By documenting the lives of some of the United States' estimated 70,000 centenarians, they hope to provide the rest of us and our children an invaluable lesson, not just in history but in life as well. The cornerstone of the project is the Living Century video series, which Latham and Carson, both 31, plan to bring to PBS television this fall. Four programs already have been taped, and the producers have done preliminary phone interviews with another 15 people. Nominations are being accepted until May 20, with the winners to be announced during a live May 31 Webcast. And they hope, after they secure more corporate funding, to be able to expand the Web page and to finalize plans to get the project into classrooms.
Suggestions come from everyone.
Lots of grandkids contact us, which is nice. But we also hear from a lot of friends and neighbors. They're our neighbors, they're walking down our streets. And if we listen to these people, we might learn something. When people pass on, their memories die with them.