President Obama is coming to Texas A&M University to talk about "Community Service." This is very appropriate when you consider that this fine University has the largest assembly of student volunteers each year. At Texas A&M University a tradition each year is the "Big Event" this event is a day of volunteerism within our community. This past Spring (2009) 14,000 students spent the day helping in the community with various tasks such as painting, cleaning gutters, and picking up trash. Former President George H. W. Bush came to speak to the students prior to them departing for their tasks.
Below is the email from Former President George H. W. Bush concerning the Obama speech at Texas A&M University:
October 14, 2009
To My Fellow Members of the Texas A&M Family:
Howdy! As you have probably heard, I have invited the 44th President of the United States of America to come visit the Bush Library and Texas A&M, and President Obama has graciously accepted.
Along with the administration, faculty, and so many of you, I am honored that The President, our President, is taking the time and making the effort to come to College Station on October 16th to talk about an issue that unites all Americans - namely, community service and its vast importance to our continued well-being as a Nation. Our country still faces many tough challenges, and the message that will come out of our Presidential Forum on Service, I hope, is that every American regardless of age has an important part to play in helping us overcome the obstacles to our common progress.
This is not about politics. This is about the importance of service to our communities and our country.
It would be hard to imagine a more deserving college campus to host a Presidential Forum on volunteerism and community service than Texas A&M - which is, after all, a school steeped in a rich tradition of service. That's why I am so proud to have our Bush Library and Museum and Bush School of Government and Public Service here, and I cannot wait for President Obama to experience the open, decent and welcoming Aggie spirit for himself.
This will be an important national moment, and a moment for Texas A&M to shine in the global spotlight as it always does. I sincerely hope and believe it will serve as a point of Aggie pride for many years to come.
