CURRENT MISSION

2014 February Fundraising Team

ABOUT ME

I am part of a group of eleven students who are all enrolled in an 18 month program fighting shoulder to shoulder with the poor.

Me (Cori Harris), Roberto, Zuri, Jacque, Fernanda, Diana, Aldeana, David, Marcos, Carmen, and Eduardo.

Hometowns' of the Group include; San Jose-Costa Rica, Kansas City-Kansas, Brasilia-Brazil, Mexico, Sao Paulo-Brazil, Cali-Columbia, Berrien Springs-Michigan, Los Angeles-California

From now until August we will be traveling the USA to fundraise for our volunteer program in Africa. While in Africa we will be part of many different developmental programs

NOTE: WE DO NOT EXPECT A HOST TO TAKE IN ALL ELEVEN OF US, AND ARE WILLING TO SPLIT UP WHEN WE TRAVEL TO A CITY TOGETHER :)

Five of us are fluent in English (including myself) and the rest are fluent in either Spanish or Portuguese (but still speak English.

Visit our website to learn more about our volunteer programs... DO IT :) www.oneworldcenter.org

PHILOSOPHY

True character is what you do when no one is watching.
Whatever floats your boat
Pay it forward.
No matter where you go, there you are.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We all live on the school's campus in Dowagiac, Michigan. The school keeps extra rooms with bedding, furniture, lock & key, heat/ac etc. So if you are passing through Michigan we have the spot for you :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Our team will be staying with our first host in March. I will update our experience afterwards!!!!

When we do find people willing to host members of our group, most of our time will be spent fundraising during the day around town and we will either be resting/exploring the city at night.

Interests

Collaboration of Interests of everyone on the team;

Traveling (duh), movies (especially documentaries), reading, technology, sports, helping people, trying new things (including food), cycling, history, Latin America, sparking conversation with strangers and muchhhhhhh more.

• documentaries
• dining
• marathon
• partying
• boating
• technology
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• sports
• history
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Into the wild, Fight Club, Trainspotting, Donnie Darko, Old School, Catch Me if You Can, Basketball Diaries, Goon, Mighty Ducks, Pulp Fiction, Stand By Me We nerd out on Harry Potter, Hunger Games, and X-men,

Der Steppenwolf, Cali Calabozzo, Manicomio, El Tunel,

ALL Types of Music.
(as an East Coast girl myself...all classic rock, punk, reggae, indie, and alternative)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Some of my teammates responses...
US Cross Country Trip 2012, Occupy Philadelphia, hiking in Zion National, kayaking over a coral reef in Jamaica and visiting old shipwrecks in the Caribbean, all the amazing people met from being a professional volunteer, childhood memories in Guatemala, participant in the 2012 LA Marathon, partying with the band SOJA, traveling alone.