To Write Love on Her Arms

East Coast Tour starts tonight and a "Thank You".

Nov. 8, 2008 at 11:48am

Hey Everyone,

I'm sitting here at the bungalow. It's been a very busy week for us. Right now, Jamie and several members of the team are headed up to Athens, GA to kick off the east coast tour, "An Evening with To Write Love on Her Arms." This was an idea created over chicken fingers and burgers just over a month ago, and it's something we've been looking forward to ever since.

It is our attempt at bringing a conversation about these issues into a small and intimate setting with a performance by Josh Moore, Jamie speaking and then we'll be opening up the floor for questions and, well, conversation. We would love to invite you all out to the nights we have scheduled. Check out TWLOHA.com for more information on the dates and times.

We also would like to thank every single person who participated in our contest with SocialVibe.com this past month. We set a goal, announced that we would fly the top three recruiters to Florida for some time with our team, and the chance to see Anberlin at the House of Blues. You guys came through in a big way last month. The top three recruiters landed in Orlando on Wednesday night and we made our drive back to our intern house in a van filled with fresh faces and laughter. Tonight is the night we're heading back out to the House of Blues in Orlando to see Anberlin and we would like to send a very special "Thank You" to Melissa, Kreed and Bianca for all of their support in recruiting person after person to support TWLOHA on SocialVibe. Also, thanks to David and the guys at SocialVibe.com for being incredible to us and putting us in a position to bring supporters in to our day-to-day life, see our operation and be a part of our community. We also have to say "Happy birthday!" to Bianca who will be gaining a year on the world this Sunday. It has been such a great week for all of us here and we were incredibly humbled to have these three spend time with us.

There have been a lot of posts on the forums for SocialVibe about getting another goal going. We want you to know we that we heard you and we will be announcing our next contest with SocialVibe in the next week or so. Think "Heavy and Light." : )

We're heading off to Orlando. Jamie and the team are in Athens, GA tonight. The event starts at 7 so make sure to head to our calendar at TWLOHA.com for information on this event and all other dates on our East Coast Tour.

Enjoy your friday night.
We hope to see you on the road,
Chris

Posted in General by Chris Youngblood

Comments (8)

i think that renee's story is so helpful to kids like me that have suffered from deppresion.

1 | Left by shelby | Nov. 8, 2008 at 4:54pm

i bet this month's goal is gonna be in some way related to the one year anniversary marking casey calvert's death. RIP Casey, we still miss you.

2 | Left by nell | Nov. 8, 2008 at 9:00pm

Y'all should come to Texas!

3 | Left by Meredith | Nov. 10, 2008 at 11:46am

I just wanted to say, this is very noble, and at my school we work very hard to keep kids feeling accepted for who they are. I'm glad theres a group like yours out there, good job, keep up the good work!

4 | Left by Amy | Nov. 10, 2008 at 1:46pm

I love this site it really saved my sisters life and im telling all my friends to write love on their arms on Nov.13 from what i know alot of my friends will write it on their arms.

5 | Left by Jayde | Nov. 10, 2008 at 4:50pm

I will definitely be writing love on my arm on Thursday. I did last year too, but this year it will be 2 and a half years since one of my best friends committed suicide so it will mean just a little bit more. I can't wait until you guys come to UD on Wed and it means a lot to me to know how much this site is helping people everyday showing hope and how rescue is possible. Thanks so much

6 | Left by Colleen | Nov. 11, 2008 at 12:03pm

I'm definitely wirting love on my arms tomorrow.in memory of my friend Felicia who killed herself two years ago. but also for another friend who is tried to kill herself in May of this year and my mom who tried to in September of last year.and for myself, I have never tried to kill myself I was always to afraid, but I have gone through depression and I have had those suicidal thoughts. This is really an inspirational movement, and it helped save me. Thank You. Also,I know that the East Coast Tour doesn't go through Burlington,VT. But maybe you could come up here some time and give a talk to the University of Vermont and Burlington residents.Just a thought.

7 | Left by Keyla | Nov. 12, 2008 at 3:08pm

We are a group of students in La Paz, Bolivia, and we think that this website is a good idea and a reliable source to save teens lives. We wrote "love" on our arms hoping that it will accomplish the life-saving goal of the organization.
We have also persuaded others to write "love". Best wishes to you.

8 | Left by 2013 | Nov. 14, 2008 at 8:58am

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