Help send Kelvin & Family to D.C.
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Hello Everyone!
My name is Kelvin Winney and I am from Chinle, AZ on the Navajo Nation. I am 10 years old and in 5th grade at Canyon de Chelly Elementary. My parents are Tilford (or Chum as people know him) and Nora plus I have two sisters, Nicole and Dru. I am also a new uncle with a baby nephew, Mathus. I am also very lucky to have my grandparents, Calvin and Lena McKerry, and my great grandmother, Helen Winney, living nearby.
On March 12, I was in the Navajo Nation Spelling Bee in Kayenta. I practiced hard at school and at home, but I was so nervous. My family and I were so excited when I spelled the last word correctly and won! I thought it was all a dream.
At the awards ceremony I was awarded an iPad, a humongous dictionary and a trip for two to the National Spelling Bee in Washington DC. I even had my picture taken for the Navajo Times with the CEO Mr. Arviso and with Miss Navajo. It was such an exciting day and I was so proud of myself!
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I want to share this experience with my family because I love them very much. It is my wish to take my family with me to the National Spelling Bee on May 25, so I am humbly asking for your help.
All donations will go towards airline tickets, hotel and food. I will be doing my part too by selling some of my video games and some fundraising.
Any donations for my wish will be so appreciated. I will do my best at the National Spelling Bee. I want to say thank you to every person willing to help me, every person posting kind words of encouragement on the Navajo Times facebook page and the Navajo Times for sponsoring the spelling bee.
Ahe hee and may God bless you all.
My name is Kelvin Winney and I am from Chinle, AZ on the Navajo Nation. I am 10 years old and in 5th grade at Canyon de Chelly Elementary. My parents are Tilford (or Chum as people know him) and Nora plus I have two sisters, Nicole and Dru. I am also a new uncle with a baby nephew, Mathus. I am also very lucky to have my grandparents, Calvin and Lena McKerry, and my great grandmother, Helen Winney, living nearby.
On March 12, I was in the Navajo Nation Spelling Bee in Kayenta. I practiced hard at school and at home, but I was so nervous. My family and I were so excited when I spelled the last word correctly and won! I thought it was all a dream.
At the awards ceremony I was awarded an iPad, a humongous dictionary and a trip for two to the National Spelling Bee in Washington DC. I even had my picture taken for the Navajo Times with the CEO Mr. Arviso and with Miss Navajo. It was such an exciting day and I was so proud of myself!
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I want to share this experience with my family because I love them very much. It is my wish to take my family with me to the National Spelling Bee on May 25, so I am humbly asking for your help.
All donations will go towards airline tickets, hotel and food. I will be doing my part too by selling some of my video games and some fundraising.
Any donations for my wish will be so appreciated. I will do my best at the National Spelling Bee. I want to say thank you to every person willing to help me, every person posting kind words of encouragement on the Navajo Times facebook page and the Navajo Times for sponsoring the spelling bee.
Ahe hee and may God bless you all.
Organizer
Dru Winney
Organizer
Chinle, AZ
