You guys rock!!!!

I wanted to say thank you so much to the wonderful kids and staff at Cumberland Academy! This school took the time to make baskets full of groceries for two refugee families that wouldn't have had a nice Christmas dinner otherwise(They now have more rice than they will know what to do with). One of the families are from Somalia and the other family is from Burma.
SO THANK YOU CUMBERLAND ACADEMY!!!!!

-www.cumberlandacademy.org
-Families were recommended by World Relief (www.wr.org)

Muchisimo Gracias!!!!

I want to express my appreciation to the three following high schools; Dutchtown, Union Grove, and Luella High School. These schools took the time to give back to their local community and they made a big difference! By donating new and lightly used coats, families throughout Atlanta will have been impacted in a positive way. These coats will be distributed by the Samaritan House and Focus on Humanity. Thanks again guys for helping the local families in need! You guys are awesome!

Sponsored by www.onewarmcoat.org and
www.wanderlustadventures.org

Shared thoughts on Travel....

Journal entry, October 20th
Why do I love to travel? Why is there a spark that is ignited every time I board an aircraft that is scheduled to leave its current location? Because it strips me of all my conveniences. And do you know what that leaves me? -Room for adventure!
You take away those fruitless picture boxes that provide hours of brainless entertainment; you remove the convenience of words, the convenience of security, the presence of the familiar, the luxury of matching your clothes and the basic communication that text messaging provides, and all you have is life.
It is when life is stripped of all things recognizable; that is when you are you able to see it as it really is. And what is it? I feel that it is different for everyone. For me it is an unexplainable feeling of freedom and basic-ness. It’s when I am reminded that there are few things needed in order to survive. It’s when life whispers to me that I have no emotional ties to clothes, shoes, snow boards or library cards. Family, friends, the sun on my face and chips and salsa are all I need to press forward.
Travel enables you to add things to your character that you wouldn’t be able to add otherwise. It can assist you in developing more of an opinion on things. It promotes self reliability and improves self confidence. My BFF Rachel once said “If confidence was a drug, I would have OD’d by now.” As much as we laughed after her proclamation, I believe that a lot of her confidence comes from the knowledge of the world first hand. She educated herself with an abundance of schooling and backed it up with experience in the flesh.
My brother once told me that “the best people today made the worst mistakes yesterday.” Another beautiful aspect of travel is that it allows your wounds to breathe. And if you’re lucky enough, to even heal. Your mistakes have time to reflect and this time, with different eyes.
So why do I love to travel; because it brings me out of co-existing into life!


-A journal entry from the book: Adventure Guru: The Offbeat Commentary of a Female Traveler, written by Starla Skelton

Coat Drive

Wanderlust is holding a Coat Drive at Dutchtown High School for the rest of the week. So drop clean, reusable coats off in the school office and they will go to assist local families in need. Thank you to all the students and teachers at Dutchtown for your support!!!

Wanderlust Volunteers

I wanted to say thank you so much to my group of volunteers that took the time to make baskets full of needed food for a refugee family. I was inspired to see how eager everyone was to help someone in need. Thanks so much and I look forward to working with you guys again soon!

Fundraiser--Tattoo Result......

We will be getting a WAFFLE tattoo,,compliments of Santi being hungry and just submitting a random idea of what he felt like eating. Thanks again to everybody who supported this cause!!

Fundraiser number dos!!!!

We had an amazing time in East Atlanta Village at the Graveyard Tavern!!!!! The turnout was awesome and the fact that everyone came to support something positive was overwhelming! I wanted to give a special thank you to DJ MUDFISH, THIRTEEN ROSES TATTOO PARLOUR, AND THE GRAVEYARD TAVERN for supporting our vision which is to enhance the primary and secondary education programs in underdeveloped countries. You guys rock!!!!