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. 

 [Happy St. Patty's Day!; flat white coffee from Two Guns Cafe; an abandoned liquor bottle the day after St. Patty's Day in San Fran 3 years ago]

May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks
May your heart be as light as a song
May each day bring you bright
Happy hours that stay with you all the year long.

~Irish Blessing

this and that

Obsessed with Pictionary-inspired iPhone game "Draw Something." Is it considered an unhealthy obsession if I play this game first thing in the morning, on the john, at lunch, while making dinner, before bed, doing yoga (ha, jk, but I'd do it if I could) ? 

Like my Skrillex drawing on the left? How about my cousin Carly's Yoda drawing on the right? She has a degree in Art if you couldn't tell... :)  

[SO pho-king good veggie pho bowl from Saigon Pho] 

First Pho experience at Vietnamese restaurant Saigon Dish in Hawthorne. Pho is a traditional Vietnamese beef noodle soup comprised of basil, bean sprouts, onions and scallions, bell pepper, carrots, lime and chili,  and greens. I got the Tofu Veggie Pho made with veggie broth instead of beef broth! Yay to Saigon Dish for catering to vegans, seagans, and vegetarians! It's light, flavorful, healthy, and is large enough to leave you with leftovers!  

  

[liquid gold sunset in Manhattan Beach Saturday]

Saturday's breathtaking sunset in Manhattan Beach. This photograph was taken on my iPhone with no enhancements/filters/whatever. What you see here is what I saw that evening. 

[flat white coffee beverage from Two Guns in Manhattan Beach]

Have you ever heard of a flat white before? A flat white is a coffee beverage originating from Australia . It is prepared by pouring microfoam (steamed milk from the bottom of a pitcher) over a single or double shot (I got 3!) of espresso. This type of coffee is a healthier alternative to a traditional latte because it uses less milk. You also will find that you don't need to add sweetener to a flat white. Don't ask me why, but you don't. It's sweet on its own... 

Two Guns Cafe in Manhattan Beach serves an amazing flat white for only $3! 

Starbucks beware. There's a new guy in town and he goes by the name of Two Guns! 

[image via pinterest]

My yoga instructor, Matt Rothert, on Sunday talked to us about the power of giving and how when you make a conscious effort to give (even if you don't have a lot), not only do you experience personal benefits, but receiving tends to follow. As the joy of giving flows out from you, new richness fills your life! 

Try it!

Keep in mind that giving doesn't necessarily need to involve your wallet. Giving can be done through small gestures such as smiling (smiles don't cost you a thing!) at someone you pass by, holding the door open for a group behind you, or picking up and throwing away a piece of trash on the ground. 

From Rabbi Harold Kushner, 

"We all have the power to give away love, to love other people. And if we do so, we change the kind of person we are, and we change the kind of world we live in.”