Try Change Donation!

This past Sunday Try Change donated $400 to Volunteers of America Chesapeake to go along with over 200 items we gave to Hilda Barg Homeless Shelter n Woodbridge VA from our Charity Yard Sale. As you know we are official partners of Volunteers of America Chesapeake donating 10% of our profits to VOA Chesapeake as well holding special events like the yard sale.

Volunteers of America Chesapeake, founded in 1896 in Baltimore, is the locally chartered affiliate of Volunteers of America, Inc., one of the nations largest and most comprehensive human services organizations. Volunteers of America Chesapeake accomplishes its spiritually based mission by serving over 10,000 people annually through programs that spread geographically from Baltimore, Maryland to Virginia Beach, Virginia.

At Try Change we feel honored to be affiliated with such a wonderful organization like Volunteers of America Chesapeake.

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Try Change shirts now available at the following stores:

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Indigo - Georgetown

Changes - selected stores

Sports Zone - selected stores

Shadows - Forestville Mall

Fashion Mechanics - Springfield Mall

Evado in the Fair Oaks Mall

Remember, 10% of all proceeds go to Volunteers of America Chesapeake!

Thanks for the support!

Vince & Chrissie

Making a Difference...

In honor of our recent trip to California I decided to write about a young man from Oakland that we read about in Newsweek. After moving to Oakland from another part of California, Juan Hernandez discovered that his asthma had gotten much worse. He found out during a class project that there was a real reason for his worsening asthma…High levels of pollution, including lead & nickel. Rather than just dealing with it, he decided to do something about it. With the help of the Rose Foundation for Communities and Global Community Monitor, Hernandez and his classmates tested the air and were able to hold a news conference announcing their discoveries. They were able to get attention and start making improvements in their area. With school starting soon, we just wanted to show an example of how you can make a difference. It doesn’t matter how old you are…16 or 90…you can be responsible for change!

Here is a little more info about the organizations that helped Juan and his classmates…

Global Community Monitor:

Global Community Monitor (GCM) is an environmental justice and human rights non profit that empowers industrial communities to recreate a clean healthy and truly sustainable environment.
GCM was created to provide hands-on tools for impacted communities to monitor their own neighborhoods. Based on community knowledge and new data, industrial neighbor can increase their power to reduce health threats on their own terms.


Rose Foundation for Communities:
The Rose Foundation's Mission
Fostering community and environmental stewardship.
Improving communications between businesses and their neighbors.
Recognizing individual responsibility for the environmental consequences of personal actions.
Forging positive links between environmental stewardship and sustainable job creation.
Harnessing economic power to leverage environmental sustainability.
Instilling respect for the inalienable rights protected by our nation’s constitution and the essential human rights to clean air, clean water and individual dignity.

Just remember, you don't have to wait for someone else to change things...you can get out there and make a difference too!

Try Change is making a difference in our community too! Remember, 10% of all proceeds go to Volunteers of America Chesapeake. To sign up for our newsletter to find out about the next Try Change community events click here.

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Dorcas House

Try Change was recently in La Jolla California where we discovered a very nice event at St. James by-the Sea Episcopal Church. The name of the event was "The Art of Latin America". At the festival the church raised funds for Dorcas House (a foster home Tijuana) and the "Responsibility" school at the municipal dump in Tijuana. All proceeds from the event were divided between the the two schools and will help pay for schooling, food and medical cost.

The church was able to raise funds through ticket sales that enabled you to enjoy food and music provided by Jose Morales and to see the "Danza de los Viejitos" (Dance of the Old Men). You can see some of the dancers in our video. Participants could also take part in a silent auction for the artists' work as well as for a group of paintings completed by the children of Dorcas House.

We had a great time at the festival, great music fantastic art work for sale and we had a great tour guide named Mary (We hope we remembered your name correctly!). She took the time to explain the roots of the festival as well as take us on a tour of the church- Thanks Mary!

If you would like to to visit Dorcas House contact Colin Mathewson: colinmathewson@gmail.com

To join the medical team, contact Dr. Patrick Sweet: Patrick.sweet@med.nav.mil

To make a donation, contact Terri Mathes: tmathes@cox.net

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Try Change shirts now available at the following stores:
Swank - Pentagon City Mall

Indigo - Georgetown

Changes - selected stores

Sports Zone - selected stores

Shadows - Forestville Mall

Fashion Mechanics - Springfield Mall

Evado in the Fair Oaks Mall

Remember, 10% of all proceeds go to Volunteers of America Chesapeake!

Thanks for your support!
Vince & Chrissie

Hope For Vision

Each year millions of Americans lose their vision , some become totally blind. When it comes to blindness I think people tend to not think about it at all until someone within their family or circle of friends are affected by it directly.

Tonight Try Change would like to introduce you to Hope For Vision. As stated on their website:

"Hope For Vision is a group of people like you–people who care about the millions going blind; people who want to know about and celebrate the scientific progress and who want to do whatever they can to support the goal of vision. Hope For Vision is your organization. It exists to help you spread the word and raise support"

"According to the most recent National Eye Institute study, the nation loses over $67 billion annually due to the direct and indirect costs of vision loss, which is more than 100 times the annual budget of the National Eye Institute"

At Hopeforvision.org you can learn of the latest scientific breakthroughs that are taking place, fundraising events and volunteer opportunities within their organization.

Help us pass along the Try Change message by joining one of our blog communities and asking your blog community members to visit our blog.

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Try Change shirts now available at the following stores:

Swank - Pentagon City Mall
Indigo - Georgetown
Changes - selected stores
Sports Zone - selected stores
Shadows - Forestville Mall
Fashion Mechanics - Springfield Mall
Evado in the Fair Oaks Mall
Remember, 10% of all proceeds go to Volunteers of America Chesapeake!
Thanks for your support!




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