TOUR DATES

6/11/08 - 6/14/08
Ichthus Festival
Wilmore, KY

6/18/08 - 6/21/08
Alive Festival
Canal Fulton, OH

6/25/08 - 6/28/08
Creation East Festival
Mt. Union, PA

6/30/08 - 7/5/08
Cornerstone Festival
Bushnell, IL

7/30/08 - 8/2/08
Soulfest
Gilford, NH

8/3/08 - 8/6/08
Kingdom Bound
Darien Lake, NY

8/15/08 - 8/16/08
Purple Door Festival
Lewisberry, PA

8/21/08 - 8/22/08
Taking Back the Streets
Pilot Mountain, NC

and more to come.

Volunteer to Help!
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The Love Alliance Newsletter #12
www.thelovealliance.net
June 3, 2008

Well summer has come on quick. We had an encouraging May and are so pumped for June. This month we have a birthday, a tour, and an exciting Action project. Keep reading for more information on what all went on last month and what is going on this month.
LAST MONTH
HAPPENINGS

Last month we worked vigorously to get ready for tour this summer. When we announced and explained our specific needs in our last newsletter we had an amazing response of support from everyone around us. One example of this is XXX Church. The day after we announced our need XXX Church called us up and asked what they can do to help. So we are happy to announce that XXX Church will be hitting the road with us for 3 of our four previously announced festivals. They are an amazing organization and we are so proud and thankful to be sharing a booth with them.

Last month we launched our Tour Support Store. We put up all of our first generation shirts and tote bags at a discounted price of only $10. These tote bags and many of the shirt designs have never been available in our webstore. We have received some great support from you all through the purchase of products from this Tour Support Store. FYI we are only keeping the store open for a little less than a week more until we leave on tour (June 11th). So if you want to pick up some of these exclusive products we would recommend heading over to the Tour Support Store pronto, sizes and time are running out.

Don’t worry we haven’t only been focusing on tour. Our goal is and will always remain to educate communities on social justice issues and to get individuals and groups practically involved in making a difference towards these issues on a regular basis. We promise to only support projects that will further this cause. We are happy to announce that another Love Alliance group formed in St. Louis last month. We are excited to see the impact this group and the many other TLA groups across the country and the world will have. In fact one of our TLA groups in Stuart, FL has started meeting weekly in a park in their area to hold picnics for their group and the homeless of Stuart. We also had another TLA group in Redding, CA hold a super successful benefit show for TLA. We are so proud and grateful for the efforts that these and many other groups are making to impact the world and their communities. To view pictures of the picnics and of this benefit show visit the TLA Flickr page. If you are interested in starting a Love Alliance group in your area email Action@thelovealliance.net.

ACTION PROJECT
Last months Action Project was much different than any other Action Project we’ve had as we realized The Love Alliance was in need of some major TLC. For those of you who did not read last month’s newsletter, TLA has some large financial needs that came up right at the beginning of May. You can read more about this major need and how it came about in last month’s newsletter. Last month was a proud month for us. We were able to see The Love Alliance community come together and strongly support the purpose of this organization. You all responded to our financial need in a major way last month, and all we can say is thank you, a million times thank you. We appreciate every bit of support more than you can know. While we still have a great deal of financial need, this month has been a continual reminder that we are exactly where we need to be, and that all our needs will without a doubt be provided for. So again, thank you. We promise to put every penny donated to good use. If you would still like to donate to our need you can either donate online or you can mail your donations made out to “The Love Alliance” to:
The Love Alliance
PO Box 111431
Palm Bay, FL 32911
THIS MONTH
HAPPENINGS
If you haven’t figured it out from our banner at the top of this newsletter, June 7th is The Love Alliance’s 1 year birthday! Time has passed so fast, it is really hard to believe it has been a year already. Thank you all for being a part of our formative year. Without your continued support we know it would have been nearly impossible at times to keep moving forward. But all of your passion and involvement propels us forward and encourages us that we have something here that will continue to be active for a very long time. We commit to continue this organization until it is no longer possible to go on. So much has happened in just one year, and honestly we have so many big plans for the future. So again, thank you for this year, we hope you can all come along for the many years to come.

The biggest event that will be happening this month is The Love Alliance summer tour. We already announced 4 festivals and stated last month that we may or may not be adding dates to the tour, dependant on where we financially stand. Well we are glad to announce that we are adding another 4 festivals to our tour. While there is still a ton of financial need, we are confident that we are supposed to be on tour this summer. If you are going to be at any of the festivals we have announced and would like to volunteer with The Love Alliance we would love your help. Simply email Action@thelovealliance.net to find out how.

Not only are we adding those festival dates but we are also adding a couple of in between dates as well. These in between dates are still in the works but will be announced very soon. If we are driving through or around your town in between our festival dates and you would like to set up an event for us to take part in email Action@thelovealliance.net. These events can be anything from a speaking event, a benefit show, to an action project such as feeding the homeless or cleaning up your area. We want to be a part of your community and what is going on in it as much as possible.

We will be starting a tour blog this month, and will be keeping you all regularly updated on what is happening on tour. We also will be starting an audio podcast this month. We’ll be interviewing people along the entire tour. So keep your eyes and ears open for those as they regularly come out.

ACTION PROJECT
So as you all know, this month is The Love Alliance’s birthday. So we were thinking, what else screams 1-year-old birthday than toys? Obviously, we have very little personal use for toys. But we do know of some children who are in desperate need of a childhood. Did you know that families with children make up 40% of the U.S. homeless population? And this is just within the U.S., street children riddle the streets of countries all over the world. This thought can be staggering. While of course homeless individuals have a lot of practical needs such as clothes, this month we are looking a little deeper into the emotional needs of these children. They have had no say as to what family or circumstances they have been born into. But still, because of their home life they struggle to hold onto being worry free fun loving children. This month we are doing what we can to bring a little fun to the lives of homeless children in our community. We encourage everyone to donate at least one toy to your local homeless shelter. (To find a homeless shelter in your area, click here or here) These toys of course should be new or like new if they are used, as we want to these children to know that they are both loved and valued. This month let’s send these children the simple message that life has not, that they are worthy of good things. So get your gift together, and encourage your friends, family and co-workers to also donate at least one gift this month. As small as this project may seem at first glance, we 100% believe the potential impact it may have on a life. When we believe we are valuable when we are young we take this self worth with us into adulthood. This month, through the simple gift of toys, we are investing into the futures of children by sending them the message that they are valuable, loved and worthy of good things.

Don’t forget to send us pictures, stories and video of your Action Projects. We want to know what kind of impact you are having on your community and the world.


T.L.A. LINKS: Official Site - Online Store - Myspace - Virb - Flickr