Personal Narrative: The Future Of Cathedral

It was June 1st 2011 and the afternoon seemed like every other spring month, calm and quiet. As the clock struck 4:03pm, all of this changed though. A tornado had just rampaged through my community and devastated the section of East Forest Park. My home was damaged, my neighborhood was left in pieces and my middle school/ future high school was left in ruins.
Within months, my community began to rebuild and it was stated that my high school (Cathedral High School) was to be rebuilt by the time I was a sophomore. With this information, I decided to attend Cathedral. Sadly however, progress on rebuilding the school had not yet started and the newly appointed bishop had qualms about the future of the school. He needed to see that the community was still supportive and that students and alumni were still passionate about the school’s future. …show more content…
In the matter of a month, the petition was signed by over 1000 supporters, sparked protest and brought publicity to the matter. As a result, my friends and I became members of the steering committee for the school. Additionally, with our perseverance, we helped to start an endowment fund and were able to show the public as well as the bishop Cathedral still lived on in our community’s hearts. Supporters of all different backgrounds came forward with one thing in common, their love for Cathedral and the notion that they couldn’t bare to see it disappear. From our persistent actions, we were thus able to raise over $1.2 million for the endowment fund and set the wheels into motion for finally rebuilding our second