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 The poster for the event. |
 Ivone and Pat set up the registration table. |
| Last year over a thousand raffle tickets were generously bought by guests who had a chance of winning from over 25 beautiful gift baskets that included everything from health and wellness items, to theatre and concert tickets, books, dvds, cds, gift certificates to local vendors, and much, much more. | |
 Amy and Pat put together bags for the guests. |
 Work begins on setting up the space for the event. |
 Vendor Shaklee sets up their booth |
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| The success of last years event was so palpable that many asked when the next event would be. Well, we are back! We are expanding our space, offering more wellness people to serve your health needs, great one-on-one sessions, and more beautiful baskets to try your luck at winning. Last year over $7,000 was raised to make programs for students available both here in the U.S. and abroad. | |
 Diana and Lou DaCosta set up their Quickstar booth. |
 A table was donated to CROP walk for the event. |
 Donna Clapp, Executive Director for Where Peace Lives hugs event coordinator, Ivone Treacy who created the idea for the wellness fair. |
 Volunteer, Billy takes a break and enjoys the beautiful day we had for the event. |
 The flow of traffic was steady all day with guests being able to choose two modalities to try out. |
 People patiently wait their turn for their massage or reflexology appointment. |
 Massage therapist, Walt Campbell works on a volunteer prior to the doors opening for the event. |
 Susie, Amy, Ivone, and Billy greet people at ehe registration booth. |
 Where Peace Lives showed a running video of its programs results at their booth. |
 Development Director, Jeff Rudy mans the Where Peace Lives booth with a smile. |
 Connie and Tamy came all the way from Warren County to share their expertise. |
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 Pat Levy and Donna Clapp greet people at the registration desk. |
 Mark from Isagenix shares with guests the powerful nutritional cleanse his company offers. |
 Guests anxiously browsed all the wonderful raffle baskets to see where they would play their luck. |
 Pat sells raffle tickets with a smile, over a thousand tickets were sold at the event. |
 Michelle offered her expertise in reflexology that day, |
 Joga Rao performs a reiki session on his wife, Alice. |
 Ivone and Amy, two of the event committee team members show off their Where Peace Lives t-shirts. |
 Tammy offered steam facial massage which was a hit with guests. |
 A guest patiently scans the baskets as she decides which ones to take a chance on. |
 Bill McDonald, Life Coach, shares his information with enthusiastic guests. |
 Jeff Rudy, Development Director for Where Peace Lives enjoys a little r and r at the event. |
 Colleen works on a guests feet. Poeple really felt pampered that day which was the goal. |
 Sharon does some back work on a very happy guest. |
 Dr. Henry Roth, a local Red Bank area chiro, joined in to support guests with some fabulous massage. |
 Walt Campbell works on guests in his massage chair. |
 Even the young people got to enjoy a little pampering. |
 Donna Clapp and Jeff Rudy from Where Peace Lives talk with guidance counselor, Virginia Abu Bakr, from Conerly Road School in Somerset, NJ. |
 The Where Peace Lives panels tell the story of the impact the program is having on kids around the world. |
 Guests move about the room gettimng services or enjoying a conversation with the vendors. |
 Guests move about the room gettimng services or enjoying a conversation with the vendors. |
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The Where Peace Lives staff would like to personally thank the following people who made last years event so succesful...
Where Peace Lives Board/Advisory Board: Jane, Laura, Pat, Virginia, Jessica
The event committee: Ivone, Colleen, Amy, Susie, Pat, Barbara, Walt, Billy, Roseann, Jessica, and Lisa -
without you there would be no event!
To all the massage therapists, reflexologists, facialists, reiki masters, and raw food specilaists who donated their time, love, and energy.
To our fabulous vendors from around NJ and New York who provided such great resources for our many interested guests.
To all the incredible people who so graciously donated the hundreds of dollars of items to be raffled off during the event.
The United Methodist Church of Red Bank and the custodian, Rich, for really supporting our event.
And of course to all our guests who made the event so exciting and fun.
Buy Your Tickets Now! Only $20* Tickets for 10 am - 12 pm slot Tickets for 12 pm - 2 pm slot Tickets for 2 pm - 4 pm slot Admission includes your choice of two modalities from massage, reflexology,
or reiki. Also enjoy wellness vendors, music, and great $$$ RAFFLE PRIZES and more!
If you would like to purchase your tickets by check or money order please contact Donna Clapp at dclapp@wherepeacelives.org or mail your check/money order to Where Peace Lives |
What's been happening at Where Peace Lives and why we ask for your support at this event?
January 2009: Where Peace Lives traveled to Costa Rica to exchange murals between the Cultural Center, New Jersey and Nova Scotia. Where Peace Lives did presentations about the organization and its programs for the National Teachers Conference and the Central American Binational Educators.
February/March 2009: Where Peace Lives worked weekly with Conerly Road School in Somerset, NJ on the Reel Peace project to create movies about addiction and respect.
Projects will begin soon in Pakistan, Jacksonville, FL, Nepal, and through a peace corps volunteer in St. Vincent, Grenadines. Kenya, Uganda and Mt. Vernon in Newark, NJ just completed their murals and are awaiting exchanges.
April 2009: Where Peace Lives went to Nova Scotia to facilitate a mural exchange with Porters Lake Elementary School. They received a mural from Costa Rica (and their mural is currently hanging in the Costa Rican Cultural Center in San Jose, Costa Rica). The school held an assembly with the entire school to unveil the mural.
There were video presentations of the kids working on the mural and one of their teachers had gone to Costa Rica on vacation and sought out their mural and took pictures and video of it on her trip there. The 45 students choir sang a song about peace. This school would like to do the project again next year.
June 2009: Where Peace Lives premieres "Reel Peace" Kids teaching Kids Peace through Moviemaking films at Conerly Road School to parents and students. Foundation that funded the programs raves about the success and circulates film to entire county area.
June 2009: Where Peace Lives visits school in Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY and is honored by students and faculty at the unveiling of their peace mural that will be exchanged with students from Bulgaria in the fall of 2009.
June 2009: Where Peace Lives holds unveling of peace mural at Mt. Vernon school in Newark, NJ. Governor Corzine send letter of proclamation commending the students for their participation in the international peace mural exchange program. Guest speaker Dosso Kassimou, Preseident of the Newark African Commission was in awe of the murals and asked about having the program come overseas to his home along the Ivory Coast of Africa.Also in attendance were Janice Gabbidon and Carlos Rodriguez, Education Program Development Specialists for the State of New Jersey. A representative for education from the Mayor;s office in Newark was also in attendance.
Why come to this event?
The money we raise during this fall fundraiser will support our programs reaching thousands of children in need of skills in conflict resolution, mediation, and peace building. The critical life skills provided through our programs are making an impact in the schools and communities we are able to reach. Your support helps us widen that reach and helps make real opportunities for peace that much more available for all of us.
