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I may have helped organize the Passports with Purpose fundraiser, but it was the work of about two thousand people (between bloggers, donors and corporate sponsors) who really built this project ...
I don't believe that it's ever possible to wrap your head around another person's experience. Not even your neighbors or close friends. And life in another country with its own culture and traditions is even harder to comprehend. Things might look similar, human needs are the same ...
When my husband and I made our first trip to Africa in 2001 I poured over any images I could find that would help me wrap my head around what it would feel like to be there. There really wasn't much available, and the web was still very text ...
There's something about the African landscape that is deeply settling. When I first visited the African continent 10 years ago, it felt like coming home. As we flew into Lusaka today, I felt those same feelings resurfacing - I've never been to Zambia before, but already it feels strangely ...
As I get ready for this trip to Zambia, it's been fun to answer questions from family and friends (and in the process, to realize how little I know about Zambia and more broadly about Africa). The kids are helping me create a list of questions to take with ...
Last December, when the Passports With Purpose Fundraiser surpassed our goal to raise $80,000 to build two libraries in Zambia, we had another goal that we were more quiet about... to visit in person, meet the kids, and bring back stories and pictures about how our libraries helped the ...
I want to thank everyone who donated to help build libraries in Zambia through Passports with Purpose! Today is the last day of our fundraiser, and I am very excited to announce that we've exceeded our goal! It's exciting to watch the donations roll in, and to know ...
A Giveaway
If you haven't had a chance yet to make your Passports with Purpose donation to build libraries in Zambia, now is the best time to do so! Our fundraiser ends on Friday. This week, I will be matching one lucky reader's donation (up to $200) by ...
Our annual Passports with Purpose fundraiser is now a week underway, and we've raised close to $20,000 towards our goal of building 2 libraries in Zambia! Now that we have a complete list of all the prizes we'll be giving away (there are 86 in all) I ...
Each year at this time, I help lead Passports with Purpose, the travel blogger's fundraiser. What makes our fundraiser fun and different, is that we raise money by giving away prizes to our donors!
Here's how it works - each $10 donation you make enters you to win one ...
I have a lot to be thankful for. We all do. This year I'm so grateful to have a home, a healthy family, and the opportunity to spend this holiday with our extended family. It's easy to get caught up in the post-Thanksgiving shoporama, but I've been ...
I have a long-standing love affair with the Woodmark Hotel in Kirkland WA. Just across the bridge from Seattle, it's a lakefront getaway without all the hassle of a long drive, and my husband and I have take advantage of that (at our own expense) when we just need ...
I've been pretty quiet about this year's Passports With Purpose effort, but the reality is that a lot has been going on behind the scenes.
You might remember last year's fundraiser, in a few short weeks we raised almost $30,000 to build a school in Cambodia ...
This time of year in the US, most of us are consumed with buying the perfect toys for our children, finding the most adorable holiday outfits and decorating our homes to be the perfect backdrop for childhood memories. But those things aren't essential for a happy childhood, are they ...
I'm so thrilled that the Frugal Traveler wrote about Passports With Purpose, our fundraising effort to build a school for children in rural Cambodia today. The column will also run in Sunday's paper, so if you see a car struggling along under a load of newspapers this weekend ...
I want to thank everyone who entered and everyone who made a donation to help build a school in Cambodia. I will be giving a $100 donation to AAfC on behalf of Monica who said that her favorite prizes were:
A Giveaway
If you haven't had a chance yet to make your donation to help build libraries in Zambia, now is the best time to do so! Our fundraiser ends on Friday. This week, I match one lucky reader's donation (up to a $200 contribution) by making a ...
It's no secret that mines dot rural Cambodia. You see evidence of it everywhere, from the children and adults who are missing limbs to the "Danger!! Mines!!" t-shirts that many tourists buy.
Did you ever stop to think what the impact of the land mines might be to a ...
Yesterday I posted about the amazing the outpouring of support for our Passports With Purpose fundraiser, and today I am feeling even more grateful. Not only did over 40 bloggers post about their own prizes, but together we raised over $1000 in donations in 24 hours - $10 at a time ...
Today, as bloggers everywhere started posting about Passports With Purpose it finally hit me, we really ARE going to build a school in Cambodia this year. If you've been a regular reader, I don't have to tell you how much it means to do something so concrete for ...
When I think about the time we spent in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, I always remember these two sweet, silly sisters. Each afternoon, they roamed the streets selling bracelets made out of flowers. After we had been town for a few days, we started to look familiar, and they would play ...
When the Khmer Rouge controlled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, the toll wasn't limited to the estimated 1.5 million human lives lost, it was a whole culture. In an effort to return to a simplistic agrarian-based Communist society, the intellectual elite were specifically targeted for "re-education" or even ...
If you have been reading DeliciousBaby since last year, you may remember Passports with Purpose, the travel blogger's fundraiser founded by Pam Mandel of Nerd's Eye View, Beth Whitman of Wanderlust and Lipstick, Michelle Duffy of WanderMom ...
Just a quick note to say THANK YOU to everyone who helped make our Passports with Purpose fundraiser such a huge success. We raised $7420 for Heifer International, almost 50% more than our initial goal! This feat would have been impossible to accomplish without all the generous donations from sponsors ...
Just a quick note to say THANK YOU to everyone who has already contributed! I've been truly amazed at the amount of support we have been able to rally in such a short amount of time. We've already raised over $6200 for Heifer International (over 20% above our ...
With 7 days left until Passports With Purpose raffle ticket sales close, we have just passed our $5000 fundraising goal! That is fantastic news, and I want to thank everyone who has already donated.
We're not done yet, though, and I hope that everyone who has put off donating ...
I'm excited to announce that we have raised over $3300 for Heifer International through Passports With Purpose! We're not done yet, though, and if you have not yet made a donation, this is your last full week to do so before you head off for the holidays. I ...
I want to thank everyone who has donated to Passports With Purpose or helped spread the word. Our first week was exhilarating, and it seemed like every one of my favorite travel-related blogs posted about the effort! After just one week, we have raised 2,155.00 for Heifer International ...
Together with Beth Whitman, Michelle Duffy, and Pam Mandel I've been working hard for the past few weeks on rounding up travelbloggers from around the world to participate in Passports With Purpose, a travelblogger driven fundraiser for Heifer International.
The final raffle prize list for Passports With Purpose is ...
Earlier this week I got together with Pam, Beth, and Michelle to checkpoint our progress on the Passports With Purpose fundraiser for Heifer International.
In just a few short weeks, what started as an idea brought up over coffee has transformed into what I believe will be a very successful ...
DeliciousBaby will never make me wealthy, but one of the things that makes it rewarding is the ability to have a positive impact on issues I care about. Whether it's investigating unsafe car seats at a rental car ...
