Project Reach plans for 2012!
January 12th, 2012
At REVO San Diego, we feel it’s important to bring you information on our participating non-profit organizations, and even sometimes those not involved with REVO.
Project Reach is an initiative designed to bring every day people, and take them out of their every day lives and place them on a team that will be recruited, trained and sent to serve locally in San Diego, and then either in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti or Mae Sot, Thailand. They have a secondary goal to develop leaders who will replicate the process and send their own teams, using a similar format.
Led by Dr. Tim Scott & it’s Director, Scott Laughlin, they have gathered up some incredible individuals who will train their teams; Bryan Monzon (cultural training), Lew Boore (leadership), Lisa Dougan of Resolve Uganda (cultural awareness), James Pearson of Ember Arts (cultural sensitivity and perspective) & more.
Whether going to Haiti or Thailand, they partner with an organization who is there full time, on the ground, working with the people. In Haiti, they partner with Child Hope International and in Thailand they serve with Compasio. Their goal is to come alongside these partners to empower them as they serve.
In 2012, they will be training and sending two full teams!
Thailand: June (mid-late)
Haiti: October 19th – 26th
They are currently fundraising for the teams going. If you wish to support them financially, please email them at reachworldinfo@gmail.com or send your tax deductible donation to:
Project Reach
2716 Madison Ave.
San Diego, CA. 92116
*visit their website – www.projectreachworld.com
At REVO San Diego, we’re excited to get behind an incredible organization that proves to us that there really are people out there who care about their global community and are doing something about it!
Shop With Purpose!
November 29th, 2011
Having a tough time shopping for the Holidays? Well, this Sunday you can come have a great time with friends, make some purchases for your loved-ones and at the same time, have an ethical impact! Our friends at Moniker are hosting this event in their warehouse downtown SD. You do not want to miss this!
Address: 705 16th St. San Diego, CA. 92101
When: Sunday, Dec. 4th, 2pm – 10pm
Go to the Facebook page and click “Attend” – https://www.facebook.com/events/187459744674541/
REVO SD will be here, will you?
Invisible Children’s screening of “Tony”
October 18th, 2011
Sunday, October 23rd, we will gather to host a FREE screening of Invisible Children’s latest film titled, “Tony”. Come by inspired by this young man’s remarkable story!
When: Sunday, October 23rd @ 6pm
Where: Grace San Diego 2716 Madison Ave. San Diego, CA. 92116
You will not want to miss this……
Give $11. Ask 11. By 11.11.11.
September 22nd, 2011
(click on image to go to link)
Being so close to so many incredible organizations, people ask us all the time – how can we make an impact?
Well, here is one way you can change a life and make a HUGE impact! Start with 11!
It is simple – Give $11. Ask someone else to give $11 by the date – 11.11.11
If you refer 11 people who give $11, you get a t-shirt! Or, if you give $111, you get a free shirt!
The $11 you give goes directly to help Compasio support children in these tangible ways;
- Drop-In Center for children on the street
- Street to School Program – Enrolling street children into school
- Emergency Shelter for female victims of trafficking
- Safe-house for children victimized by abuse
- Family Home for children whose parents are incarcerated
- Infant Home for babies abandoned at birth awaiting adoption
- Dump Community - Providing access to medical care and clean water
So join REVO San Diego support this cause. Let’s together make apathy a thing of the past and see true change in these precious children’s lives!
Read more at http://www.compasio.org
- REVO SD Team
REVO SD will be there! Will you?
July 13th, 2011
It takes a lot of courage to overcome your fears. To move from paralysis to action. To stop running away from and start chasing the “Lions” in your life. It all starts with turning around, facing your fears, and taking that first step in the right direction.
The Lion Chase 5k is put on by REVO SD partner, Amor Ministries. Amor is a San Diego based non-profit who works to aid poverty stricken families in Mexico, South Africa and on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. The families that Amor seeks to help are faced with systemic poverty: a “lion” that is constantly bearing down on them. By providing them a safe, dry place to call home we inspire those families to be courageous, to take that first step in the right direction, that turn around moment they need.
