After fundraising for Salee, I never imagined actually getting the chance to meet her and the founders of NMV. Last weekend, that all changed. Meeting Salee for the first time was as if I was meeting my long lost sister. I already had all this love and admiration for her, and I hadn’t even met her yet. As the day went on, all that love just grew. Having the opportunity to actually meet the young woman that I was actually helping was amazing. Seeing first hand, that one single person can actually make a difference in the world, has put everything in new perspective. Meeting Ann and Cole was amazing as well. NMV is doing such a great thing for our world, and I am honored to be a part of this movement. 

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The weekend of May 16 and 17th, Lexi sold her bracelets during her sister’s surfing competition. Younger brother Tristan helped out by showing people the photo of Salee and helping to collect the donations. Lexi raised over $100 for Salee selling her bracelets for $2 each, and said that there were a lot of people who wanted to help with her project, which is wonderful! Lexi’s planning further fundraisers and has ideas for a bigger fundraiser when Salee and her father are in the States. Great job, Lexi and Tristan!!!

Becky and I have been working on making more and more bracelets every day. We are selling them for $2 each, and they are a HUGE hit at our school. Even some of the teachers have bought them! We hope to raise about $300 this week to go towards a bigger fundraiser in the next few weeks. –Lexi

A note from NMV Communities Coordinator Ann Cothran: I’ve been awed and amazed at the energy and dedication of Lexi and her friends as they fundraise for No More Victims, and especially, for Salee. Lexi has taken on NMV’s (and Salee’s) cause, with a passion, starting out by making bracelets to sell at her school.  Within a week, she raised over $250 selling the bracelets! She has bigger plans to help NMV and the children, too, and after getting to know Lexi a bit these past few weeks, somehow I feel sure she’ll achieve everything she sets out to do! (more…)

I am a fifteen-year-old freshman at Carmel High School in California. I am currently on the school diving team, and I play water polo in the fall. I am also an active member at our community church. Somehow something felt missing. I decided that I needed to do something for the bigger picture; our world. I wanted to get involved in something bigger than myself.

Although it would have been very easy to get involved in something locally, I wanted a little something more. That was when I decided to look online for organizations that would be worth getting involved in. The very first website I came across was “No More Victims”. I was immediately drawn into the pictures of the children, and the motives behind this organization. I knew right away that this was something that I not only wanted to help with, I needed to contribute. I cannot remember the last time I felt this driven to do something.

I remember when the Iraq war started. I know that I will face much criticism for what I am doing, but to me, this is more than worth it. These children were simply caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. These aren’t criminals that I want to help, these are innocent children! I feel that this is the best cause available, and I feel honored to be apart of it. I hope that sometime in the very near future I will be able to help significantly. I want to help these children more than anything. They deserve the world’s help, and I am willing to do anything I can to make that happen!