Most people use Twitter to share their short stories and frivolous thoughts to millions of online peers. However, imagine utilizing that online presence to aid more than just your self-esteem. This is what Misha Collins, an actor best known for his role as ‘Castiel’ in the T.V. series Supernatural, did when he raised almost half a million dollars for Haitian relief from a single tweet (Jefferson). Collins uses his fame as an actor as more than just an ego booster. Collins has benefited the world through his charity, Random Acts, which helps raise money for the less fortunate and encourages people to commit acts of kindness every day. He is also the host and founder of GISHWHES, a global scavenger hunt which connects people with their communities …show more content…
GISHWHES is an international scavenger hunt which connects zealous people to their community and others like them through unusual tasks. GISHWHES inspires people to be creative each year with over 150 tasks such as snapping a picture of a homeowner tanning while a Stormtrooper cleans their pool. The team that completes the most of these missions in a week gets to spend an all-inclusive vacation with Misha Collins (Torres). In addition to inspiring creativity, GISHWHES takes people out of their comfort zones and makes them work with new people. Emma Buchman comments on how GISHWHES brings people together from all over the world, regardless of their race or identity. Buchman remarks, “You work with people not just in your own area, but also with a worldwide community of over 94 countries. My friends and I worked with people from Colorado, Ohio, and Canada...The main goal of GISHWHES is to bring everybody together: race, gender, sexual orientation and general weirdness combined” (Buchman). One of the goals of GISHWHES is to help creative people who feel lonely or dejected find new friends with similar tastes. Furthermore, GISHWHES allows people to collaborate with scavenger hunters all over the world and create lifelong relationships. GISHWHES also encourages scavenger hunters to support their own communities. Jennifer Rodriguez talks about …show more content…
GISHWHES is meant to be a fun event for those wanting to get out of their comfort zone but, some scavenger hunters take the tasks too far. In 2014, one of the tasks for the international scavenger hunt required pestering a published author to write a short story. Unfortunately, this led to the harassment of many authors by enthusiastic participants over social media platforms like Twitter and Tumblr (VanDerWerff). Needless to say, they didn’t appreciate the online badgering. Another task includes making a Tony Award winner or bestselling author act out a section of the California Driver’s manual. Authors including Lauren DeStefano shared their displeasure at the online harassment and the task itself (VanDerWerff).This is just another instance of scavenger hunters taking GISHWHES missions too far and stressing out people as a result. Even though GISHWHES may have good intentions, overzealous scavenger hunters sometimes take the tasks too
Best selling author, Michelle McNamara, wrote some of the greatest crime novels of our time, but few people knew about her secret life. Michelle had her own private drug den filled with a variety of prescription and illegal drugs.
Sarah G. Bagley was born in Meredith, 1820. Sarah also had two brothers and one sister named Henry, Thomas, and Mary Jane. Her mothers name is Rhoda and Sarah’s father is Nathan Bagley. The mother and father work on farms, sold land, and owned a small mill to support their family. Sarah's first job was at the age of 30 she worked in Lovell in the Hamilton Mills.
People see a dog on the website which they like, and then pick up the dog. This way, the dogs can get a home and they don’t have to get euthanized or stay lonely. Faye Carey has helped hundreds of dogs get a happy home. Another example is Neha Gupta, an activist who tries to give orphans education, toys, and clothes. She gave away all her toys at the age of 9 to get donations for orphans."We just put it out on our driveway and people came, bought things and it turned out to be such a successful event,” Gupta recalled. “From that one event we raised $700 and I’ve wanted to keep going.” Ever since, she has been gathering donations and raising money herself through social media and her website Empower Orphans. As a result, she has now raised a whole $1,000,000 through donations!( information found from http://www.worldofchildren.org/ ) She is now helping kids in India and USA get
Cathay Williams born in Independence Missouri to a freed African American male and a Slaved African American women. In 1861 Union forces occupied Jefferson City in the early stages of the American Civil War. At that time, captured slaves were officially designated by the Union as "contraband," and many were forced to serve in the military support as cooks, laundresses, or nurses. At age seventeen, Cathay was impressed into serving the 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel William Plummer Benton. For the next few years, Williams travelled with the 8th Indiana, accompanying the soldiers on their marches through Arkansas, Louisiana,
A university student who has already made headlines for having sex with a married doctor has now been banned from driving after being described as ‘nothing short of a lunatic’.
