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- OBJECTIVE
- To complete and publish a photography documentary project for the 50th anniversary of Peace Corps.
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If we reach at least $10,000, then We will give money to: Richard Sitler
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As an award winning photojournalist and a returned Peace Corps Volunteer I propose an in-depth photographic documentary of Peace Corps volunteers in the field. My preliminary title for this documentary is “Making Peace with the World”. I will photograph Peace Corps volunteers working on their projects, living in their communities, and living their day-to-day lives. I will travel to two countries in each region where Peace Corps volunteers currently serve. I will make an honest record of what it means to be a Peace Corps volunteer, and show the world why the Peace Corps exists and how it is working to change the world.
This documentary project will create a portrait of Peace Corps that will illustrate the diversity of volunteers as well as the diversity of the peoples served. The photos will be published as a book with essays to provide perspective and promote the goals of Peace Corps. Help me to use my talents and abilities to document the positive accomplishments of Peace Corps. - ORGANIZER
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I still have cigars for the next nine pledges. Be one of the next nine people to pledge at least $20 or more and you will receive a genuine Dominican cigar.
According to Blog Critics" The Dominican Republic, fittingly discovered by Mr. Cigar himself, Christopher Columbus, is the largest producer of cigars in the entire world, making it known as “Cigar Country” and leaving stogie lovers everywhere to search for their passports, book their flights, and come to a place that captures the true culture and essence of tobacco.
Read more: http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/the-dominican-republic-cigar-country/#ixzz0yrbSIjMA
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I still have cigars for the next nine pledges. Be one of the next nine people to pledge at least $20 or more and you will receive a genuine Dominican cigar.
According to Blog Critics" The Dominican Republic, fittingly discovered by Mr. Cigar himself, Christopher Columbus, is the largest producer of cigars in the entire world, making it known as “Cigar Country” and leaving stogie lovers everywhere to search for their passports, book their flights, and come to a place that captures the true culture and essence of tobacco.
Read more: http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/the-dominican-republic-cigar-country/#ixzz0yrbSIjMA
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The free cigar offer has been extended until September. The next 10 new pledges who pledge $20 or more will get a free Dominican cigar. Pledge and send me your address and I will send you one of the finest cigars brought to you straight from the Dominican Republic by me.
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Pledge today to get a free cigar. Pledge at least $20 and I will send you a cigar from the Dominican Republic. Offer limited to ten people.
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To the next ten people to pledge I’ll will send you authentic Dominican Cigar from here in the Dominican Republic. To get a cigar you must pledge at least $20 between now and Sept. 1, 2010, and provide an address where I can send the cigar.
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I am on my way to the Dominican Republic where I will be photographing one more volunteer, Sarah Roberts.
I wanted to photograph a volunteer in the Dominican Republic for a couple of different reasons. It was the first country in this hemisphere to get volunteers and has had a continuous program since the inception. It is also the country where the current Peace Corps director.
On a personal level I am returning for the first time since spending three months there in 1991. I am interested in seeing what has changed.
I have completed the editing for all of the other countries and will just need to add the photos from the D.R. and the book will be ready for to be put together.
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I am leaving Saturday for the Dominican Republic to photograph Peace Corps volunteer Sarah Roberts.
Still need more pledges to get this campaign to tip. Please help get the word out. Thanks.
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The campaign is at 66%! Making lots of progress, but still a ways to go. Please help by getting the word out and convincing others to help make this campaign tip.
Thank you for your support.
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I just posted a new photo to represent the project.
It is of Peace Corps Mongolia Volunteer Cara Eandi, from Colorado. She carries water to the Ger in which she lives in Zuunmod, Mongolia. She is met by one of two dogs that live in the compound.
Gers are the round portable dwellings made of felt and wood that dot the landscape in Mongolia. Some volunteers live in Gers while others live in more westernized apartments.
Much progress has been made towards the tipping point of this campaign, but there is still a ways to go. I am looking forward to finishing my travels and getting the book published, but to do this I need this financial assistance. I have amazing photographs that will be representative of what it is like to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer now as the agency turns 50. Please help me get these photographs to a wider audience to further promote Peace Corps by donating to this campaign.
It doesn’t take much to get this campaign to tip. If every person on my campaign contact list pledged just $1 the campaign would tip. If every person who clicked “like” on the “Making Peace with the World” facebook page would pledge $10 then the campaign would tip.
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