Since April is Plant With Purpose’s Global Impact Tour month, we are hosting a screening of the 58: Film at the Moniker Warehouse in San Diego.  Come be moved by heart-wrenching stories from around the world and learn about the hope of transformation that the church can bring to end extreme poverty. 
 
Friday, April 13, 2012 at 7:00pm
 Moniker Warehouse
705 16th Street Suite 100 San Diego, CA 92101
 Live music by Cameron Lewis
Screening of 58: Fast.Forward.the End of Poverty
RSVP to Becky (becky@plantwithpurpose.org) to reserve your seat!
 
Invite your friends by passing on this email or sharing the event on Facebook.
 
If you are not able to join us on Friday, please take a minute to check out the Global Impact Tour.  In honor of Earth Day, we’re restoring the fruitfulness to the land by raising funds for reforestation projects in the Dominican Republic.  Your gift today will be doubled through a matching grant!
 
Thanks for joining the tour!
 
- Plant with Purpose

Just in case you’ve been living in a van down by the river lately, you’re probably very aware of KONY 2012!  REVO San Diego supports Invisible Children and their effort to spread the word and call YOU to action!  Watch both video’s below.

KONY 2012 – Part 1

KONY 2012 – Part 2

So what’s next??  Well, we’re glad you asked…..get off your butt and participate in Cover The Night – http://www.kony2012.com!!!

Learn More about Invsible children – http://www.invisiblechildren.com/

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 has an intense heart for struggling famlies and at-risk  youth.  Project Reach has created a new initiative of building up the community of San Diego with it’s desire to open “The Hope House”.  The Hope House is a center for hope in the North Park area of San Diego.  The purpose will be to provide resources, professional services and training for families that are struggling to make it. 

PR will also train and equip leaders and volunteers in our community to serve locally and globally.  They are sending 2 teams abroad this year - one to Thailand in June and another to Haiti in October.

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, their teams partner with organizations who are 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.

They are currently fundraising for the teams going.  You can donate to them online here.  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!

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?

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……

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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

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

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….

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?

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:

[FULL EVENT INFORMATION HERE]

[KFA Website]

[To Donate to KFA]