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March 2024
Dear Heaven's Miraculous Angleic Giving Inspriational Children of God,
First and foremost, a tremendous thank you to our loyal supporters who have wondered where we have been. After
my move to Florida, I had to participate in several endorsements and coursework that took up most of my free time as an educator.
In addition, for some reason Web.com has not been such a great website provider, as they have been charging me $30 a month
and have not told me that our website went insecure and that I would need to go through a different route to gain access to
update and use it. On a personal note, as an only child, my dad, Aunt and God Mother and Mother in Law went home to God before
COVID and I have just done the best that I can to cope with those changes in my life. My Aunt did do something amazing though.
She created the mary D. Hamilton Chair for Cancer research at the University of Arizona Hopsital and that pretty much is Service
Learning on sterroids. It wasn't what I would do with my money, but it was her money, her decision and I respect that.
Now to the most important part, the reason why I am here today. I was finally able to get some time
to work on my mission and vision, I was able to speak to a representative at Web.com that assures my they will be fixing things
in the future and in an agony/extasy moment, I have come to the realization that I am in the resolution of my teaching career.
I do not plan to renew my teaching certificate in 2026. So my mind has shifted away from the Title I public school insanity
after COVID towards what I have always desired to do and that is promote and instill the value of Service Learning throughout
the world.
There is not a day that goes by that makes me wish that Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.
was more active and stronger throughout the world. There is an organization called HOPE in my district that works with suicide
prevention, but I have not seen any thing Service Learning related, so that would be my first step. Moving from AZ to FL was
quite a BIG step in my life. I had spent 49 years in AZ and I did accumulate a lot of friends and support through networking
and just meeting people.
On yet another heart breaking note, we lost our attorney,
John T. Shelby the man who helped us create Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. in AZ, died suddenly of a heart attack before COVID. He was
also my friend and that just broke my heart to know that my 50 year old friend was gone. He was so young and it came as quite
a shock.
On a positive note, that BILLION dollar donation to the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine was Service Learning! People will now be learning how to be medcial doctors and paying it forward by taking
care of people in their community! Ruth and David Gottesman are Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspriational Children!
However, don't make the mistake of thinking that you have to be a billionaire to make a difference, anyone can make a difference,
they just have to decide how they want to do it. At least be willing to say that you will volunteer if no one else does. I
ended up tutoring after school this year until December and joing the Board of my HOA becuase I stepped up in that way. It's
the little things like that, that will make a BIG difference in your community! Although I will miss my amazing colleagues
and teaching partner, I can't wait to join I.N.S.P.I.R.E. and get out in the community and "preach" about Service
Learning. I say "preach" becuase that is what I was told I did in AZ. Everyone saw, knew, and heard about my passion
for Service Learning and that has never died.
My To Do list is
long, but I trust that our Google Ad Word Grant will be there to help us along the way. I need to save money, get non profit status
in the state where I finally reside after retirement and then I will be very busy netwrking with people in that community
to make sure they know about the benefits of Serivce Learning. Please rest assured that although out organization may have
seemed dormant, there will be a Resurrestion and Heaven's Miraculous Anglic Giving Inspriational Child will Live on long after
I am gone.
Believe in Miracles,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's
Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspriational child, Inc.
November Newsletter 2014
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic
Giving Inspirational Child,
I
apologize for my absence. I developed a shoulder injury which made it difficult to maintain my duties. I was very fortunate
because it was miraculously cured at at Healing Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton. God took away all of the pain in my frozen
shoulder and I was able to breeze through physical therapy. This also enabled me to complete our application for the Varkey
GEMS Global Teach Prize. http://www.globalteacherprize.org/ Winning that prize would
be such a BOOST for Service-Learning in the world.
Rio Vista has done an excellent job with their Trick-or Treat collection for
U.N.I.C.E.F. this year. Ms. Molera's class brough in the most money and they have earned the Eegee's party. Go Bulldogs!!
I was also blessed to be able to attend a No Excuses Univeristy http://noexcusesu.com/ National Convention this year in Las Vegas. I really
value the No Excuses team vision and mission and I met some amazing people at the convention. I love that someone said,"No,
No Excuses. They are just as capable of getting into college as anyone else!"
