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I’ve been getting a lot of requests about how I do abroad. What exactly is an International Community Ambassador? What does #GiveTogether mean? How does one get involved in Expanding Community Outreach? 💁‍♀️ One just does it. One gets up one day and says I want to go help people and here is where I want to go and here is the cause I am passionate about helping. Then you just start showing up and you start helping and other organizations hear about it and they ask you to come and help as well. The good deeds create ripple effects and countries while they are big are also connected by people, people who talk and engage and have social media. The word gets out that you’re the girl who wore a yellow dress in the middle of a village in Thailand to help raise awareness about Elephants 🐘 🌎✌🏼 The human connection is so powerful AND showing up is the first step. Because we all want to hear we matter, that we are important, and that someone sees us for who we are are and it feels good to be valued for existing. So if I were to tell you how to go and do it, where to start: 1.) pick a place you love or have always wanted to visit. 2.) choose what type of service program you want to assist (education, environment, health, animals, poverty alleviation) 3.) and lastly, find an organization in the place you want to go to and reach out to them and ask how/ when/ if you can help. Organizations are always looking for volunteers! You’ll need to fly yourself and will need to typically lodge yourself as well. Once you arrive it all works together like magic from there. So start researching what adventure you want to take, save the sea turtles, the penguins elephants. Feed the need in your community by hosting a food fundraiser. Create sustainable living solutions like building water filters in countries that are lacking clean water. And if you need tips just DM me. I’ll help you navigate forward 💯💋 • • • #peaceispossible #expandcommunityoutreach #laurenelizabethhubbard https://www.instagram.com/p/B0P4GOvJPrx/?igshid=1nnw7jeaftbh6

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Nothing prepares you for the moment you actually stand on the ledge, feet gripping the inside comfort of your shoes, knees buckling at the site of what lies below, your hands clammy, and your mind focused on the fact that this is the highest bridge in the world to bungy from, and in a moment you are about to take the biggest jump or air flop into the space below you. In my mind I rehearsed the scene of me graciously swan diving into the new year and this was the symbolic form of letting go or as close as I have ever known it and of course the reality couldn’t have been farther from what I visioned in my mind, but I did it. I fucking did it! Would I do it again, John asked me (the @faceadrenalin team member featured in photo 3), “never” I said “but I would recommend every one tries it once in their lifetime.” Thank you to the Bloukrans Bridge Bungy Rockstar Staff in no particular order : JT, for strapping me in and giving me a little push into a bravery I’ve never known; Simon, for capturing the professional photos and video of my jump, and of course, to my Spider-Man named Coffee, who came to rescue me in the air and let me hold onto his leg even when I was finally secured to him. I can’t believe his job is to literally rappel and receive the adrenaline fallen all day and I love him for it. And of course thank you to my husband @jondejager for waking me up at 7am to begin the 4 hour drive to make this day possible. If you jump, I jump. Partners for life ♥️ #goals #faceadrenalin #bungy #bloukransbridge #tripadvisor #visitsouthafrica #igers #lifestyle #view #travelblogger #photo (at Bloukrans Bridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsmr4uPA4Q6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1omgelrkoyug9

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