"Sweeten the World One Bottle at a Time"

Currently it is the 2010 Winter Olympics. I am enjoying watching the events and footage of Vancouver; however, it is making me miss OITF and my time on tour. Vancouver was on of my favorite cities we went to across the country and Canada. It is a beautiful place to visit with amazing restaurants and outdoor activities. (I even hiked "The Grind" Grouse Mountain where the Today's show is being aired.)

While I was watching snowboarding I was excited to see Hannah Teter, Gold Medalist in Snowboarding Halfpipe 2006 and Silver Medalist in Snowboarding Halfpipe 2010, uses her proceeds of maple syrup sales (her family is from syrup-rich Vermont) and all of her prize money won at snowboarding events to support a village in Kenya.

In 2008 she traveled to a village of Kirindon and stumbled upon a group of women and children afflicted with AIDS who had been kicked out of their homes by their husbands and fathers. Talking with the women they said they needed land so they could have a place to grow food and support themselves. A plots of land could be purchased for $1,000. Little by little Teter helps the women and children buy land so they can survive and provide for themselves. Currently she is also working on a large water and sanitation project (wells, bore-holes, rain water catchment) in Kirindon.

"Sweeten the World One Bottle at a Time" This one-of-a kind, Grade A Medium Amber, Pure Vermont Maple Syrup, is being dedicated to the desperately poor children of Kirindon,Kenya. Through my partnership with World Vision, this project will be helping those in greatest need.Profits from Hannah's Gold maple syrup and wrist bands go to support and bring clean water to Kirindon.

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Last year Ben & Jerry's created a flavor after Teter called Hannah Teter's Maple Blondie, which is maple ice cream with blonde brownie pieces and a maple caramel swirl. This is the first time the ice cream company has named a flavor after an athlete. Part of the sales will go to Teter's charity.

I think this is a great way to help others in the world. I am going to look for the icecream and buy a bottle of the syrup to put on my table! Cheers to Hannah and the USA athletes in the Olympics. Feels good to have American pride and to be proud of the athletes that represent us!