Places to Stay, Facebook, Changents

Hi friends,

As the economy continues to be a big challenge, I remember back several months ago when I was having second thoughts about our cross-country eco-video project. I wondered if it was appropriate in this economy to go spend 2 months traveling across America (missing 2 months of work), and knew that fundraising would be especially challenging. I decided that what we are doing is too important and that we needed to move forward regardless. Our eco-video series is truly a unique project and it's more important now in this time to make this happen. This will be the only eco-video series made for kids, by a kid - kids relate to someone their own age in a totally different way than grownups. It's critical for kids today to see how exciting and full of opportunity a renewable, sustainable future can be. So we will go ahead and go on faith that things will work out financially, one way or another.

One way we are trying to keep our travel expenses down is to connect with families across the U.S. who are willing to host our family for the night as we're coming through. We've been getting emails from so many generous people throughout the country offering a place to stay - people who I've never met but who support our eco-video project and what we're trying to do. There are still some cities for which we are looking for hosts, so please look over the list here and if you know of anyone in these places who might be willing to host our family for the night, please let us know!

Jackson Mississippi, May 12
New Orleans, May 13 & 14
Baton Rouge, May 15
Lubbock Texas, May 18
Santa Fe New Mexico, May 19
Flagstaff Arizona, May 21
Grand Canyon Arizona, May 24
St. George Nevada, May 25
Las Vegas, May 26
Grant's Pass Oregon, June 6 & 7
Roseburg Oregon, June 8
Portland Oregon, June 9 & 10
Lincoln Nebraska, June 17
Des Moines Iowa, June 18
Niagara Falls. June 25

One last thing - two websites that I'd like to encourage you to visit that we're a part of. You can join us on Facebook on our group, Our Renewable Nation, and send me a friend invite. It's a great way to connect with our project. Also, visit www.Changents.com, which is a great website for change makers throughout the world - lots of great stories and projects that people are working on! You can join Changents and become one of our backers - just search for Our Renewable Nation.

Be well,
Colin McCullough
www.OurRenewableNation.org