While I was at the NEU http://noexcusesu.com/ Convention, I discovered a very special organization
that supports children with Pediatric Brain Cancer. "Friends of Jaclyn" http://www.friendsofjaclyn.org/ is an amazing non profit
organization that partners college athletic teams with children who are dealing with the challenges of brain cancer. We trust
that in the future Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child will be able to have Service-Learning chapters to
support excellent organizations like "Friends of Jaclyn"
Amphitheather School DIstrict has purchased
several Google Chromebooks. Thank you Google:)Rio VIsta has gone higher tech! We will now have Google Chromebooks in the classroom. My students and I are very excited about adding this
exciting new technology piece to our classrooms. We will able to practice our math facts http://freerice.com/#/basic-math-pre-algebra/16878
and our vocabulary http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1449 while helping children arounfd the world.
They will also be able to use them for research and publishing the school newspaper, The Bulldog Gazette. The Bulldog Gazette
team works on articles that cover Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Service-Learning articles on a quarterly basis.
I have been on an absence, but will I resume the Newspapaer Technology group in the new year.
As we reflect on the
upcoming holiday, we are grateful for all of our blessings and pray for those less fortunate in the world. We trust that in
the future we will be able to teach many people in need how to care for themselves and others through Service-Learning activities.
We especially like http://www.heifer.org/gift-catalog/index.html?msource=KIK1B130002&gclid=CjwKEAiAhcGjBRDot_fjjtPKrgsSJACNYh76pVClWKOJ7R5WB-cGrIinIlfJ26_t3ZZDzY02if_4qRoCa2Dw_wcB
the Heifer International vision for helping those families around the world. As I reflect on the past and how my 5th grade
students raised money to purchase a goat for a family, I am excited to envision many teachers and their students choosing
"Heifer International" as a Service-Learning activity.
With reagards to business, we were able to
retain our Google Adwords grant. Thank you Google and all of the Google people!! As a teacher I do the best I can with keeping Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child,
Inc. relevant and alive. Most of the time I am Tweeting Service Learning activities. If you are looking for great ideas on
Service-Learning, join us on Twitter, there are a plethora of examples of Service-Learning there. https://twitter.com/heavensmagiclao. Becuase we have
not received any donations, we lost our 501C3 status, but we were able to become a Foundation and any legal questions fro
our organization can be answered by John T Shelby at http://www.taylorhillmanshelbyltd.com/attorneyprofiles.aspx.
We have received support in our incorporation by Roger Taylor, Adword Grants, supplies and prayers and we are very grateful
for those:) I am positive that with a significant benefactor/s, we would easily regain our 501c3 status. We trust that those
benefactors are out there and will find us in the future. Please remember that I am a teacher and I have all of the responsibilites
that come with that career. Service-Learning is part of my focus in the classroom, but there are so many other responsibilities
that require my time to be directed elsewhere. I would never to anything dishonest or deceive the public about our organization.
In
reflecting on the Varkey GEMS Global Teach Prize, http://www.globalteacherprize.org/ we are excited to imagine that everything we have dreamed about could launch
in an instant! Service-Learning would become part of the curriculum throughout the world and the world will become more heavenly.
Currently, they are selecting fifty finalists, from those fifty they will choose ten, and from that ten they will change the
life of one teacher in the world. I think what I LOVE most about about the Varkey GEMS Global Teach Prize http://www.globalteacherprize.org/ is that Sonny Varkey and his team cared
enough to create it. It acknowlwdges that teachers have great ideas and that with the grace of God, they are just as capable
as engineers, scientists, and business people of having an amazing idea that could miraculously change the world and make
it more heavenly.
Peace
be with you, and may God bless your endeavors to help the less fortunate,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
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Edition 1 Spring 2007
An opportunity for a $500,000 matching grant from Theresa's Fund
Recently, our Founder/President was given the opportunity to apply for a $500,000 matching grant opportunity from Theresa's
Fund. Laura Ann Osterman designed a project for the grant entitled Theresa's Fund Loves Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. and is
in the process of building a larger Board for the organization and rallying the Tucson community to support the project.
The project solicits funding to provide a $5,000.00 scholarship for teachers and college students willing to lead
Heaven's M.A.G.I.C chapters in their community. Teacher's in schools participate in Service-Learning curriculum in
Knowledge-Creating Schools and provide occasional after school activities for their members. College students participate
by organizing and fundraising to support Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. chapters in their community.
Edition
2 June 2007
A Message From Our Founder and President, Laura Ann Osterman
Dear Friends,
I have delivered Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.'s Project/Proposal for Theresa's Fund. I am optimistic about
the future for Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.
