Archive for August, 2008
Self-Expression and Leadership Program Projects on YouTube
0 Comments Published by Julia Taylor August 28th, 2008 in Artistic and Creative.There are countless worthy projects created in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program that have videos about them up on the Youtube video service. We will summarize a small portion of them and give links to the videos that you can watch.
Causes for Change
Chicago resident Zully Alvarado founded Causes for Change in order to contribute to […]
Busting out against Breast Cancer
0 Comments Published by Toby August 25th, 2008 in Business and Commerce, Fund Raising, Health and Wellness.Caralea Arnold designed a novel way of fighting breast cancer as her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, creating Bust Out! Eating Awareness Day among businesses in her Philadelphia community. So far 14 restaurants and cafes have signed on to participate in the event, which took place August 1. The eateries will sell […]
Making a Park a Reality
0 Comments Published by Tom August 22nd, 2008 in Fund Raising, Humanitarian.LeeAnn Mason of Hunter Village Utah wants to make the park that has been promised to the community a reality. In Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, she has been working towards this goal, which was written about by the West Valley Journal.
Residents Raising Funds to Make Community Park a Reality
by Kimberly Martinez
Homeowners at […]
Tea Parties to Save Teens
0 Comments Published by Julia Taylor August 20th, 2008 in Fund Raising, Children, Humanitarian.
Various television stations and newspapers have recently covered the story the the Self-Expression and Leadership Program project of Charlene Westgate. Westgate, who tragically lost her son to suicide two years ago, created a series of events in the form of tea parties to raise awareness about teen suicide and raise money as well. Two stories […]
1000 Books - 1000 Lives
0 Comments Published by Julia Taylor August 18th, 2008 in Children, Artistic and Creative, Humanitarian.Chris Kriklas of Texas has created a project in his Self-Expression and Leadership Program to make books available to underprivileged youth and the homeless in his community. Titled ‘1000 Books - 1000 Lives’, the project will get the books to people in need through two different charities. Here are excerpts from his website and why […]
Living Beyond Depression Seminar Creates Awareness
0 Comments Published by Tom August 13th, 2008 in Humanitarian.Roxanne Renee was in a severe, treatment resistant major clinical depression for four years until an experimental treatment snapped her out of it. She was told that there was a 90% chance she would experience a relapse. Determined to prevent this, she took active steps to modify her behavior and reduce the chance of relapse. […]
Pryor Produces Pancake Feed for Pantry Food
0 Comments Published by Tom August 11th, 2008 in Fund Raising, Humanitarian.The De Soto, Kansas, Multi-Service Center food pantry, which feeds an average of 50 needy families a month, got aid from an unexpected source when its supplies were running low this summer. Jeremy Pryor created a “pancake feed” event for his project in the self-expression and leadership program to raise money for the needed food. […]
Silk Aids Domestic Violence Sufferers
0 Comments Published by Julia Taylor August 8th, 2008 in Fund Raising, Humanitarian.Kansas City resident Candace Vanice began her passion for helping victims of domestic violence by volunteering at a local shelter, teaching a physical fitness class. In so doing see saw first hand how much was still needed to support these victims.
When she took Landmark Education’s Self Expression & Leadership Program, she used her project as […]
Jarda Dokoupil decided to do something about the preponderance of bad news that occurs in the media and the news today. For his project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership programme, he decided to create a sort of news broadcast that consisted of 100 inspiring stories told by 100 amateur reporters from around the world.
Dokoupil […]
For her project in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program, Lynne Richardson is supporting young people in creating a family play day in Plymouth, Massachusetts, called “Into our World” Day. The project was created with the desire to empower children and parents by coaching child leaders to create this fun event for families in their communities. […]
Parachutes for Penny
0 Comments Published by Toby August 1st, 2008 in Fund Raising, Health and Wellness.Inspired by a friend with an inoperable brain tumor Sue Lees-Low is using her Self-Expression and Leadership Programme to raise money for brain cancer research using a novel fundraising method–Parachute Jumping. Sue describes her project:
My project is to organise parachute jumps for 10 or more people and raise over £10,000 for the Samantha Dickson Brain […]



