2018 October | Would you Go Beyond?

Thursday, October 18 201810/18/18 No Response

Prison in New York City

It took a lot of time and work but we were finally able to confirm events in a prison in New York City. It was a very cold morning and the wind off the water made it freezing. It took a while to get all of our clearances before we could cross the bridge onto the island. This prison in considered one of the worst in the nation and high security. The prisons are hard core guys, most of them apart of gangs. One of the men, when he came in was annoyed and had no idea what was going…

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Wednesday, October 17 201810/17/18 No Response

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State Prison – Mid October

We had organized this event months in advanced and the organizer printed out a flyer and posted it around the prison so all the man were anticipating our arrival and excited for our visit. They set up a big backdrop stage in the gym, with bleachers for all the men to sit on. Many guards and staff members attended as well. The prisoners with life sentences who had been given privileges because of good conduct, had videos cameras and film gear. They filmed our performance so that the whole prison could see our show and hear our message, around 1,500…

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Monday, October 15 201810/15/18 No Response

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New York City – Helping the homeless/ Working in schools – Mid October

My brother met the lady who is in the photo. It was actually her birthday and she felt completely invisible and unnoticed. We had some of the coats left that we had picked up after the Chicago marathon, and my brother gave her a really nice one, along with lunch and some money. She broke down in tears so grateful. I met a man living on the streets who had a strong accent. Who I asked him where he was from, he told me he had no idea. He was brought over to the US, and then ended up in…

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Tuesday, October 2 201810/02/18 No Response

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Chicago – Working with the homeless – Early October

We had the idea after the Chicago marathon, to pick up all the coats and sweatshirts that the runners had discarded. It was raining so they were soaked and we took them home to was them, dry them and then gave them out to the homeless throughout the city. They were so grateful to get a coat or sweatshirt of such high quality, since most of this stuff was on brand athletic gear:). I met a homeless man in a wheel chair named Punchy. He had been through so much in his life it would be a really long story…

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