Columbine Victim's Drawings, Diary at Saddleback

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  Saddleback College’s Five Minute Project, a student organization that focuses on deliberate acts of kindness, invites the community to experience Rachel’s Challenge, a story of hope and courage as told through the diaries and drawings of Rachel Scott, the first person killed in the tragic Columbine shootings, on Monday, February 8th at 12:00 p.m. in the McKinney Theatre. Admission is free and open to the public. Parking is free in lots 9 and 10.
  
  President Tod A. Burnett, President of Saddleback College, stated, “Rachel’s Challenge is a truly powerful presentation and I encourage all to attend this life-changing event.  Thank you to our students in the Five Minute Project for their leadership in sponsoring this event and encouraging kindness and compassion as a way to make positive change.”
  
  Justin Huft, Founder and President of the Five Minute Project, stated, “On behalf of The Five Minute Project at Saddleback College, I would like to say how excited we are to have Rachel’s Challenge here on campus.  The Five Minute Project’s vision of kindness and compassion matches Rachel’s ideas of altruism and doing the right thing.  We think that this presentation will be really great for this campus and our students.  Let’s start a chain reaction!” 

  On April 20, 1999, schools were changed forever when the Columbine shootings took place. Rachel Scott was the first student to be killed, but thankfully her loving spirit has lived on through Rachel’s Challenge, an organization founded by her father, Darrell Scott. Rachel’s Challenge uses writings and drawings from Rachel’s diaries to illustrate the need for a kinder, more compassionate nation. Powerful video/audio footage of Rachel's life and the Columbine tragedy holds students spell-bound during a one hour school presentation that motivates them to positively change the way they treat others.

   

  The Five Minute Project is an organization founded by Saddleback College students Justin Huft and Vince Breck, who were inspired by Rachel’s life and created their organization to focus on deliberate acts of kindness, change the way we look at ourselves and others, chivalry, and kindness and compassion.

   

  Please join The Five Minute Project and Rachel’s Challenge to learn how you can take action!

   

  For more information on the Five Minute Project, visit http://www.thefiveminuteproject.org/ and for Rachel’s Project, visit http://www.rachelschallenge.org/

   

  For Saddleback College maps and parking information, please go to: www.saddleback.edu