Passports with Purpose is the travel bloggers fundraiser. Raising funds in 2015 to bring digital reading to 5 libraries in western Kenya w/ Worldreader.
In its first year, Passports with Purpose raised $7,400 for Heifer International. In 2009, Passports with Purpose blew past its initial goal (which was to raise $14,000 to build a school in Cambodia) raising nearly $30,000 to add improvements to the basic school. The school, built through our partnership with American Assistance for Cambodia is now complete. In 2010, with overwhelming support and
Big announcement: We will not be holding a fundraiser in 2016. Details are in the post, but we want to send a huge thank you to everyone who has supported in the past.
All Good Things Must Come to an End : passportswithpurpose.org Sustainable farms in Central America. Wells in Haiti. Schools in Mali and Cambodia. A village in India. Libraries in Zambia and e-books in Kenya.
11/23/2015
Have you checked your email? The wait is over! Winners of this year's Passports with Purpose prizes have been notified!
Bloggers, you have been copied on any prize you hosted. Congratulations, everyone, and THANK YOU for helping us raise over $20,000 for Worldreader!
Over $20,000 raised! You’ve helped bring digital reading to Kenya : passportswithpurpose.org Look at what you did in ten days: Just $10 at a time, you came together from all over the world, and raised over $20,000 so that children in Kenya can have access to the huge and beautiful world brought to them by books.
11/19/2015
From the very bottom our our hearts, thank you.
You have helped us raise over $20,000 for Worldreader.
11/18/2015
Update: We are SO close. Just $375 and we have $20K; but we only have about 2.5 hours.
We've laid it all out there for you last-minute types! http://passportswithpurpose.org/donate/
11/18/2015
Thrilled to announce that as of 11 a.m. ET today we're at $18,000! Thank you to everyone who has given. And if you haven't, you've got just over 12 hours to donate and enter to win prizes.
Donate to Passports with Purpose : passportswithpurpose.org Welcome to Passports with Purpose. We are the annual travel bloggers’ fundraiser. Since 2008 more than 200 travel bloggers have helped do long-lasting good around the world by building schools, libraries and a village. We’ve also helped communities learn to farm sustainably.
11/18/2015
We are starting our last 15 hours of fundraising with $17,600. We'd like to reach $20K by 11:59 pm on 11/18. You can donate and enter to win some amazing prizes, but more importantly, you can make a difference for kids in Kenya. Can you help? (P.S. Please pass it on!)
Donate Now and bring e-books to Kenya with Worldreader : passportswithpurpose.org We believe that the best answer to ignorance and hatred is education and love – the former being what our fundraiser is about and the latter being what we’ve seen so much of from all of you over the past weeks. That is why we have decided for the moment that Passports with Purpose will continue as p…
11/17/2015
We hope you'll join us and the Mom It Forward team for a Twitter party on Tuesday, November 17 at 9 pm EST.
Passports with Purpose: #PwP Tuesday #gno Twitter Party Mom It Forward Passports with Purpose is formed by a group of travel bloggers who have decided to give back to the community with help of donors & sponsors.
11/17/2015
UPDATE: As of 7:00 pm EST on 11/17, we're at $16,500!
We're thrilled to announce that as of noon EST on 11/17 we've reached $15,000!
11/17/2015
We're so grateful for the lovely mention on the Break Into Travel Writing Podcast. Thanks Alexa!
BITW 045: Tbex Fort Lauderdale Conference and Adventure Seekers FAM BITW 045: Tbex Fort Lauderdale Conference and Adventure Seekers FAM November 12, 2015 by alexa williams-meisler Today’s show focuses on my week in Fort Lauderdale; three days on the Adventure Seeker FAM and three days at the Tbex conference. In this episode I share my biggest takeaways from the even…
11/16/2015
Mara had fun joining in the Amateur Traveler podcast and talking about our fundraiser.
Passports with Purpose 2015 - This Week in Travel Episode 199 - Amateur Traveler Travel Podcast This Week in Travel – Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week’s guest: Mara Gorman of MotherOfAllTrips.com and Passports with Purpose Subscribe …
We just passed the $14K mark! Thanks to everyone for giving. And now, can we make it $15K? :)
11/16/2015
It's an annual tradition for us to share the prizes you have the best odds of winning. Bid on these prizes before 11:59 pm on Wednesday 11/18 and help bring e-readers to Kenya.
Ten dollars + Our best odds prizes = Digital Reading for Kenya : passportswithpurpose.org The “Best Odds Post” has become something of a tradition in the Passports with Purpose fundraiser. Every year we know that some people wait to donate and bid until we’ve told them just what prizes they have the best chance of winning.
