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I just got back from Summit High School where Greg Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time, was speaking to a sizable congregation of elementary school-aged kids.

At the event, the organizers also announced the total sum raised during the Pennies for Peace fundraiser in town, which came to $52,729.04.

I also had a chance to sit down with Mortenson, who has dedicated his life to help build schools in Pakistan in the hope of educating children, especially young girls, before his presentation and I will have the text from that chat up on the site tomorrow. So check back.

But in the meantime, here’s some footage of Mortenson speaking at Summit High.

This article appears in Feb 11-17, 2010.

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Video of Greg Mortenson, Author of “Three Cups of Tea,” Speaking in Bend

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 11, 2010

<h1>Video of Greg Mortenson, Author of “Three Cups of Tea,” Speaking in Bend</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 11, 2010</p> <p>I just got back from Summit High School where <a href="http://www.threecupsoftea.com/" target="_blank">Greg Mortenson, the author of </a><em><a href="http://www.threecupsoftea.com/" target="_blank">Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time</a>, </em>was speaking to a sizable congregation of elementary school-aged kids.</p> <p>At the event, the organizers also announced the total sum raised during the <a href="http://www.penniesforpeace.org/" target="_blank">Pennies for Peace </a>fundraiser in town, which came to <strong>$52,729.04</strong>.</p> <p>I also had a <strong>chance to sit down</strong> with Mortenson, who has dedicated his life to help build schools in Pakistan in the hope of educating children, especially young girls, before his presentation and <strong>I will have the text from that chat up on the site tomorrow</strong>. So check back.</p> <p>But in the meantime, here's some footage of Mortenson speaking at Summit High.</p> <p><object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/Bb-zlQ8n8MI </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/video-of-greg-mortenson-author-of-three-cups-of-tea-speaking-in-bend-2135131/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=14341&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/video-of-greg-mortenson-author-of-three-cups-of-tea-speaking-in-bend-2135131/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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