REVO SD has been about imparting courage since its beginning. Our first event benefited homeless teens in San Diego, supplying them with food & back packs full of essentials. People that need courage to face the next day. Our second event benefited the people of Haiti, a country that needs courage to rebuild after the historic earthquake. And now the people Amor serves in Mexico, South Africa & The San Carlos Apache Reservation. People, that when given the gift of a house, have courage to face poverty and overcome it.
So, have courage yourself and come out and run in the Lion Chase 5k. REVO SD will have a booth there and would love to see you.
[CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT]
MOVEMENT. CLARITY. LOVE
Ember Arts: Every Woman Has A Dream
July 11th, 2011
article from www.emberarts.com….
Every woman has a dream — of personal success or building a family or lifelong adventure, or any combination of 1,000 goals. And today more women than ever have the liberty and resources to pursue their dreams.
But in places like Uganda where conflict and poverty limit opportunity, women’s dreams are often postponed and forgotten. Families invest their few resources in opportunities for boys and men, while girls are pulled out of school and women are confined to little more than domestic servitude. Over time their dreams flicker and fade.
Not only is this unjust, but new research shows that empowered women are often a family’s best hope to overcome poverty. They typically invest 90% of their income in the education and well-being of their families, as compared to only 30% or 40% among men. And as families succeed, so do communities. And as communities prosper, so do nations.
Ember Arts exists to rekindle the dreams of women in poverty. We build successful business ventures in partnership with these women and invest in their training and education, and they invest in their families and communities as only they can.
Every woman has a dream. And as more women around the world have the liberty and resources to pursue their dreams, more families, communities, and nations will prosper.
VISIT OUR FRIENDS AT EMBER ARTS TODAY, AND SUPPORT AN INCREDIBLE BUSINESS & CAUSE! WWW.EMBERARTS.COM
We are proud to add Ember Arts to our Friends Page and promote yet another San Diego based organization that selflessly devotes time and resources to others….
2 countries, 2 incredible causes…
June 9th, 2011
REVO San Diego‘s Scott Laughlin recently visited two parts of the world and got to know two amazing organizations….
HAITI - Child Hope International
A quick trip to Haiti turned into a relationship. Scott traveled to Port-Au-Prince to visit an organization the derived from a young girl’s dream.
Ariana was nine years old when she had a dream that she would go to Haiti and help orphaned children. After a visit, her parents sold all that they had and moved there with their three small children. Eight years later, Child Hope International is a small, but effective organization that cares for over 50 orphans by providing education, medical care, spiritual growth, personal development and a family environment.
Scott toured their facilities, that are all within a few blocks from eachother. He was impressed by their heart and love for the Haitian people. Their programs are well thought out and effective.
Instead of just benevolent giving to the Haitian people, they also empower young people by providing education. They transition the older kids by giving them skills in carpentry, textiles, graphic design, business concepts and more.
For many of these kids, the programs of love of Child Hope will change their lives.
THAILAND – Compasio
Other than a little motorbike accident, Scott’s trip to Mae Sot, Thailand was amazing. For two weeks he and seven others came alongside Compasio, an organization loving migrant Burmese children and families.
Scott and his team gave an “Extreme Make Over” to Compasio’s Prison Baby Home.
The Prison Baby Home is where small infants have come to live after Prison Guards at the local women’s prison found them living within the prison. Compasio now cares for them and provides love and a family atmosphere.
The make-over consisted of cleaning, scrubbing walls and floors, painting, washing clothes and dishes, installing fans, electrical work and more.
Compasio is amazing and Scott’s group was thankful for a short time, be apart of their incredible effort to love people.
For both of these trips, it was yet another eye-openner to a global need. There are needs all over the world, even in the U.S. and in our hometown of San Diego. REVO San Diego is a group of individuals that are doing something about it.
Ask yourself, how can you selflessly serve and love someone else?
Kits For Africa!
February 18th, 2011
It never ceased to amaze us at REVO San Diego, how our city hosts some of the most selfless people and organizations in the county! We are excited to find yet another incredible local non-profit organization doing amazing work in Africa!
Kits For Africa raises support for underprivileged youth in Africa through athletic programs and the purchase of “kits” (sports equipment and clothing). Please visit their website for more information and help by donating your time and financial support!