I pray that we will have support from the community, state, schools, non
profit organizations that support education, univiersities, businesses and endowments that we need to start creating Theresa's
Fund Loves Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. chapters in the near future.
We will know where we stand in the grant seletion
process sometime at the end of July. I will keep in touch, informing you of our progress throughout the entire process.
I sincerely appreciate everyone who has taken the time to view our website and pass it on to others.
Congratulations
to the Class of 2007! The founding members of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child.
May they continue to Love, Serve & Learn as they pursue their careers, goals and dreams in the future.
Peace and happiness to you and yours,
Laura Ann Osterman
Edition 3 July 2007
I am excited to report that The Tucson
Unified School District has chosen me to teach the U.T.O.P.I.A. Project and explain the Theresa's Fund Loves Heaven's
M.A.G.I.C Project to teachers at the "Back to School Conference" in August.
At this conference I will
be able to locate teachers who are interested in becoming leaders of the Theresa's Fund Loves Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.
Chapters and the teachers can help us get the message of our projects out to the community.
Thinking
optimistically, it will also provide me with an opportunity to practice and refine my presentation, before I present the projects
to the Star Committee.
Have a fantastic summer!
Laura Ann Osterman
August 2007 News Coming Soon!
Thank You for sharing our message with others.
My favorite Latin Phrase
Est
autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis - Faith
is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. (St. Augustine)
Dear Friends of Heaven’s
M.A.G.I.C. throughout the World!
Heaven’s M.A.G.I.C. has received
many blessings in the past six months.
We
have a system to channel resources to time and energy which can be duplicated and reach out to others on a global scale, the
support of Google, a website that is viewed throughout the world, a larger dedicated, optimistic, and enthusiastic board,
and the U.T.O.P.I.A. Project’s presentation at the Back to school conference introduced us to many teachers who will
be willing to become a part of this project in 2008.
However, the blessing of Theresa’s Fund and the $500,000 matching grant will be bestowed on another non profit organization
that serves to eliminate abuse and domestic violence in the state of Arizona in 2007.
We received a gracious rejection letter from the Chairwoman of Theresa’s Fund.
Her letter encouraged us to reapply in the future and had a “God’s delays are not God’s denials”,
tone. I believe our “seed” will be able grow and strengthen in order to meet more of the criteria for Theresa’s
Fund in the future.
We have the utmost respect for Mr. McMurry, all of the employees at McMurry, and the volunteers who choose the beneficiary
for Theresa’s Fund.
We have been working diligently
to contact Business Angels, Angels Investors, Venture Capitalists and many other organizations and individuals. We have faith
that they will be generous to our organization and help it prosper.
We
have asked the Board of Theresa’s Fund to continue to refer to the project as the Theresa’s Fund Loves Heaven’s
M.A.G.I.C. Project. The system to channel resources to time and energy that can be duplicated and reach out to others on a
global scale was designed by the grace of God after Mr. McMurry’s prayer and the package Mr. McMurry sent us lead to
all of Heaven’s M.A.G.I.C.’s blessings mentioned above.
We trust that we will be able to raise $1,000,000 and that the first attendees of the U.T.O.P.I.A. Project’s presentation
will be leading their chapters in 2008.
We will continue
to do whatever it takes to accomplish those objectives.
We are blessed to have the technology to be able to reach 1,000,000 people and if those 1,000,000 people are able to send
us one dollar, we can easily reach our goal.
We appreciate anyone who supports the mission and vision of Heaven’s M.A.G.I.C., especially those of you who have
added us to your favorites.
You all have a special place in
our hearts.
You are the wind beneath Heaven’s
Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child’s wings!
We
BELIEVE in MIRACLES!
In God We Trust
Update...... God Bless Janet Napolitano for this gift to Arizona!
She signed
this Executive Order on the day I found out that we would not receive Theresa’s Fund.
I did not find out about it until after I had to compose this difficult newsletter to
notify our supporters that we would not receive the $500,000 matching grant.
Today is a miraculous day!
Celebrate!
We BELIEVE!!
Love,
Laura Ann Osterman
Edition 5 September 2007
Dear Friends of Heaven's M.AG.I.C.,
We have
officially received a Google Grant !
We are
thirllled and excited to be a beneficiary of Google's desire to support non profit organizations.
We continue to contact potential supporters and focus on raising the money to create ten chapters for the 2008-2009
school year.
We trust that the future will be filled with many blessings yet to come.
May you
feel, loved, healthy, safe and happy!
