Constituton Project, Inc.

The Mission: Constitution Project, Inc., a Florida non-profit, was founded by Joseph Cofield, for the purpose of putting a copy of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence in the hands of every 5th grade student in Florida. That is a huge task, as there are over 200,000 5th graders in 67 different Florida counties, but progress ​ is being made thanks to Joseph's extraordinary efforts!

The How: Joseph began his mission in April 2014 and since then, many amazing things have happened. To gather support for his mission, in April of 2015 he began his 27 - 67 Journey Across Florida - visiting each of the 67 Florida counties, riding his bike 21 miles and running 6 in each county (one mile for each of the 27 Amendments). That is over 1,800 difficult miles meeting with state and county officials, school personnel and service organizations.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

The winner is...

August 19, 2015

My first day back in Naples and I get greeted by first friend not with "How are you Joseph" but rather "Who won the nice back pack?"

I guess that is my clue to announce the winner and show off the back pack once again. The young man who won the back pack is very much interested in the Constitution and is now in the sixth grade.

What a joy to have Victor win the back pack because he well deserves it and nice to know that the all the family members both older and younger are following my blog as I journey across Florida.


Now a little about the City of Inverness. It is of course located in Citrus County and everywhere you go you see the patriotism of the citizens everywhere. Even before entering the city, I was driving from Sumter County and the first people I make was farmers who welcomed me with open arms and course fresh eggs and peaches.

The young man will soon be a minister and his father and mother can be the welcoming committee of any place in the world. The father and son (Kid and Josh) filled my heart with their beautiful spiritual songs. They had me praising and so uplifted that I just known something special was waiting for me before I started my next 27 miles and I was not disappointed once I arrived in the City of Inverness.

Please do see for yourself:







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