Thank you Los Angeles Magazine for choosing me as one of 5 “women” Action Heros of Los Angeles. Please click here so you can read about the other four inspiring, incredible women. I’m so honored to be included among them.
Nov 072011
Aug 092011
Lemon:Aid Week from Blood:Water Mission on Vimeo.
You asked for it, so here it is! A step by step guide to holding your very own LemonAID Week just like me and my 6th grade class did. I made this short video for Blood:Water Mission to teach everyone how to get your local businesses involved in raising money to build wells in Africa. Order your kit here bloodwatermission.com/lemonaid
Ask me for help and I will give you even more tips to make your LemonAID Week a huge success. Send me your photos, too!
Jul 242011
Oh yeah?! Watch this video and you’ll take that back!
The amazing staff at Blood:Water Mission screened this video at their Well:Done Celebration in Nashville on May 10th. They reached their goal to build 1000 wells in Africa and they had an amazing concert to celebrate. I was invited to talk on stage about LemonAID Warrior’s work. Jars of Clay, the founders, performed with Hanson, Derek Webb Sandra McCracken, and Eric Wainaina to raise over $100,000.00.
But the real stars of the show were the leaders from Africa who came all this way to let us know that our work matters. Michele from Rwanda told me that they are filled with joy that we care about them, even though they are strangers who live half a world away. He wanted me to say THANK YOU to all the lemonaid warriors!
LemonAID Warriors was started to spread the word that kids have the power to change the world on our own, our own way. Thank you, Blood:Water Missions, for helping me spread that message to my generation by supporting us and making us feel our work is important.
Jun 122011
Inspired by Jars of Clay, who combine music and fundraising for Blood:Water Mission, LemonAID Warriors took action for Japan. We joined John Mazenko fromJoin The Band, to help him produce 3 concerts atHarpers and The Federal. 32 bands, with musicians aged 7 to 57 raised $4,000.00 at our Red Cross Relief Concert.
At the concert, my band debuted an original song, Remedy, written by our lead singer Lauren Owens.
Here’s our official video!
This event made me realize the two most important rules of successful fundraising.
#1. Surround yourself with the right people. John from Join the Band is cool and laid back and works really hard. My good friends Lily and Lucy are wacky and fun and they keep my energy going hour after hour. Kessa, our 3rd grade LemonAID Warrior has a huge heart, and came up with the best idea ever… she sold Japanese erasers at the door and it was a huge success!
#2. Do what you love. Music is my passion. Fundraising is my passion. Put them all together and you can’t loose.
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