Timothy Roemer: “Robert F. Kennedy once said when one of us prospers, all of us prosper, and where one of us falters, so do we all. Over…”

“Robert F. Kennedy once said when one of us prospers, all of us prosper, and where one of us falters, so do we all. Over the weekend in my hometown of South Bend, Indiana, we all succeeded and prospered. That is because our local community came together. Inspired by former coach Digger Phelps, the Rotary club organized a renovation of a local school. We raised $200,000. J.V. Peacock and Tom Forsey did all the organization with this local Rotary Club, and 700 volunteers descended on a school to renovate, refresh and renew a local school. I commend my local community for this modern-day old fashioned barn raising or refreshing of a local school, I commend this effort at the local community and give them all the credit in the world. This was not a Federal program, this was locally driven, and I hope many other school districts and congressional communities will replicate this fine example of local commitment to our public education system.”