{"id":5964,"date":"2009-04-01T00:38:03","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T05:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=5964"},"modified":"2009-04-01T07:06:10","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T12:06:10","slug":"updated-josh-need-your-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/04\/01\/updated-josh-need-your-support\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Josh Need Your Support!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Need Your Support!<\/p>\n<p>Dear friends and family,<\/p>\n<p>We are writing to you with some very exciting news. Our son, Joshua<\/p>\n<p>Hill, has been nominated and accepted to participate in the<\/p>\n<p>People-to-People Student Ambassadors program. This program was<\/p>\n<p>established 53 years ago, in 1956, by former President Dwight<\/p>\n<p>Eisenhower. The program sends students from different parts of the<\/p>\n<p>world to study together. He believed this was a way for them to learn<\/p>\n<p>to live together in peace.<\/p>\n<p>Josh\u2019s group will be going to France, Italy, and Greece where they<\/p>\n<p>will have special tour access. He will travel for 20 days, visiting<\/p>\n<p>and studying the most famous landmarks and art treasures of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Josh will meet with kids from other countries, experiencing new<\/p>\n<p>sights, sounds, tastes, and cultures.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua is an eighth grade student in the gifted program at Spence<\/p>\n<p>Middle school in Dallas, Texas. He is first chair trumpet in band. He<\/p>\n<p>has done volunteer work at Woodrow Wilson high school as an assistant<\/p>\n<p>sign language interpreter for wrestling, and the freshman, junior<\/p>\n<p>varsity and varsity football programs. He was also a sideline<\/p>\n<p>assistant for the varsity football team in 2008. Josh also volunteers<\/p>\n<p>in a community gardening program that provides fresh organic produce<\/p>\n<p>to food pantry programs. He is active in his Sunday School group at<\/p>\n<p>Unity Church of Dallas.. His hobbies are basketball and playing the<\/p>\n<p>electric bass guitar.<\/p>\n<p>We are raising $8,500 to pay for Joshua\u2019s program travel expenses,<\/p>\n<p>items to enrich his experience, and some spending money.<\/p>\n<p>We are asking people to help us raise the money by sending us<\/p>\n<p>contributions and letting us know if you know of individuals,<\/p>\n<p>businesses, or organizations in your area that would donate money to<\/p>\n<p>Joshua\u2019s worthy cause.<\/p>\n<p>We need donations as soon as possible, because we have to make<\/p>\n<p>payments in installments and the full amount is due May 1, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>We are asking for donations of $75 and up.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for everything you will do to help us make Joshua\u2019s dream<br \/>\ncome<\/p>\n<p>true. We know he will be a great ambassador for the family, his<\/p>\n<p>community, America, and world peace.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact us:<br \/>\nEmail: joshfrog94@yahoo.com<br \/>\nHome phone: 214-343-4931<br \/>\nTerri (Maria) videophone: 1-866-786-6004<br \/>\nJoel cell: 469-569-6409<br \/>\nJoshua Hill address:<br \/>\n12811 Jupiter Rd Apt 2010<br \/>\nDallas, TX 75238<\/p>\n<p>Love,<br \/>\nJoshua and family (Maria and Joel Hill)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Need Your Support! Dear friends and family, We are writing to you with some very exciting news. Our son, Joshua Hill, has been nominated and accepted to participate in the People-to-People Student Ambassadors program. This program was established 53&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/04\/01\/updated-josh-need-your-support\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-1yc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5726,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/03\/11\/josh-need-your-support-please-read-letter\/","url_meta":{"origin":5964,"position":0},"title":"Josh Need Your Support! 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