Francine

Wife, Mother, Grammy 🥰 5th generation San Franciscan! Family, Family, Family!!

[Military Support @MilitaryCooI]

Every year on the anniversary of D-Day, French citizens take sand from Omaha Beach and rub it onto the gravestones of fallen soldiers to create a golden shine. They do this for all 9,386 American soldiers buried there.

[Francine @fjcunnie]

@CalFootball Wooohooo!! Go Bears 🏈❤️

[College Sports Only @CSOonX]

Is there a reason I'm unaware of that the Mountain West & "Pac-4" don't merge to form a Pac-16 super conference?

Seems like the best solution to a bad situation...

[ESPN @espn]

Missouri football head coach Eli Drinkwitz on the potential effect conference realignment has on the student athlete.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Country singer Dolly Parton wrote the songs "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" on the same night.
When the first song was at the top of the charts in 1974, Elvis wanted to record his own version of the song. Dolly was interested until Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis' manager, said that it was standard procedure that when the king of rock and roll covered a song - half of the rights to that song would go to him in the future.

She refused it.

"I said, 'I'm really, really sorry' and cried all night. It was terrible for me, on the one hand, it's Elvis. People told me: "You are crazy." It's Elvis Presley...' but I just couldn't do it. Something told me in my heart not to do it and I didn't. I know he would rock with that song. But I couldn't. And then Whitney Houston came along with her version and I made enough money from the rights to buy Dollywood."

She grew up in severe poverty and no one famous has done more for the education of the poor than her.

In 1990, the percentage of students who did not graduate from high school in her hometown was over 30%. She introduced the "Buddy Program", where all high school graduates received a nice sum when they graduated. It wasn't just a waste of money, she personally came and explained the concept to them - everyone should find a buddy, and whoever doesn't succeed she will find one for them. Everyone had to sign that they will graduate and do everything in their power to ensure that their buddy also graduates. She taught young people about friendship and helping.

The number of school dropouts dropped to below 6% and has remained so until today.

When 900 families lost their homes in the 2016 fires, she paid each family $1,000 for the next five months. When she came to the bank to finish the paperwork, she gave each family another $5,000 to find. A total of nine million dollars.

Also, her work - Imagination Library from 1995, was inspired by her realization that young people in rural areas and poor families already fall behind when they start school and that this prevents them from pursuing higher education. The goal of her program was for every child in her district to receive one book, once a month, from birth to school, completely free of charge, without any conditions. It started as an initiative in her hometown and has spread to a huge number of countries around the world.

By 2018, over 100 million books were distributed in this way.

She is also known for her witty statements, at the beginning of her career she said:

“I'm not offended by jokes about stupid blondes because I know I'm not stupid... and I'm not really blonde either.”

[Scarlett Johnson @scarlett4kids]

In a world where very few cultural icons are positive role models, it’s refreshing to watch @markwahlberg speak so sincerely about his commitment to his faith in Christ.

Rarely do A-list Hollywood actors so openly show a sincere love for God and respect for tradition, so I was truly touched to hear Wahlberg say of his faith “ …it is everything, it's afforded me so many things. Obviously, you know, God didn’t come to save the saints. He came to save the sinners. We’ve all had things and issues in our lives, and we want to be better versions of ourselves, and through focusing on my faith, it's allowed me to do that."

I have been a huge Wahlberg fan for a long time, and it is refreshing to see a Hollywood actor who rejects ‘going woke’ and instead embraces ‘going to church.’

[Washington State Football @WSUCougarFB]

For those asking for the full Eggplant Parm recipe, please direct your inquiries to @CoachFerrigno

[Washington State Football @WSUCougarFB]

He can walk the walk, but can he talk the talk? 🎙️

Spoiler Alert: Yes.

#GoCougs | #WAZZU | @Cameron7Ward

[Francine @fjcunnie]

@WSUCougarFB Oh yeah! Lol

[Russell Crowe @russellcrowe]

I got out of Quarantine at 11:59pm.
Went in an elevator. Wow.
Walked outside.
Amazing.

Freedom.

Not to be preachy at all, but, for your family, your friends, your community, yourself … get vaccinated.

[Francine @fjcunnie]

I’m a finalist in Evergreen Lodge at Yosemite’s Story Contest. Help me rally votes: https://t.co/ZMQk84wsfy @evergreen_ynp

[Brian Hickey @kcraBrianHickey]

Forest management at work in the El Dorado National Forest. Look what happened when the #CaldorFire ran into an area that was thinned out.

[Tom McClintock @RepMcClintock]

The USFS was formed to preserve our forests & remove excess growth before it burned. But the environmental movement in the 1970s made that IMPOSSIBLE. The amount of acreage destroyed by catastrophic fire in CA has returned to its prehistoric levels of about 4 million acres a year

[Francine @fjcunnie]

I’m a finalist in Evergreen Lodge at Yosemite’s Story Contest. Help me rally votes: https://t.co/BebK4fKwBe @evergreen_ynp

[Francine @fjcunnie]

I’m a finalist in Evergreen Lodge at Yosemite’s Story Contest. Help me rally votes: https://t.co/6tPhO6sWpg @evergreen_ynp

[Nick Rolovich @NickRolovich]

#IChooseGood

[Francine @fjcunnie]

That’s crazy

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

This dog is elite 😂🙌

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[Francine @fjcunnie]

@NBCSAuthentic Oracle no question !