It has been quite some time since I (Becca) have last blogged. Recently, my family members have come up to me and said how much they’ve liked reading Jason’s blog. Since it is OUR blog, I was a little bit offended, but then realized that Jason really has been blogging more than I have.
The reasons for this has been that my undergraduate college career came to an end last Saturday, when I graduated, and the weeks leading up to that have been spent preparing for it.
So this is a time for lots of change! Spending two months in a country where I (barely) know the language is a little bit intimidating, but also very exciting! The thing I look forward to mostly will be getting to know our students on a personal level. This was my favorite part about South Africa; my relationships with the students. I loved getting to know about them, their culture, and home lives through stories that they would tell me. So I’m looking forward to doing so when we arrive in Honduras in just 6 days!!
If you are in the Boston area on Saturday, stop by our fundraising event (Rock the Hope) from 3-6 at Barlows Restaurant in Southie! $15 bucks a ticket, to listen to some awesome music by The Gentleman Outfit! Buy your ticket before thursday and you’ll have a chance to win a $100 gift card to O Ya Restaurant (Zagat’s Best Japanese Restaurant in Boston 2011)!
We look forward to seeing everyone there!!! Thank you to everyone who has been reading and supporting us. We couldn’t have done it without you! It is all of OUR journey, rather than just Jason and mine.
-Becca
PS. The Concord Journal printed THIS ARTICLE about our project last thursday! Enjoy!
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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Buddha
Takes a Village
In just under a week Becca and I will start our Malaria medication, which makes Honduras seem all the more real. I simply can’t believe how quickly our departure date, June 4th, is approaching. It seems like just yesterday that we returned from our volunteer work in South Africa with Tremendous Hearts. I still have the children we worked with seared into my brain, I think about them constantly, I know Becca feels the same way. I met up with Marilyn Votaw, Tremendous Hearts founder, last night, and was able to ask her specific questions about our students and how they are doing. Four students are no longer under the care of the government and have left foster care. It is really hard to imagine things not exactly as we left them… The other 33 students are still living healthy lives! Four of our older students are doing well in school and have joined an after school program focusing on HIV and AIDS education/prevention through Cycling and other activities.
I can remember their names, their faces, their body language, and the way they each would interact with me if I was to be put in front of them right this second… We miss each and every student a great deal. They made such a huge impact on our lives.
I have been using their memory as a spring board for motivation over the last ten months. They have been pushing me to get up every morning and to work as hard as I can to make this project in Honduras a success. They have also been motivating me to succeed in graduate school, to be the best teacher I possibly can be.
But, that’s my story. My journey. This is OUR journey, its yours too! Over the last year, Our Journey has had well over a hundred donors come together to make this opportunity possible. We can’t thank you enough for reading or donating supplies, money and/or time to this project. Together, we can make the world a better place by taking action. By giving opportunities. By giving a voice to those unseen and under privileged. By working together, and sharing our passions and gifts with others. And by questioning why things are the way things are…
Although only four volunteers will step foot in Honduras as volunteers for Esperanza - Hope For The Children, know that we carry you all with us. It takes a village to change the world. Thank you for being apart of this project!
The Canvas’ are coming along and looking amazing!
The Boston Canvas has been to the Boys and Girls Club in Medford, Fanual Hall, Harvard Square, The Bedford Center for the Arts, Pilgrim Church in Lexington, and today Concord Academy!
The Oneonta Canvas has made stops at Stack Lounge at Hartwick College as well as OH Fest where it was almost completed in a single day!
Thank you all for painting! A little bit of love from a lot of people is a lot of love! If you haven’t gotten a chance to paint, find out where we are going to be next by e-mailing us at ourjourneyforhope@gmail.com! Both Canvas’ will be brought to ROCK THE HOPE for people to finish, if you buy a ticket, you paint for FREE!
Make Sure To Get Your Tickets!
Tickets are still on sale for ROCK THE HOPE! The event is June 2nd from 3-6pm at Barlow’s Restaurant in South Boston.
Tickets are $15 and if you buy it before the 19th you get entered to win Patriots Tickets (Game TBD). You’ll also get raffle tickets for Dave Matthews Band Tickets, Sara McLaughlin Tickets and 4 IMAX movie passes.
Not to mention the great food, music, cause and company!
Buy your ticket by sending cash or check to:
Jason Musselman, 35 Martha’s Point Road, Concord MA 01742
Or by clicking on the “donate” button on our blog!
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
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Margaret Mead
Why You Should Buy Your Tickets To Rock The Hope
If you buy your ticket before MAY 19th your name will be entered into a hat to win…
2 TICKETS TO A NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS GAME THIS SEASON (game tbd)!!! Prize courtesy of 98.5 The Sports Hub.
If you can’t make it to RTH, you still have a chance to enter into into the drawing! All you have to do is donate $15 before May 19th.
Every ticket you buy before May 19th will get you one entry, so feel free to buy a ticket for a friend. (11:59pm on the 18th is the cut off)!
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COME TO THE EVENT TO WIN THIS PRIZE! (did we mention this!?) We also have Dave Matthews tickets, Sara McLaughlin tickets and 4 IMAX passes to give away at the event which you’ll have a chance at by showing up. (Prizes courtesy of CBS Radio)
To buy your ticket you can click the donate button under our picture right here on our blog. Or Send money or check to:
Jason Musselman 35 Martha’s Point Road Concord MA 01742
Look forward to seeing you there if you can make it! If you can’t… still consider helping out our project by donating and you could be heading to Gillette Stadium to see the pats this season!
Thanks everyone!!
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do.
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Edward Everett Hale
Becca brings the Canvas to Hartwick! Stack Lounge from 3-5 on Thursday and she’ll have it set up at a booth at OH Fest from noon to 5 on Saturday!
Tickets are still on sale for ROCK THE HOPE! The event is June 2nd from 3-6pm at 