Also, please join us as we support Kits For Africa at a wine tasting event here in San Diego!
Wednesday, March 2nd 2011
6pm – 9pm
@Fifty Seven Degrees
1735 Hancock Street | San Diego, CA. 92010
$49 Donation Includes:
5 Wine Tastings, hor d’oeuvres and live entertainment by Andrew Fodor and Paisley Crosby
More Information:
REVO San Diego + Hope in Haiti 2011
February 1st, 2011
by Corbyn Small (Plant With Purpose Outreach guy and a piece of the REVO SD Team)
Hey all of our REVO SD friends and family! We wanted to say thank you so much for coming out and celebrating great work being done in Haiti through Plant With Purpose’s local staff and for continuing to support the wonderfully courageous people of Haiti moving forward into 2011. We had over 200 people show up, engage, ask questions, and give over $2,800 to support long term community development that is focused on partnership and empowering leaders in Haiti. Specifically, that $2,800 dollars will be used in a way that helps to restore fertility to barren soils and helps farmers to have economic opportunity to provide for their families. For more on Plant With Purpose’s work in Haiti visit our website here http://bit.ly/fsNKHm.
Revo SD exists to bring people together and to encourage and support organizations that are making a positive change in the world. Saturday night was an excellent example of San Diegans showing the world that they won’t just stand idly by, but that they care and they want to be involved in being the change.
Thank you for your loving support and many thanks to all the folks that helped make REVO SD 2011 possible! Here’s some photos thanks to Cody Small (caavadesign.com) and Shaun Boyte (shaunboyte.com).
Revo SD Knows People
January 26th, 2011
By Corbyn Small January 24, 2011
{Reposted from www.plantwithpurpose.tumblr.com} There have been a lot of incredible partnerships that we shared with you all over the course of 2010 and we’re sure not going to stop now! Plant With Purpose is proud to have the artistic and creative genius of Cody Small on our side as we move into 2011 with a bang. Cody is the graphic designer responsible for much of the creation and ongoing development of Plant With Purpose’s branding. What that means is that he designs the quarterly Sower newsletter, the annual report, and other miscellaneous pieces throughout the year so that we can clearly relay the impact that Plant With Purpose is having on so many lives internationally (and he just so happens to be my older brother… double bonus).
We are excited to announce his most recent work for Plant With Purpose to help us advertise and promote a fundraiser for Plant With Purpose’s long-term work in Haiti. He designed some incredible pieces for us and we wanted to share them with you all (please help us to spread the news in your networks as well!) The upcoming event is called Revo San Diego (http://www.revosandiego.com/) and it will be an evening of live music, drinks, and fun all for the sake of bringing people to together to support families in Haiti. On Saturday, January 29th in Northpark, San Diego we will celebrate the accomplishments of our staff and partners in Haiti as well as look forward to the goals in the coming year.
This last year Cody launched his own freelance graphic design firm called Caava Design (http://caavadesign.com), which focuses on everything from website design and development to branding and photography. Cody was just named one of the top 100 graphic designers in San Diego (a market with too many colleges, art institutes, graphic design programs, and not enough jobs to match the saturation of talent) by Sparkah.com. We are grateful to have his partnership and talent to help Plant With Purpose continue to reach more people with the inspiring transformational stories of farmers being empowered to provide for their families. Cody loves the holistic mission of Plant With Purpose and he has been actively involved with us for the past 3 years. Recently, Cody donated his graphic design abilities for this Revo poster design as well as some other great projects.
Cody’s bio at Caava Design:
Founder // Creative Director // Bicycle Extraordinaire
(pictured on right with co-founder Slade Hammer)
Prior to founding Caava Design, Cody gained branding experience designing for clients such as World Vision, Starbucks, Diageo, Easton, Plant With Purpose, WD-40 and Westfield. He holds a BFA in graphic design from Point Loma Nazarene University. Affectionately dubbed “font savant”, he has an irritating knack for identifying any typeface that crosses his path. He spends most of his time behind a camera, or on his bike, sometimes simultaneously.
Follow both Cody and Plant With Purpose on Twitter: @caavadesign @plantwpurpose
