{"id":683,"date":"2008-10-15T04:09:37","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T09:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=683"},"modified":"2008-10-14T20:11:08","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T01:11:08","slug":"world-vision-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/world-vision-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"World Vision Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-click\">\n<div style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:World_Vision.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"World Vision\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/f\/fd\/World_Vision.png\/202px-World_Vision.png\" alt=\"World Vision\" width=\"202\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I can&#8217;t say how thankful I am for everyone of you who supported me through the marathon and especially through my fundraising efforts for Team World Vision.\u00a0 It was a humbling honor to run on behalf of my African friends and to share their stories with you over the last months.<\/p>\n<p>It really has been fun to combine two of my passions into such a powerful event.\u00a0 Thank you! I am excited to announce that as of writing this post, we have raised $2,086 for Team World Vision!!! This exceeded the $2,000 goal!!\u00a0 Thank you!!<\/p>\n<p>Below you will find a list of the posts where I shared about my passion for Africa and my experiences there.\u00a0 You can also read all of the posts by clicking on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/world-vision\/\">link<\/a>.\u00a0 In the order they were published:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/team-cross-meets-team-world-vision\/\">Team Cross Meets Team World Vision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/ryan-sara-hall-join-team-world-vision\/\">Ryan &amp; Sara Hall Meet Team World Vision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/africa-land-of-hope-and-joy\/\">Africa: Land of Hope &amp; Joy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/saving-schools-a-vital-asset\/\">Saving Schools A Vital Asset<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/ghana-a-shining-star\/\">Ghana: A Shining Star<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/beauty-of-africa\/\">Beauty of Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/mixing-passion-with-change\/\">Mixing Passion with Change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/money-well-spent\/\">Money Well Spent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/running-in-africa\/\">Running in Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/athletes-for-darfur\/\">Athletes for Darfur<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/hurricane-relief-world-vision-style\/\">Hurricane Relief: World Vision Style<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/cindy-mccain-laura-bush-and-world-vision\/\">Cindy McCain, Laura Bush, and World Vision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/the-world-vision-experience\/\">The World Vision Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/first-impressions-and-reactions-in-ghana\/\">First Impressions and Reactions in Ghana<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/reflections-on-south-africa\/\">Reflections on South Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That pretty much sums up Team World Vision.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure when\/if they actually close down the fundraising page, but you still have the opportunity to give today.\u00a0 Thank you!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team World Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Team World Vision is a fund raising arm of the organization which uses ordinary people like me, to get ordinary people like you involved in ending poverty and injustice across the world. I have decided to commit the 26.2 miles of my first marathon to the memory of and in honor of the children I have met during my international travels. I can\u2019t remember all of their names, but I have many pictures and stories.<\/p>\n<p>On the right side of my blog there is a widget that will allow you to support me during this race or you can visit this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstgiving.com\/teamcross\">secure page<\/a>.  I have set a goal of raising $2,000 which will help children have a chance at living to become adults across Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/World+Vision\"> World Vision<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Team+World+Vision\"> Team World Vision<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Africa\"> Africa <\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Ghana\"> Ghana<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.firstgiving.com\/Design\/1589\/images\/twvc_bnr.gif?resize=487%2C61\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"61\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogactionday.org\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogactionday.s3.amazonaws.com\/banners\/Badge_250x160.jpg?resize=161%2C67\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles by Zemanta<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.org\/2008\/10\/15\/blog-action-day-texting-with-my-sponsored-child\/\">Blog Action Day: Texting with my sponsored child<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/69c9e947-4953-48cb-a73a-2742906ba933\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?w=625\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t say how thankful I am for everyone of you who supported me through the marathon and especially through my fundraising efforts for Team World Vision.\u00a0 It was a humbling honor to run on behalf of my African friends and to share their stories with you over the last months. It really has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[28,58],"tags":[64,66,72,57,701],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity","category-world-vision","tag-africa","tag-ghana","tag-south-africa","tag-team-world-vision","tag-world-vision"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-b1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":336,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/mixing-passion-with-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":683,"position":0},"title":"Mixing Passion With Change","author":"crossn81","date":"August 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Below is a letter I sent to family and friends about my plans to run a marathon and raise money for Team World Vision: There is nothing more important than having a passion that drives you. You probably know that two of my passions are running and Africa (if you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Charity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Charity","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/charity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.firstgiving.com\/Design\/1589\/images\/twvc_bnr.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":264,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/team-cross-meets-team-world-vision\/","url_meta":{"origin":683,"position":1},"title":"Team Cross Meets Team World Vision","author":"crossn81","date":"June 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"World Vision flickr page Several years ago while waiting to start at the Indianapolis Mini Marathon I noticed a guy in the corral wearing a bright orange jersey with the World Vision logo on it.\u00a0 I didn't get a chance to talk with him before the race started so I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Charity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Charity","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/charity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3127\/2530821621_72bb007674.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":573,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/the-world-vision-experience\/","url_meta":{"origin":683,"position":2},"title":"The World Vision Experience","author":"crossn81","date":"September 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"One of my best friends from high school has the amazing job of touring the country working for World Vision.\u00a0 He started out traveling with musicians who promote World Vision during their concerts.\u00a0 His role was to setup the table and help interested people sign up to be child sponsors\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Charity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Charity","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/charity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.worldvision.org\/worldvision\/master.nsf\/AIDS_Experience_banner_160x200.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":301,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/africa-land-of-hope-and-joy\/","url_meta":{"origin":683,"position":3},"title":"Africa: Land of Hope and Joy","author":"crossn81","date":"July 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few videos about World Vision. 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This last\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Charity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Charity","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/charity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.firstgiving.com\/Design\/1589\/images\/twvc_bnr.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":471,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/running-in-africa\/","url_meta":{"origin":683,"position":4},"title":"Running in Africa","author":"crossn81","date":"August 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Image via Wikipedia My experiences with running in Africa are quite different than those that I have every day here in Minneapolis.\u00a0 First, the temperature was hot - but there was no air-conditioned room to retreat to post run.\u00a0 Not a lot of people were running for recreation in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Charity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Charity","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/charity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.firstgiving.com\/Design\/1589\/images\/twvc_bnr.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2049,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/running-for-clean-water\/","url_meta":{"origin":683,"position":5},"title":"Running for Clean Water","author":"crossn81","date":"July 28, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Image by crossn81 via Flickr I've decided to join with Team World Vision again, to help change lives in Africa. 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