High School Students To Kick Off “The Movement”

Show Hope to host a Feb 5th Nashville event promoting orphan care clubs in local high schools

January 28, 2011 - Nashville, TN – High school students will gather to engage the orphan crisis on February 5th at the Factory in Franklin, rallying at an event hosted by Show Hope’s new Student Initiative in support of local high school orphan care clubs launching this semester. Organized by student leaders along with Chris Wheeler, Show Hope’s Director of Student Initiatives, the 7-9pm kick-off at Liberty Hall will feature Caleb Chapman’s band, CALEB, as well as opportunities to get involved in “The Movement” clubs that will be launched this spring in nine area high schools.
 
The event is open to all high school students and admission is an 8 oz. baby bottle (to be given to the children of Maria's Big House of Hope in Luoyang, China) or $5 donation. "The Movement" is the name the students have given to their service-oriented clubs designed to raise awareness of the world's orphan crisis and to give students a tangible way to get involved. Through these clubs, students will be able to serve the local foster community, adoptive families, as well as orphans globally. The upcoming Feb. 5th kick-off event is NOT to be missed! 
 
"Our dream is that one day this generation of students would raise more money, meet more needs, and adopt more children than anyone ever imagined possible," Chris Wheeler shares. "It’s high time we mobilize the largest potential army of orphan defenders in the world…our students!"
 
Show Hope™, the adoption and orphan care organization founded by Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman, recently launched its newest division, the Show Hope Student Initiative. Championed by both Chris Wheeler and Emily Chapman Richards, this student movement was developed to enable the high school students of today to help lead the charge to care for orphans. 

"Through the Show Hope Student Initiative, we are mobilizing students to mobilize more students to care for orphans around the world," explains Wheeler. "We believe that students are capable of far more than most adults are giving them credit for, and when students put their faith in action and get involved in the life of an orphan, both the students and the orphans are changed forever!"

The Student Initiative officially kicked off at a fundraising event for Show Hope in November, held in conjunction with National Adoption Awareness Month. Both Wheeler and Richards spoke at the event about this movement, and were also joined by a few students who shared their thoughts on how they want to engage in orphan care around the world.

To find out more information about Show Hope's Student Initiative and other information about how you can help, please visit ShowHope.org. To learn more about The Movement clubs, visit TheMovementClub.org.