We Are All Connected: October 2013

Saturday, October 12, 2013

More funds raised at Vista Grande elementary school's carnival!

A big thank you goes out to Vista Grande Elementary School, you scored again!

The annual Carnival held on a Saturday in October is always a bit hit for kids and parents alike- games, prizes, and food to raise money for the school. Vista Grande was kind enough to let us spread the word about Dr. Hodes’ mission, and to sell books, t-shirts and cookies, raising funds for the kids in Ethiopia.

With the help of the school, kids, and parents we raised $205.00 for Dr. Hodes!

Thank you Principal Hansen for sharing the value of teaching our children the tremendous importance of helping. Thank you for being on board and helping us show the kids that yes, We Are All Connected, and yes, we can make a difference!

Sunday, October 6, 2013

The Peace Journey Church joins our cause to help raise funds!

Today we had our table on the patio of the Peace Journey Church in Danville selling cookies and T-shirts for Dr. Hodes.

From noon to 4pm we were outside and later we moved inside during the Jazz festival where we stayed until 7pm. We talked to several people, sold some T-shirts and raised another $126.12 for the kids in Ethiopia!

Thanks to everybody who participated and who helped by buying our stuff. Special thanks to Pastor Steve who generously made room for us to be there. Big thanks also to the principal Mrs. Hansen who graciously gave us the beautiful extra T-shirts (from our previous fundraiser at Vista Grande) to be sold today, and to Eric Gayden who generously printed our first "professional banner" with the picture of Dr. Hodes, as well as some drawings made by our kids.

What is our mission?

Our mission is to raise awareness among children illustrating how we are all truely connected and how by working together we can make a difference in the world.

We want to carry our message to children in cities, states, and countries throughout the world conveying this message of being connected and through efforts supporting voluntary causes at their schools they can help children in need.

Our current project is to raise awareness and funds to assist Dr. Rick Hodes in providing medical care and clean water to children of East Africa. This project has two primary beneficial objectives:

First is educational: Children at their schools, with the help of their teachers and administrators can work together to help those in need. Each and every child realizes he/she can make a difference!

Second is financial: Our objective to raise money in each school through special fundraisers, as well as permanent recycling of bottles, cans and cell phones.

How can you help?

We would love your participation by motivating your school to embrace our mission and adopting our current fundraising project for Dr.Hodes cause at your school. One successful example is Vista Grande Elementary School in Danville California. See our blog post about their fundraiser: Vista Grande Fundraiser

You can also contribute by donating your used cell phones to any local school participating in this project.

Or by donating directly to Dr. Hodes cause, by clicking here: DONATE

We believe this message is important to be shared with your children. To illustrate the value of their efforts, to show how we are all connected, and how powerful a difference they can make by helping others!