Last night Ryan and I had the privilege of speaking to the youth group of a church in Maryland. We shared about Forgotten Voices and then opened up a discussion of how the youth of the church can get involved. The youth do not always have the same resources that adults do to support us, so they have to be creative in the ways that they can help.

This led to a discussion. The floor was open to a monster brainstorming session and these are some of the ideas that came out.

• Fun Fair
• Don’t buy clothes for a year and give that money
• Run a marathon and raise support to run
• Host a 5K race
• Have a Battles of the Bands
• Host a coffeehouse with the entrance fee going to Forgotten Voices
• Shave you head
• Grow your hair and beard out
• Don’t shave legs to raise awareness
• Have a hula hoop contest
• and others that I can’t remember

The point here is that all of these ideas work.

All of these can raise awareness for children orphaned by AIDS.

All of these are ideas to benefit a cause bigger than themselves.

All of these use their creativity to change their world.

So what ideas do you have? What can you do to fight the scourge of HIV/AIDS? Use your creativity, get involved. You can
CHANGE THE WORLD!!

Here is a video made by a church youth group that is making an impact on their world.

So please take the time and think about what you can do.
Matt Kirkley – volunteer director of student relations

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