You have all stitched hope in my heart

Well not quite reaching our goal of $4000 we march on, doing as much as we can in the time we have to raise the rest of the funds needed. We will do so through car washes and bake sales etc. but we also decided every week we will sell something at school. Knowing kids, and their minds solely set on food, we came up with a schedule to sell food and our first product was the left over juice from our event. With the support of our fine leading teachers (Principal Mr. Devin and Assistant Principal Mr.Jenson) who eagerly allowed us to continue fundraising at school.

Immediately at lunch when we started to sell the juice, people started to buy it for our cause.

Soon all our friends came around and tried to pull other people in with sale slogans for our juice, screaming

“Buy juice and change a family’s life!”

Do you remember how I told you before how we had a table cloth that we had people sign at the Silent Auction?

People who did buy juice or donate were rewarded with being able to sign orange fabric that we are going to make into curtains and hang in the house. Symbolic of all the people who love and supported us, enabling us to help this family. At one point our friends walked around the school and asked people for straight donations, we were surprised by the outcome. By the end of lunch we had made 37 dollars and our curtains were signed by numerous names to represent the kid’s involvement in changing the world. You have all stitched hope in my heart and restored my knowledge that the world is filled with kindred souls of all age, creed, race, we all have the power to come together with one voice and change the world for the better.

We were all partaking in changing the world

Hey guys, so I am a big believer in coincidences which sounds weird especially when it’s usually the other way around. Any who we had a marvelous turnout for our event and I was basking in the fact it was over and we had been successful and that I could finally rest, Hallelujah! This coincidence turned out to be a huge blessing. You know how I talked about the really awesome boy band that came last year and they were the whole inspiration to this trip? Well they are with a big group called absolute which sort of umbrellas over hero holiday and a whole bunch of other awareness groups. We have had so much support from our principal and assistant principal it has been phenomenal for making announcements at school or for overall just having them there to ask, “how’s everything going?” people who genuinely cared about our success and wanted the best turnout! Mr. Devin, our principal recently told as that we were the best motivational thing that had happened to this school in a long time. So over time their support grew as did our eagerness. One day when we were going to make an announcement over the intercom, our assistant principal made an announcement, relaying that this group(Absolute.org) was coming back yet again not later than a week from the day of our event. He also told us later on we could set desks out in front of the gym so we may acquire donations from the students. It was perfect, now the kids at our school, our friends, were able to actually understand and relate to the urge to help, by donating pocket change. Not only that, the ones who wanted to go but might not have the means to go know they helped in a small way for a big cause. The day the group came was awesome. My mum came to the school as she had inquires about my safety and could actually interact with the organization with itself. Not only that but we were able to meet one of the people from the leadership academy, heather, who gasped at our success and accomplishments. She went on to ask if she could invite us on to stage after the show to introduce us and relay our message and what we have achieved over the past year. The presentation was wonderful, filled to the rim with clips and motivation, plus an epic boy band, half chance heroes. Nearing the end, heather gave a wonderful raw heartfelt story and beckoned for us to come on stage. It was great, everyone applauded and I had never felt so much support then at that moment, from my peers. I love my friends and it was great to have them understand and tell us how proud they were of us. At the end we also collected more pocket change.


It was miraculous people who didn’t have money before suddenly threw a five our way. It is amazing to see people come together as a school and so warmly embrace us and our purpose. By the end of the day we made $75.56 off of our supporters, my friends, and teachers, we all went home with a smile on face, knowing we were all partaking in changing the world.