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HISTORY OF GLOBAL GARDEN PROJECTS "HOPE AND BEYOND"

Origin: The originating concept of the "Hope and Beyond" peer-to-peer student service-learning projects was first presented in 1986 at the Hope and Beyond Children's International Artists for Humanity Awards Program held in San Francisco City Hall Rotunda.

Middle school students researched specific humanitarian concerns and studied the efforts of individuals who supported special education, relief, and social service programs. To create the awards, the students selected candidates and elected award recipients from the international creative community. They recognized the candidate's abilities to bring hope, hope which goes beyond the norms to actualize possibilities. The focus was on the candidate's efforts to support the disenfranchised, injured, and stigmatized members of our global society. This qualified the candidate to receive the "Hope and Beyond" award recognition, "The Artists for Humanity Award."

Associated events from 1985 through 1999: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,1989, 1990-1999
The event & photo histories are presented in our Public Service Pictorial History Report, of December 2003.

Activities: In 2000, we presented to college bound high school students a broader scope of service-learning citizen diplomacy and health related subjects.

Health and Social Service Citizen Diplomacy Activities: In 2000-2001, Global Garden Projects' "Hope and Beyond Student Service-Learning Projects" initiated its current health related peer-to-peer high school student experiential education project research and planning phases (1 & 2).

Adult organizers began their participation in 2000, and high school student leaders began in 2001. We began phase three in 2002. Phase three is the Project's public program, which presented the prototype fundraising models for "The Hope and Beyond Family HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness and Testing Project - India." Networking student participants deliver the Project message through the Internet and sustain project visibility by creating celebrity driven, fundraising, and awareness events.

The prototype awareness and fundraising events for the Hope and Beyond Student Service-Learning Projects were presented simultaneously, on September 21, 2002. They were the Hope and Beyond HIV/AIDS Awareness Music Fair held in San Francisco and the 2002 Run for Hope and Beyond held in San Antonio, Texas. Members of the international firm of Ernst & Young LLP provided onsite oversight of the event contributions and subsequent disbursements of the contributions.

The Project's San Antonio student cabinet leader, Ali, started 2003 with an onsite visit to a free hospital in India, which treats AIDS patients. For his Hope and Beyond Project Report, Ali has videotaped an interview with the hospital Director, Dr. K. Venu. The hospital is currently co-studying, with the CDC-USA, Type C Hepatitis virus that reportedly is the cause of 95% of AIDS fatalities in the area. Ali's report will be presented in February 2003. In 2002, Ali presented the HIV/AIDS message to an enthusiastic audience of mid-school students in assembly at Saint Mary's Hall Middle School, in San Antonio. Ali assisted in obtaining a generous contribution from the San Antonio Spurs basketball team, the NBA national champions member.

With the assistance of the Indian government and the health care sector, we are planning in 2004, to have the Project's HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention information and testing kits presented for distribution to impoverished families in India. The Project's Hope and Beyond HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness, and Testing Kits will contain HIV/AIDS prevention, awareness, testing, and followup treatment information, and a portable rapid results test for HIV antibodies. Note: Student activities are video documented for multimedia Project presentation.

			HISTORY OF GLOBAL GARDEN PROJECTS "HOPE AND BEYOND"
			Origin: The originating concept of the "Hope and Beyond" peer-to-peer student service-learning projects was first presented in 1986 at the Hope and Beyond Children's International Artists for Humanity Awards Program held in San Francisco City Hall Rotunda. Middle school students researched specific humanitarian concerns and studied the efforts of individuals who supported special education, relief, and social service programs. To create the awards, the students selected candidates and elected award recipients from the international creative community. They recognized the candidate's abilities to bring hope, hope which goes beyond the norms to actualize possibilities. The focus was on the candidate's efforts to support the disenfranchised, injured, and stigmatized members of our global society. This qualified the candidate to receive the "Hope and Beyond" award recognition, "The Artists for Humanity Award." Associated events from 1985 through 1999: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,1989, 1990-1999 The event & photo histories are presented in our Public Service Pictorial History Report, of December 2003. Activities: In 2000, we presented to college bound high school students a broader scope of service-learning citizen diplomacy and health related subjects. Health and Social Service Citizen Diplomacy Activities: In 2000-2001, Global Garden Projects' "Hope and Beyond Student Service-Learning Projects" initiated its current health related peer-to-peer high school student experiential education project research and planning phases (1 & 2). Adult organizers began their participation in 2000, and high school student leaders began in 2001. We began phase three in 2002. Phase three is the Project's public program, which presented the prototype fundraising models for "The Hope and Beyond Family HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness and Testing Project - India." Networking student participants deliver the Project message through the Internet and sustain project visibility by creating celebrity driven, fundraising, and awareness events. The prototype awareness and fundraising events for the Hope and Beyond Student Service-Learning Projects were presented simultaneously, on September 21, 2002. They were the Hope and Beyond HIV/AIDS Awareness Music Fair held in San Francisco and the 2002 Run for Hope and Beyond held in San Antonio, Texas. Members of the international firm of Ernst & Young LLP provided onsite oversight of the event contributions and subsequent disbursements of the contributions. The Project's San Antonio student cabinet leader, Ali, started 2003 with an onsite visit to a free hospital in India, which treats AIDS patients. For his Hope and Beyond Project Report, Ali has videotaped an interview with the hospital Director, Dr. K. Venu. The hospital is currently co-studying, with the CDC-USA, Type C Hepatitis virus that reportedly is the cause of 95% of AIDS fatalities in the area. Ali's report will be presented in February 2003. In 2002, Ali presented the HIV/AIDS message to an enthusiastic audience of mid-school students in assembly at Saint Mary's Hall Middle School, in San Antonio. Ali assisted in obtaining a generous contribution from the San Antonio Spurs basketball team, the NBA national champions member. With the assistance of the Indian government and the health care sector, we are planning in 2004, to have the Project's HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention information and testing kits presented for distribution to impoverished families in India. The Project's Hope and Beyond HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness, and Testing Kits will contain HIV/AIDS prevention, awareness, testing, and followup treatment information, and a portable rapid results test for HIV antibodies. Note: Student activities are video documented for multimedia Project presentation.