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This next week is going to be filled with traveling, which I love so what better to write about? I actually went on a trip up into Pennsylvania today to work with some sheep producers, and loved every minute of it. Some people have said that I have a gypsy soul, but part of the reason I love to travel is to come back home. Dorothy had it right, there really is no place like home. Sometimes it’s hard to be thankful when you’ve been in the car or the air for hours and all you can think about is getting to your final destination, but the journey is half the fun. Plus, taking a trip is always a great excuse to eat some fun junk food. I think we can all be at least a little thankful for that.
What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of Pennsylvania? Jon Bon Jovi? No? Well it well after I tell you about the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation. JBJSF works to see and maximize the potential of people affected by poverty and homelessness by providing them with permanent housing, job training, and programs to help them stay on their feet. JBJSF is doing its part to end the cycle of poverty. Since they began their mission in 2006 they have helped over 200 low-income families and individuals build a place to call home. This time last year JBJSF was announced as one of the partners in building Rights of Passage, Covenant House Pennsylvania’s newest project. Rights of Passage will provide temporary housing for 20 homeless youth under the ages of 21 and will consist of 10 two bedroom units of affordable housing. Jon has figured out the key to success not only in music, but also in charity work. Anything can happen, one soul at a time. We didn’t go quite far enough North to make it to Pittsburgh, but it is the closest big city in Pennsylvania to us in West Virginia. I’ve been there once before, and I’m excited to go back many more times especially when I learn about charities like The Pittsburgh Project. For 25 years TPP has been creating new leaders and serving the city’s most vulnerable residents. All year-long TPP staff holds after school or summer programs for more than 450 of Pittsburgh’s youth. They also send out more than 2,800 volunteers each year to make repairs on the house of the elderly in the community who are unable to fix the problems themselves. Pittsburgh seems to always be thought about as the red-headed step child of the great Pennsylvanian cities, but TPP working hard to change how people feel about their beloved city. Thankfully their have developed nerves of steel, from their hometown no doubt, when it comes to defending the P-Burg.
Beautiful Pittsburgh
Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation Donation
The Pittsburgh Project Donation
So here’s to you Pennsylvania! You were the birth place of so many things that we hold near and dear to our hearts here in America. You are huge, but your communities make a girl feel like she’s right at home. You have more colleges and universities than you can shake a stick it, and they’re all stellar. You can never be thanked enough for all the opportunities you afford us, even if we don’t realize it.
Thanks(4)giving 