Friday's Mark: 61 Strong
My Friday's Mark blogger today is my oldest son, Dylan. If you're noticing the post is a little later than normal, that's because blogging isn't his favorite thing in the world. He's much happier chatting with someone in person, although he's happiest chatting to his horse. He's here today to talk about his newest effort to leave his mark through a project he started with his cousins. ~Heather
I'm writing today to tell you a little about 61 Strong, a group I started with my cousins last fall. 61 Strong is a group of children and young adults who mainly works to help stop human trafficking, or modern day slavery, and also to tell other kids and young adults that they are never too young to help, and their help is appreciated.
I have to admit that writing blog posts is not my strongest area; in fact, what was supposed to be a morning project of writing this post turned into a daylong project, again, due to the fact that I strongly dislike blogging. I am very much looking forward to my cousin taking over this aspect of 61 Strong. My favorite part of this gig is talking to the different people and spreading the word. I honestly cannot tell you why I started 61 Strong; the best answer I can give you is that I just did. It seemed like the right thing to do.
By the way, a lot of times we get asked where the name 61 Strong came from; it came from Isaiah 61:1 "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound."
One organization that 61 Strong works with is Project Liberty. They work with private investigators to help find trafficking victims, and once they find the person, they contact the authorities. Another organization we support is World vision. World Vision does a lot of amazing stuff around the world, from offering hope to sexually exploited girls to feeding small children.
We also work with Liberty in North Korea, (LINK.). LINK is a group of college students who work to stop the human rights crisis going on in North Korea. While we are talking about LINK, 61 Strong's goal for 2012 is to help LINK save one North Korean refugee, which costs about $2,500. To help us to meet our goal, we created a Crowdrise campaign. We are partnering with my mom to put together a screening of LiNK's documentary. I am also brainstorming with my cousins about fundraisers to put together throughout the year. If you want more information on 61 Strong or any of the organizations we support, you can learn more about us at www.61strong.org.
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