Jean Talon was the first and the greatest intendant of New France. He was appointed to be the Intendant of Justice, Public order, and Finances in Canada, Acadia, and Newfoundland by King Louis XIV. He attempted to change the economic base of Canada from fur-trading to agriculture,
Hue Jackson is not at all surprised with the way Deshaun Watson is playing as a rookie.
Early 1990’s was a difficult time, especially for the south central. During 1991 and 19992 was the worst record for crime; the murder rate was the highest in LA in history. There were about 1077 murders many of which came from gang violence in south central. The match that set off the 1992 LA Riots. Was the videotape of Rodney King being brutally beaten by five police officers, as well as the murder of Latasha Harlins in 1991. The officers were found not guilty by a mostly white jury, so the African American grew angry and disappointed. The Korean woman who killed Latasha didn’t serve jail time, which caused a deep strain on the relationship between Korean and Africans. White people were the main targets, but Koreans also experienced gun battles
The senator of the 19th district, Michael Hastings of Orland Hills, Illinois has been a part of many different areas throughout the years from the military to an attorney. According to Hastings’ biography from his website, “He was selected an Illinois All-State Football player, served as student government president and later qualified for an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point” (Sen. Hastings). By attaining a liking from his community he was voted to move higher up throughout the political rankings. Over the years he has been able to handle many situations such as attaining high standing medals and awards which later led to him being elected to the state senate. From his biography he stands to hold the title
In the glass castle, Jeannette Wells lives with such parents that she was much of the time homeless. She had no idea that her father’s drinking abuse was so wrong, or that living in such run down homes with animals that came and go could be seemed as unfit for a family with children. So young, with her three siblings, they wouldn’t know at the time they were being treated poorly by the people they believed loved them the most. Scroungy and dirty, but tough from living in such horrible conditions as a child. Growing up has shown difficulty for the young girl.
Delcan Bagshaw was arrested on 07/09/2017 for being in position of 500 grams of methamphetamine and various stolen items. Bagshaw is a convicted drug addicted that has been know to be on methamphetamine for the past five years and has been in and out of rehab.
Mary Sorrells was born on December 23, 1963 at Kings Daughters Hospital in Staunton, Virginia. She was the middle child in a family of four brothers, and four sisters. At the age of eighteen, she graduated high school, and worked in a factory while obtaining a nursing license. On September 3, 1983, she married Gary Spangler in a Pentecostal church in Staunton, Virginia. Thirteen years later, on March 12, 1997, Mary gave birth to her first child (Jacob) at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where our journey begins. So, after fifty-one years of maturing into a wise adult, this is what this five foot tall woman is today.
Lena Wilkes was born in the small secluded community known as Comnor Valley. She was raised in a polygamous family, with four mothers and forty-seven siblings, all members of the First Consecration Order (FCO). When she was sixteen years old, after years of abuse, including being impregnated by her own father and being forced to marry her first cousin, Alma Wayment, she fled her family and faith. After many years as a vagabond in Middle and Southwest America, Lena eventually finds acceptance and sanctuary in the small Navajo town of Powell, just 50 miles east of her former hometown. While she tries to keep contact and connection with other former FCO members and runaways in the surrounding region, she chooses to center her focus on building herself a new life away from her past. She's thrust into
My name is Takesha Wright, I am the GAL assigned to Ethan Knotts-Campbell. I understand you've been assigned as GAL for Ethan's mother, Tennetta Knotts. Do you know if she is attending treatment and or parenting classes? If so, where and how does she feel this is going? Thanks in advance.
It was in 1973, that a young, brazen and ostentatious Donald Trump, met one of New York’s most notorious attorney: Roy Cohn, whose name was synonymous with the rise of manipulative political power acts. Roy was known to be a ruthless prosecutor who had mastered control over all the loopholes in the law and had become the premier practitioner of hardball deal making, offering his help to defend even the mafia networks. Cohn became a business mentor and nearly a second father to Trump. Trump first hired Cohn to sue the federal government. The allegations that Trump faced had accused him of renting his prime apartments only to White people thereby showing a racial bias. This was clearly against the fair housing act which the congress had passed.