Redeeming Soles II

When we revisit places where we volunteer we love the feeling of connectivity it provides us, familiar faces, knowing the general ropes and being surrounded by like-minded individuals. What we also enjoy is being able to learn even more about the company and sometimes we get to try different tasks than the first time. In […]

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Winter FUNdraiser

Volunteering and working with kids is the most difficult gig to get on the road and rightfully so, asking for background checks, references, finger prints, ok maybe not finger prints. So when my sister, Angie, asked if I could volunteer my time while visiting for the holidays I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. Angie has […]

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A Holiday Family Affair

Jazz Festival and Crawfish Festival have always held a special place in our hearts not solely because of the music but also because they have become a family affair. Our hearts melted when we heard Louisiana was still suffering immensely from the flooding this past year.  We reached out to Michael Arnone, founder of Crawfish […]

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Uproute Blog Feature

A few weeks ago, we were approached by “She-Explores”, as many of you remember we were featured on their website http://www.she-explores.com a year ago.  The founder of Uproute, a new travel community platform, saw  our profile on “She-Explores”and felt a connection because he takes Sriracha on every road trip too! They thought we would be a perfect […]

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Happy Thanksgiving! 

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and spending it on the road makes it even more special. This week we returned to The Healy Senior Center in Humbolt County, California for their annual Thanksgiving Day lunch. We spent the holiday here last year and it only felt right to return again this year. We arrived […]

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Sacramento Love

The Gypsy Givers love spending time in Sacramento.  It had been almost a year since we were both here together.  Sacramento has become a routine stop when we travel in the area now.  We wanted to volunteer and our friend Patricia who lives in Nicolas suggested the SPCA, an animal shelter she donates to.  We […]

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Go! Pack! Go! 

You know that feeling when you meet someone for the first time and instantly feel that you’ve known them for years? I felt immediately connected to Jenny the first time we met. We shared the same love for the Oscar’s red carpet, wine and Aaron Rodgers. Jenny is born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin […]

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The Happy Factory

When we heard back from The Happy Factory we had just began a new leg of the trip. We had just left Denver and were like kids on Christmas Day!  We were so excited to be making toys like little elves and delivering them along our route to those in need of some cheer.  We still had so […]

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Yuba River Clean Up

Grass Valley, California reminds us a lot our home town in Sussex County, NJ. Rolling hills, small town feeling and similar to the Delaware, it has the Yuba River. Passing through this town, our stay has sometimes been as short as an evening or up to a month long, we always find time to stop […]

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