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Rosman, 11, recently earned second place in the Genworth Canada Support for Habitat for Humanity contest, earning a $5,000 contribution to a Habitat for Humanity project, an iPod and a pizza party for his class at Shuswap Middle School.
With no Habitat for Humanity projects taking place in Salmon Arm, Rosman has directed his funds towards a Habitat for Humanity project in Kelowna, where his grandparents live.
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He was inspired by a few things, including watching videos of himself as a baby with his parents as he was learning to walk around the house.
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The nation-wide project is a program for Grades 4-6, where students are asked to write on the topic of the meaning of home. All the students in teacher Jaimie Vezina害羞草研究所檚 French Immersion class participated by submitting written work.
This is the third year Vezina害羞草研究所檚 students have participated, but the first time she has ever had a winning student.
Here is Rosman害羞草研究所檚 winning entry:
Home is happy,
Home is for family
It害羞草研究所檚 where you feel safe, it害羞草研究所檚 where
You take your first steps and make memories
Where love is on a flow,
It害羞草研究所檚 where you grow
Somewhere you feel welcome it害羞草研究所檚 where your friends come
Home is warm like wool
Home isn害羞草研究所檛 cold like the north pole
Home is not perfect, it害羞草研究所檚 imperfect
But it害羞草研究所檚 magnified like a unicorn
Where you feel true,
Home is where we help you
Where you害羞草研究所檙e safe from the world
Where you learn your first words
Home is where you play
Home is where you spend your day
Your family helps with things that are tough
Home is where you take your first breath
In the end home is a happy place.
