raffle prizes for my fundraiser event

[thank you to all the businesses and individuals who donated!]

Hey beautiful people!

3 days until my event at Sharkeez in Manhattan Beach! I'm throwing this event to help raise money for my trip to Arusha, Tanzania with humanitarian organization ONE HEART SOURCE. 

While abroad, I'll be volunteering and providing English, community health, and HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention education to children affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 

It has been my dream to volunteer my time in Africa where there are serious needs that demand help. Before I start my professional working life as a full time teacher, I wish to further develop my teaching practice by gaining valuable experience abroad. This is my chance to get out there and broaden my world view! 

You showing up Saturday and making any sort of donation will not only make me SUPER happy because I know I have your support, it will also help further the program's efforts to improve the lives of these children and their local communities.

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Event highlights!...

Jeff Nisen and Tony Gonella of Sand Section will be playing an acoustic set! Yeee!

During the event, the amazing Alex Curry and I will be walking around selling raffle tickets in which you could win some awesome prizes.

Raffle Prizes include:

*$100 gift cert. to The World Famous Spot Restaurant
*Box of F.I.T. Bars (gf, non GMO)
*Bottle of wine and Bacchus wine tasting cert.
*cupcakes from Cupcakes Couture
*Two Guns Cafe gift cert.
*Pages bookstore gift cert.
*Nutrition Consultation from Holistic Nutrition coach Courtney Hermann
*Bates Chiropractic gift cert.
*One Private Surf Lesson with Jason Napolitano
*The Green Yogi gift cert.
*Teeki swimsuit
*Betinis swimsuit
*Spa package
*Landis Labyrinth toy store gift basket and gift cert.
*Mr. Kate rose gold necklace

....And much more!!!!

Come hungry! Breakfast is 20% off and drinks are $3.25 with a wristband! You can buy a wristband from me for $5 anytime before or at the event. I'll have them on me so you can get one when you see me or you can call me (310) 766-0091 or Amanda (310) 265-3386 for one.

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And just so you know, any donation you make Saturday will be put towards the program fee which provides me all the teaching supplies for surrounding schools, training supplies, clean drinking water, and on-site orientation and pre-field orientation.

It's from 11-3pm! Hope to see all your beautiful faces there!

Much love,

Shelby


If you can't attend the event, but would still like to donate you may do so by clicking on the giftiki link below: :D

https://user.giftiki.com/BZmFjZWJvb2sANjcwOTQ4MQ==

And again, thank you for the support. I truly appreciate the generosity. 

HELP SEND ME TO TANZANIA TO TEACH!

Jambo! ("Hello!" in Swahili),  

To my family, friends, and blog world, the ones I love most. Fate has given the most amazing opportunity of my life to travel to Tanzania, Africa this summer to work with orphans and educate children to fight poverty and the global cycle of HIV and AIDS through a non-profit, non-governmental organization called One Heart Source.

In Tanzania today, there are 1.1 million children orphaned by HIV and AIDS. Left to fend for themselves, orphans often find themselves isolated and tormented with no one to teach them practical skills and to provide social and moral guidance for them. As a country, Tanzania has the second highest population of orphans due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic worldwide. Less than 1 out of 10 children receive basic support services. One Heart Source is committed to breaking the generational transmission of HIV/AIDS by promoting the well-being, growth, and development of abandoned and orphaned children through high-quality care and most importantly, education programs. Sixty percent of Tanzanians live on less that $2 a day. Tanzanians who successfully complete some form of secondary education will immediately earn almost three times as much as someone who did not. The purpose of empowering education is to promote academic enrichment, life skills, and character development of the children in order to build effective lives and become potential community leaders, so that they may continue the cycle of positive social change.

I NEED YOUR HELP!!!

I am fundraising my trip fees and trying to reach a goal of $3,500 to partially fund my trip. Please do not feel obligated to contribute, however anything you desire to give would be greatly appreciated. 

If this is something you're interested in supporting, you can click on the PayPal "Donate" below. It will redirect you to PayPal where you can enter your own contribution amount. You do not need to have a PayPal account to donate :)   

It has been my dream to volunteer my time in Africa where there are serious needs that demand help. Before I start my professional working life as a full time elementary teacher here in California, I wish to further develop my teaching practice by gaining valuable experience abroad. This is my chance to get out there and broaden my world view! It is friends and family that have given me the guidance and tools necessary to grow and enable me to act on my passion to serve others.

Much Love, 

Shelby