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"The summers between 5th and 8th grade my mom had to work. So in between sports camps and friends’ sleepovers I spent a lot of my summer days with my Great Aunt Anna and Great Uncle Jim. We would do everything from crafts, swim in their famous above ground pool, play bocci ball, dress up […]
Read more "Open Arms of Minnesota"Sometimes we are needed when least expected. We had been discussing what we would do for the state of Wisconsin, reaching out to organizations with no prevail. A state that we started to surprisingly fall in love with as it reminds us of home (with better cheese). We woke up with so much energy after […]
Read more "Madison, Wisconsin"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"Just outside of Sundance, Wyoming is massive geologic wonder called Devils Tower. Teddy Roosevelt declared it the first national monument. It is a tall, mind-blowing structure that is sacred to tribes of the area. Every June they close the monument to visitors so they can practice their religious rituals. People from all over the world […]
Read more "Sundance, Wyoming"We picked up our latest visitor, Christopher, in Salt Lake City and headed north! After a few days in Yellowstone National Park (I could have spent weeks exploring such a magical place) on the corner of Montana and Idaho, we were ready to meet new friends, get back into civilization, and help others. The Community […]
Read more "Community Cafe, Bozeman, MT"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"The Villalobos Rescue Center is the largest pit bull rescue center in the USA. It is now located in New Orleans, LA, just on the outskirts of our new neighborhood, the Bywater. The rescue center is better known for their TV show on Animal Planet, “Pit Bulls and Parolees,” which follows the work of a […]
Read more "Bywater, LA"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 […]
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