Welcome everyone,

This blog has receive over 30,000 hits. When I passed my first 10,000th mark I received a comment from Ken who said “This is an awesome milestone. But you reach 20,000 even faster.” That appears to be so true and today we add 10,000 more.
If you’re a faithful viewer of my blog you will know we celebrate each milestone. This one is no different and we are launching an exciting contest.
BLOG CONTEST – WRITE OF THE GUEST BLOGGER
Two individuals will be awarded the opportunity to appear as Guest Bloggers on February 8 and February 9, 2010.
Entry Requirements:
- Leave a comment on this post (that will award you one entry). Your blog name will appear on the entry form.
- If you do not own a blog, you may still participate by leaving a comment. The notification I receive will provide your email address, which I will save and that will be on your entry form.
- To double your entry, RETWEET this: I just entered Write of the Guest Blogger on http://corvedacosta.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/30000-hits-strong/ Enter by clicking on the link.
- To triple your entry, you will have to comment three times on the post.
It is as simple as A, B, C.
Entries are now open and will be closed on Saturday, January 30, 2010 midnight.
Being the winners of this competition, you will have exclusive rights and authority on what is posted for the assigned days. In addition a widget with your blog/image will be posted at the top right position on the blog from February 1, 2010 to February 12, 2010 linking the photos to your blog (if you have one).
***Corve DaCosta has the right to reject any inappropriate post from the winners.
The Grand Draw of the winners will be posted on January 31, 2010 on this blog via a YouTube video.
All the best and May the best blogger win. Let the games begin.
I am excited about this and I hope you will enter.

Let’s celebrate 30,000 HITS.
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What’s your passion?
By Esperanza D.
Esperanza
A big thanks to Corve DaCosta who gave me the opportunity, through a blog contest, to be a guest blogger for a day. I entered the contest with the hope of using it as a platform to creating just a little change, for the better, in this world.
As some of you may know from the HmmSweetSplendidWisdom blog I’m both a Social Work graduate student and a Social Justice activist. Through my field practicum for school, I am working on HIV prevention and education, as well as HIV testing and counseling. I enjoy it a lot and plan on attending a conference this summer in New York that talks about issues surround HIV and women, in particular women of color.
I’m really excited about this, as my own passion is working with, and empowering women. In addition, my interest in HIV prevention and education began when my uncle passed away from AIDS and I saw, firsthand, the stigma attached to it. I then knew that it wasn’t ok to treat others as anything less than equal.
Well, I came across a really needed website the other day I want to share with you. It’s called the “Pepsi Refresh Project” that gives $$ to grassroots projects led by real people and community members, like yourselves. Anyone is able to submit an idea that deals with giving back to the community in a way they find most productive or creative. In turn, it is posted online to be voted on by the public and the winner receives a lot of cash for their project. How cool is that? Here is the link if you wish to vote on current projects and find the sign up link to submit your own for the next round.http://www.refresheverything.com/index
What I plan to do is attend the HIV and Women Conference this summer and use my creative talents to come up with a great project proposal for the Pepsi Refresh Project. When this happens, I hope you will support my efforts through your vote. In turn, I hope you feel inspired to come up with a project of your own to submit to the site. Think about what communities or populations could use your support and where you feel your passion can make the most impact.
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