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman Founder and President Heaven's
M.A.G.I.C.
Edition 6 October 2007
Dear Friends of Heaven's
M.A.G.I.C.,
I have many exciting things to share with you from the month of October!
First, I met with my business counselors at SCORE. They were
extremely helpful with guiding me throught the process of creating a Business Plan for our precious seed.
Second, I enrolled for a set of classes provided by SCORE to help me design our 2008 Business Plan!
Third, the CASE Foundation gave us a free widget from ChipIn.
We now have another safe and secure way to receive donations. If one million people donate only one dollar, we
will be able to watch those donations grow throughout the year!
Fourth, the Google
Ad Words Grant has doubled the traffic to our website! We are thrilled to have been able to reach
people all over the globe!
Fifth, we have Angel Investors! They are waiting
patiently for our Business Plan and I am doing my best to complete it as soon as possible.
Finally,
on October 31st, I headed up to Phoenix for a luncheon sponsored by the Arizona Grantmakers Forum and a number of philanthropic and civic partnerships around Arizona. They hosted Susan Crites Pierce and she spoke about her book The Giving
Family and "Teaching Children the Value of Giving." I met Susan personally
before she spoke and she is such an amazing woman! She supports Service-Learning in schools and believes
it offers many benefits, especially when students chose the organizations they want to support. If you have
children and you want to instill the value of community service in your children, I highly recommend you read
her book. http://www.amazon.com/Giving-Family-Raising-Children-Others/dp/0913892998 It is filled with many ideas that can help parents guide their children towards service
in their community.
She had so many inspiring examples of how children have made and can make
so much of a difference! We just need to provide them with those opportunities to channel their energy and
time.
It was exciting to meet so many friendly, gracious, supportive, wonderful people who were
willing to connect us to other people and resources to help us grow our seed into a sprout! Phoenix has a
strong group with huge hearts for helping others.
I am really looking forward to building a strong relationship
with my new friends up north.
I am grateful to God for all of these opportunites and experiences to
help our precious seed blossom.
Since I will be able not write to all of our friends until after the
Thanksgiving holiday, I will wish everyone a blessed Thanksgiving, Diwali, and peaceful holiday of your choice !
I am thankful for everything!
Bless you for being a part of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic
Giving Inspirational Child!
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman
Edition
7 November/December 2007
Wow! Where did the time go?
Many exciting things have occured since I last wrote to you.
We
were able to secure a Business Savings and Business Checking account with Wells Fargo and created an account with Pay Pal to expedite
donations from our ChipIn widget from
the Case Foundation.
We are grateful to Wells
Fargo for providing us with the opportunity to have a free non profit account!
Through Orkut,
I have discovered many ways to feed hungry people throughout the world. Please click on our Free Rice page on this
site. itI truly touches my heart when my students come to school and say, "Ms. O I gave 500 grains of rice last
night." :)
We have received a generous donation from one of our supporters! Our widget no longer says
$0. We are on our way towards $1,000,000
Although the SCORE Business Plan classes were postponed unitl January, I was able to speak with a very successful business woman in the area who runs this non profit organization
http://www.tucsonmiracle.org/ .
The Director of "Miracle on Church Street", Lorraine Anderson, has given me some materials and information to be able to get started on our "Bullet Proof" Business Plan.
We have also been invited by Mr. Phillips to join The Charitible Profit Arrangement
http://www.charitableprofitarrangement.org/ and we are excited about working with them to raise resources to build our chapters.
Over the holiday break I will be snuggling up with a book on how to create the best Business Plan
and I trust that I will be able to accomplish our 2008 Goals!
We truly appreciate the patience of our
Business Angels, potential Angel Investors and supporters.
We love
Google and the Case Foundation! As an elmentary
school teacher, I use google daily for Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. and to provide my students with phenomenal resources.
It is like having "Genie in a Bottle" ... I wish for this, bing, done,! I need to learn about this,
bing, done!
The Case Foundation's
endorsement is equally as important to us because it is a quick way
to bring resources together in a safe and secure way.
There are many
things in the news that can bring us down, but we continue to focus on the positive things that are going on in
the world and we look towards a better future for us ALL!
May you and yours
have a blessed holiday season!
For those who love Jesus, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for all!
May God and His Angels keep you safe and healthy and may He guide you through any challenges you may
incur in 2008.
Believe in miracles!
Believe in a future full of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic
Giving Inspirational Child, peace and abundance!
Recently, I wrote another poem, