Less then 24 hours after Melissa’s arrival we got down and dirty in the kitchen. Every year honorary gypsy Melissa uses her vacation days to spend some time living the van life. We didn’t waste any time today. The three of us got up shortly after the sun and headed to downtown Denver to Urban […]
Read more "Urban Peak"Our passion for music is evident in our lives. Our desires guide our travels to switch routes or lead us in directions for the sole purpose of catching one of our favorite bands. When music pairs with another important aspect of who we are, spreading good karma by helping others, we know we are being […]
Read more "Conscious Alliance Collaboration"We have started challenging ourselves to find new ways to give back to each city we visit. The timing was right for us when we arrived in Fargo, North Dakota. We would have the opportunity to be part of the Special Olympics Opening Ceremony. The 2016 summer games program for the Special Olympics North Dakota […]
Read more "Special Olympics, North Dakota"After a year and a half has somehow flown by, we were finally reunited with my stepsister, Rachel, in Chicago. The last we saw one another, we had just started this journey and were in Florida in December 2014. We have managed to visit 30 states and 13 National Parks so far. She has proudly […]
Read more "American Indian Center, Chicago"Davenport, Iowa, a city where we had no idea what to expect as we were driving for a day through fields of farmland. All we knew was from our 8th grade musical Mel and I were the “dancers” in. The Music Man sings about “Davenport, Mason City, Keokuk, Ames, and Clear Lake…. Ought to give Iowa […]
Read more "Davenport, Iowa and the River Bend Food Bank"I’d be lying if I said I had a good nights rest the night before volunteering at Salt Lake City’s Adult Detox Center for Volunteers for America in Utah. We aren’t ones to pass down an opportunity to help others so when we were asked for a few hours from the previous day’s gig at […]
Read more "Salt Lake City’s Adult Detox Center "We have been greeted with nothing less than open arms upon arriving in Utah. The landscape here is a reward upon every turn along the road. Snowcapped mountains and warm people surround Salt Lake City. We are so excited to give back to this beautiful place. We arrived at the Youth Resource Center with […]
Read more "Youth Resource Center and Salt Lake City"Jazz Festival is the reason we started making the trip to the soulful city of New Orleans. This has become a yearly tradition, a second home if you will, filled with family and friends, good music and food. As of 2015, our trips to New Orleans are not complete for us without a stop at […]
Read more "Jazz Festival and Volunteers of America’s Fresh Food Factor"Back together again! We are very excited to be back to our old tricks. After visiting family in Florida, we made our way on a Greyhound bus, in the middle of the night to New Orleans. We were told French Quarter Festival (FQF) is one not to miss, so we rented a place for a […]
Read more "French Quarter Festival 2016"Being “stuck” in a place (home in this case) longer than expected has its ups and downs. The obvious negative is that the Gypsy Givers are on opposite sides of the country, but the positive factor is more time to help those in our local community. NYC was our home for over 10 years prior to embarking […]
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