Cooper’s Passion Speech

Cooper wrote a passion speech in regards to the Leo Cedarville park outdoor basketball court. His passion is basketball and he decided he wanted to encourage the Leo parks department to improve their basketball court setting. He had to go to the park and observe areas of improvement and also for the purpose of the court and usefulness for the town. I remember he took a notebook and a pencil and truly studied this court. He studied the paint on the ground and the baskets and the benches.  He really took this project to heart. He turned that research into a passion speech to encourage and motivate the Leo Cedarville parks department to make improvements to the town Park basketball court. Janet the Director of the Leo parks was invited on the panel along with the mayor of Fort Wayne to hear the passion speeches of the middle school students. Cooper did a fantastic job! Immediately following his speech Janet raised her hand on the panel and stated that she had a budget of $800 for the park and asked Cooper where she she should begin placing this money? What would be the first action she should do? Cooper responded that the first action should be to establish ball bins and have a few balls labeled as the property of the Leo-Cedarville Park left there at the park for easy access to play. Following that he encouraged her to use the remainder of the cash for repainting the lines on the court.  Janet was extremely pleased with the speech and made his passion become a reality. Cooper is so thrilled that there are now two basketball bins mounted on each basket that can hold two balls each. It’s pretty neat to see a passion come to fruition!