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Recap Video of Austin.

Adam — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:13:46 +0000

The team made it safely to New Orleans last night from Austin. We had a great time in Austin and would like to thank all of the organizations we volunteered with for there hospitality. We leave each city inspired by these full time volunteers who day in and day out give of themselves. This country would not be what it is without you all. The CTS team will be volunteering with Operation Helping Hands in New Orleans, LA for the next few days. This will mark The Call to Serve’s third trip to Nola. It’s been great to see the city come back to life after Katrina. Below is a video highlighting our time in Austin. Check it!

Fall Campus Tour with AE

Adam — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:54:32 +0000

Quick Update from the Road:

We’re traveling the country to screen the documentary to reach out and get more volunteers interested in upcoming trips. Great first stop at Penn State on Monday and radio interview with B94.5 in State College Tuesday morning. Photos coming soon.

Next stop is Syracuse University today. For a list of all the schools we’ll visit, check out www.thecalltoserve.org/screenings

Thank you to our sponsors AE, and Drink Give.Do Good & all of our supporters for helping make our first-ever fall campus tour possible.

CTS meets RCSC at California University

Adam — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:36:38 +0000

The Call to Serve ventured to the California University of PA as they were hosting a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition at the Manderino Library called Beyond Baseball: The Life of Roberto Clemente.

It was an honor and a privilege to meet Luis R. Clemente, the son of Roberto Clemente. Luis is the President and CEO of Roberto Clemente Sports City in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The Roberto Clemente Sports City is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing athletic opportunities and life lessons for inner city youth throughout Puerto Rico and beyond.

“Roberto Clemente’s accomplishments on the baseball field prefaced his work as a humanitarian, and, as with all great humanitarians, the vision lives on, continuing to touch lives and build new futures.”

For more information on the RCSC, please click here.

Our hope is that we can team up with RCSC and play a small role in carrying on the great humanitarian legacy of Roberto Clemente. Thank you to Luis Clemente for taking the time to speak with us.

Back Home…

Adam — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:01:02 +0000

We’ve safely made it back to Pittsburgh after an incredible 3 weeks on the road. Lives were changed, adventure was had, and people were helped. Mission accomplished. We are currently working on the documentary and hope to have finished by August. We will be touring the country in the fall spreading our message at colleges and high schools. If you are interested in having us speak and show our documentary, please contact adam@thecalltoserve.org

Thank you to all of our supporters and fans along the way. It’s because of you that we are where we are.

“Aspire to be more, not to have more.” Oscar Romero

Quick Recap

Adam — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:26:11 +0000

Hello Friends. We’ve been doing some crazy adventeering (adventure-volunteering). It’s what we do best! Yesterday, we worked with a woman named Lois. Her husband passed away ten years ago and she has got into some hoarding. We spent the afternoon helping Ms. Lois clean her apartment in order for her to live a safer life while remaining independent. Here is a photo of us helping Ms. Lois. She thought she was in the wrong house after we finished. Thank you to Love Inc. for doing this day in and day out. You guys are awesome.

A Taste

Adam — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:35:01 +0000

Well, we’ve made it to our 2nd location- Charleston, SC. We spent most of the day yesterday driving. It took about ten hours from Virginia Beach to Charleston. We had a few setbacks including our electric cap falling off and a few missed turns but that’s part of the adventure. Adam is currently at RV Camping World in North Charleston getting a replacement fridge in the rental RV since it died. (Shout out to Dave Kunes for getting us a timely appointment). The rest of the team is with Andrew volunteering with Rural Missions on St. John’s Island. We’re a day behind on videos and pictures due to limited internet access. Why can’t everywhere just have free wi-fi?

Our team has become a tight knit family in only a few days. Not only are we serving others on this trip, but we’re learning what it means to serve one another. Our tag-line for the trip is “Be Flexible” and we’re thrilled that everyone is going above and beyond that. Keep following Black Beauty and White Stallion on the road (RV nicknames!). Black Beauty has been getting a lot of looks and honks. We’re a getting a lot of interest and support at pretty much every gas station we stop at.

That’s all for now…Thanks for all your support and kindness as you follow our journey. Please tell your friends. And check out our store above. Enjoy the video below. It’s a small taste of the adventure thus far.

A Taste from The Call to Serve on Vimeo.

Day 1-Virginia Beach

Adam — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:52:24 +0000

Fans, Friends, Followers, Supporters,

After months and months of planning, June 14th has finally arrived. We hit the road bright and early yesterday morning en route to our first stop, Virginia Beach. Please enjoy our intro video and our feature article from the daily news at the bottom. We’ll be posting daily photos and videos so be sure to log in everyday and tell your friends.

We can’t thank everyone enough who has helped achieved where we are today. Without all of you, none of this would be possible. A special thank you goes out to Drink Give. Do Good. for hooking us up with a ton of water and energy drink. We’d also like to thank These Pistons Give Life for hooking us up with custom designed t-shirts. You guys rock!

DAILY NEWS ARTICLE

Summer 2010 Intro from The Call to Serve on Vimeo.

Easter Egg Hunt

Andrew — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:55:40 +0000

Marathon Friday Shout-Out!

Adam — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:54:47 +0000

This post goes out to all of our runners for the Pittsburgh Marathon. You guys are truly awesome. You can see the whole team by clicking here. A special thank you goes out to Ron Weber. He introduced us to signing up as a charity for CTS and has brought in over $500 worth of pledges thus far. Thanks RON! Ron is pretty serious about the marathon and The Call to Serve. He even got a tattoo to show how pumped he is.

Kickball Tournament Date is SET!

Adam — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:57:16 +0000

You heard it here first: The 2nd Annual Kick for the Call Tournament is happening. Saturday, May 8th. We’ll put out an official flyer in the next week. Stay tuned.