Chasing4Life Tour

Posted by Gabe on April 5, 2010 under Kids are Heroes | Be the First to Comment

One of the really neat things about social media is the collaboration I have seen among seemingly divergent groups. One would think that there is not much overlap between what Kids Are Heroes is all about and what Chasing4Life does.  But if people respect and admire what each other are doing, a connection can be made.

Case in point: Chasing4Life is now planning a Kids Are Heroes Tour.  Normally they are all about disaster preparedness and educating kids about severe weather and similar topics.  Now they are not changing their platform totally, but for this tour they are tweaking it so that the overall theme of the tour will be what EACH PERSON can do to change their world and make a difference.  This theme is interwoven through presentations on severe weather safety, severe weather science, earthquakes, hurricanes, community response disasters and many more subjects.

Regular readers should remember Alannah Raven, a KAH hero who saves wild horses who I recently interviewed.  She is an integral part of this Chasing4Life tour.  Alannah will be speaking about her experiences in disaster recovery, community projects, severe weather safety education and how kids can make a difference in their own homes, their community and their country.  She and her dad speak to public and private schools, chamber of commerces, public libraries and churches. And the audiences are not just kids.  They regularly speak to kids, adults and seniors as they have a message for everyone. The good news is that not only are they also going to speak about Kids Are Heroes, but they will also donate a portion of the proceeds directly to our organization.

This tour is being set for a run from Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina.  So if you live in this general area and want to book them in your city, email tour@chasing4life.org with KIDSAREHEROES in the subject line. They are currently setting June 1st as a deadline to get all dates booked.  The dates themselves will be in the early start of the school year 2010.