Help me to help the Orphans of Costa Rica

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My name is Justine Madonna from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Recently I have been selected and accepted into a program hosted by the Global Volunteer Network, based in New Zealand, to be a project coordinator for an orphanage in Costa Rica. Although an incredible opportunity, one I have been dreaming about for years, it is rather costly--but for a wonderful reason!

After being alive for 26 years , every single step and breath I've taken, and every conclusion I've drawn from countless hours of wondering what to do with my life, it has all come down to this. I look at people who surround their lives with personal goals, specific hobbies, characteristics that destine them to one thing or the other, and was wondering how it could be so obvious for them, yet so gosh darn confusing to me. After taking a ridiculously long look at my life (26 years long), I was able to discover what it is that would make me feel whole.

There is one fact that stands to be true about me, and that is that I enjoy music. I have a degree in it, and I do it from time to time, but was discouraged over the recent years that I may not have the drive that others do to become a successful musician. This was frowned upon by many, and lead me to feel a bit lost.  I looked back on all my years of creating music and discovered in myself that I felt best about my musical abilities when I new it was creating a better atmosphere, or enhancing the life quality and experiences of others.  I have volunteered as a music therapist, and have been directing music at a church for the past three years, and nothing makes me feel more enriched than when someone approaches me and says "What you did up there with that microphone, it really moved me", or "You have no idea what it meant to my family that you could sing for my mother as she passed on".

I've accepted this about myself, and realized that I may not have a million personal goals to accomplish to give me satisfaction, but that I have one goal with a million opportunities to accomplish that go along with it; help those have a better quality of life, a chance to experience something not obvious to them, and create a moment, if it's only a moment, that will enhanced their quality of living. This is my reason to live. This is who I am.

This experience will not only give these children a chance at something they never had before, but it will be doing the same thing for me. And, lets be honest, my nature won't allow me to do or be anything else. If you help me to help these children, I promise you it won't be the last time I give all of myself for another human being, rather, I will find a way to do it every single day. It will mean the world to me if you would take a moment to realize the important of what It is I want to do for them, and that it is NOT for myself, but for the world out there that is struggling that we don't see when we sit on our recliners and watch our 42'' plasmas. Please do what you can to donate JUST what you can.  Thank you for believing in me to make a difference while I have the vivacity and freedom to do so, and God bless you in your individual journey.

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  • MD TANVIR HIDER
  • Posted On Oct 26, 2018
  • Hello everyone, Please, help for my campaign....... I needed your help. Humanity still alive. God bless us all.

  • Brian & Jen Hurter
  • Donated on Apr 12, 2013
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  • Tony Kirchner
  • Donated on Apr 06, 2013
  • Wonderful thing you're doing Justine! Loved you're synopsis of why you're doing it too!

$105.00

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  • MD TANVIR HIDER
  • Posted On Oct 26, 2018
  • Hello everyone, Please, help for my campaign....... I needed your help. Humanity still alive. God bless us all.

  • Brian & Jen Hurter
  • Donated on Apr 12, 2013
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  • Tony Kirchner
  • Donated on Apr 06, 2013
  • Wonderful thing you're doing Justine! Loved you're synopsis of why you're doing it too!

$105.00
  • Kevin Raubenstine
  • Donated on Apr 06, 2013
  • I think what you are doing is amazing. Good luck in your journey!

$50.00
  • Guest
  • Donated on Apr 05, 2013
  • So excited for you! I know you'll make the best of your time there - take lots of pictures!!! :)

$100.00
  • Ricardo Reyes
  • Donated on Apr 05, 2013
  • I fully support anything that will benefir children for the good, especially if it's to help a friend.

$100.00
  • Beeearimos!
  • Donated on Apr 05, 2013
$20.00
  • Lauren Manelius
  • Donated on Apr 05, 2013
  • Eff yeah, Justine. Go do it.

$10.00
  • Phil & Heidi Immediato
  • Donated on Mar 05, 2013
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  • Bell Family
  • Donated on Mar 04, 2013
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