Aug
4
2010
Book Store
I was introduced to the ‘Adams Avenue Book Store’ today and it is amazing. The room with all the cookbooks was in an old kitchen!
Taken with my phone.
Jun
14
2010
One Crazy Day of Adventure
Jun
7
2010
In the mountains
I made it back last night from Sequoia National Park and it was truly amazing. Our last hike before we left was up Moro Rock, 400 steps carved and weavin up the rock. The views were amazing and relatviley clear. This shot is looking east over the Sierra Nevada range.
Jan
27
2010
This is the EPIC tour I’m about to embark on.
I can’t express with words alone what the last two weeks have been like. But, here is a piece of it.
Purpose. Persistence. Tired.
I know this is only the beginning and this week has really helped in setting the stage for the weeks to come. My expectations are completely gone, thankfully, and the palette is wide open and ready to absorb the newness of this season.
Last week we worked over 70hours and it was totally worth it. Every minute we got a vote and it is what saved us. We only won by 1200 votes and at the rate out competition was gaining on us if the competition went on for 18mins longer we would have lost. Thank you so much to everyone who voted! It truly is what helped us win.
Chase Bank came to the office today to officially announce us as the winner. We had multiple news stations here and it was so great. We got to be here at 5am this morning so we wouldn’t miss any action.
All in all, it is the start of something great. I can’t wait. Jump first, fear later.
Jan
20
2010
Update from ReSolve Uganda
Time to hit the ballot boxes
Our friends at Invisible Children have been voted as finalists for the $1,000,000 grant from Chase Community Giving, a Facebook experiment in the fusion of social networking and social justice. Out of the 100 non-profits to enter as finalists, Invisible Children is now ranked #2. And they need our help.
Along with their development work on the ground in northern Uganda, Invisible Children has been a major partner in advancing the advocacy goals of Resolve Uganda, helping build momentum for the record breaking level of support for the LRA Disarmament and Northern Recovery Act and securing 250,000 signatures through the We Want Obama campaign – a campaign that will greatly contribute in shaping the policy goals of the administration after the passage of the legislation. This grant could also potentially aid in funding mobilization of our grassroots base in advancing future policy initiatives.
Bottom line, they’re doing good work, and we’d love to give them a hand. Roughly three clicks and you’re done. First become a fan of Chase Community Giving, found HERE, and once you’ve done that, cast your vote for Invisible Children.
Jan
19
2010
Update from the Invisible Children Blog
Live from the Invisible Children Blog:
Latest
A 30 second Vote
could give $100,000 to help
Haiti and Invisible Children!
VOTE TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF INVISIBLE CHILDREN AND THEIR RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI
With your 30-second vote, you can provide $100,000 of relief work in Haiti. Invisible Children is a charity working to make invisible children around the world visible. We fight to end the use of child soldiers in Uganda and the Congo, and build schools for war-affected children in the region. But in light of last weeks devastating earthquake in Haiti, we understand that our commitment in this time of crisis needs to broaden. We are planning on implementing $100,000 in an Invisible Children relief effort to Haiti, but we need your help.
We’re a finalist in the Chase Community Giving Facebook competition to win $1,000,000 for our ‘big idea’ of ending Africa’s longest running war.
But, this contest started before the tragic earthquake hit Haiti last week and with no Haitian non-profits represented in the 100 finalists, Invisible Children felt the need to help Haiti in this time of crisis.
With the money we’ve raised through our programs (detailed at invisiblechildren.com), 760 Ugandan students have been provided with scholarships, 11 war-destroyed schools have been rebuilt and numerous microeconomic programs have been implemented to jump start village economies. A million dollars will help take these programs to unprecedented heights.
More so than at any other time in history, we are all connected as global citizens looking out for the interests of others. As we continue to help build a sustainable economy for those who have been affected by the war in Uganda, we have seen what the hope of a new beginning can bring. It’s one rooted in refusing to ignore the cries of our neighbors and providing the help needed for them to build back up a better way of life.
It’s because of this commitment that if we win, we’ll be funding $100,000 from our general fund towards our very own relief effort in Haiti. In 2005, we sent a team for four months to help in New Orleans in the wake of Katrina, and the fruit we saw from that was powerful. Using money raised over the holidays, we will put together a team to research and travel to Haiti to contract and oversee relief work ourselves.
But this is only possible if the Chase award is won. This decision is made with confidence that continued support is necessary for Haiti to overcome the devastating impact of the earthquake.
If you do anything today, do this: go here and take 30 seconds to cast your vote for Invisible Children, providing $100,000 to Invisible Children’s relief work in Haiti and $1,000,000 to bring child soldiers home from the battlefield and build schools for war-affected children.
Social networking has already raised $21 Million for Haiti, let’s continue to use this platform and provide another $100,000…and it won’t cost you a dime!
- Jason Russell and Laren Poole.
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/598099
Jan
5
2010
1st Sunset of the new year.
I think it’s going to be a good year!
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
