#thepowerofwe

Blog Action Day 2012: The Power Of We

    I came across Blog Action Day on a friend's Facebook Page, (Good Girl Gone Red) and decided that we should participate. I brought it up with my co-admin and she was all for it. So we both signed up! 

    This year's theme is quite appropriate. Over the summer, I met a few amazing women on Twitter. None of us knew each other-but over the course of just a few week, we had become virtual best friends. 

    We were all brought together by Bob and Ian Somerhalder, Built of Barnwood (owned by the 2 brothers) and the Ian Somerhalder Foundation. This blog, actually, exists because of Bob and Dena Somerhalder, and Built of Barnwood. 

    Over the course of the last 4 months, we have worked together, even though we are in different areas of the United States, as well as in Sweden, England, Indonesia, Italy and Germany, as a team, dubbing ourselves B.O.B Army. Our motto is Reclaiming The Planet, One Piece At A Time. We have become more of a family, than just friends. 

    We have worked together to help Bob run his business, and get his name out there, run emails, answer customer questions, and other business related aspect. We have helped raise money for the Ian Somerhalder Foundation though fundraising, voting for grants, and asking everyone to donate that we possibly can. All this to help raise funds for the ISF Animal Sanctuary.

    At one point, when we thought ISF was about to lose their land for the Animal Sanctuary, we, as a team, got over 1000 people (that we know of) to write letters to the town council (St. Tammany, LA) in order to let them know how much we needed this land. In the end, Ian got his land, and the Animal Sanctuary will soon be a reality! 

    The B.O.B Army, as a team, is helping fight for animal rights, focusing on the importance of reducing, reusing and upcycling, and just trying to make the world a btter, greener, and healthier place for us, as well as future generations. 

    We would not be here, working as a team to help change the world, if it were not for the visions of Bob and Ian Somerhalder, and this group of women who make it their mission to create a more sustainable planet for all. 

    ISF has a huge worldwide following and support network, and encourages us all to help people and animals in need, as well as maintain a sustainable planet. But it is Built of Barnwood that focuses locally, and teaches us the wonderful ways we can upcycle old wood and materials, without throwing them into a landfill. 

    Thank you for reading my contribution to Blog Action Day 2012 :)