worthy cause (I am guilty of not doing this and it's something I would like to change).
As lame as that sounds, I really think it's true. So many of us, myself included, claim to be too busy and not have enough time to take this kind of action. But are we really too busy; or do we just want a few extra hours of sleep or time in front of the tv?
Even if it's just dropping some more change into the Salvation Army jar, I hope everyone feels little inspired by the McMutrie sisters.
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