Introducing Hope Is Our Path…

As many of you may already know, The BlogRollers have been honored to be a part of the digital outreach team for such an important and powerful project – Macy’s Rwanda Path to Peace. It’s been truly a pleasure to work on a project that literally puts shoes on children’s feet, empowers women and changes lives. Inspired by this, we’ve joined forces with our friends, Fiona Bryan (Bantering Blonde) and Barbara Collins (Madre Minutes) to launch Hope Is Our Path where we’ll host the final initiative for our Path to Peace campaign.

Hope Is Our Path(HIOP) is a site created for individuals, companies, non-profit organizations, and charity groups to host and share their “Hope” initiatives with the on-line community. While dreams are achieved with action, they all begin with a little Hope.

Each initiative has its own “Path” designed to highlight the program or cause; and create community awareness and participation. Born from a brainstorming session about the Path to Peace project with Fiona and Barbara, we realized the potential and power of sharing information about multiple programs in one dedicated space. It is our Hope that through HIOP we can increase exposure on the many important community-service programs making a difference in our world and inspire people to get involved.

Our First Path: Path to Peace

Hope is Our Path…To Peace is our way of continuing this journey of HOPE and empowerment for the Rwandan/New Orleans women and for all women in a pay-it-forward initiative. As female/mom entrepreneurs ourselves, we understand what it feels like to do something you are passionate about and then get paid to do it so you can contribute to your household. We imagine these women feel this way too. We also know how good it feels to give a gift that means so much in so many ways and see it inspire others to give as well. This is our Path! On the dedicated HIOP site there is a “Path” (group) set up for Path to Peace. We are encouraging participants to buy two or more bracelets (one to keep and one to give to a friend) in hopes that each recipient will pay-it-forward and keep the giving going. On the site you will find all the information needed to get started on the path.

How You Can Participate

1.) Join HIOP site and the “Path” yourself and pay-it-forward.

2.) Encourage your “payee” to do the same (as well as join the group)

3.) Promote this initiative on your blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

4.) Share your story on the HIOP site as a blog post, or create a Whrrl story of it on our #Path2Peace page, etc. then connect them to your “payee” so we can see how far this goes!

Perfect Timing for Holiday Gift Giving!

The holiday season is the perfect time to give a gift with purpose. As you’re finishing your seasonal shopping please keep in mind the power that comes from purchasing a Path to Peace product; and the direct difference it makes in peoples lives.

Thanks!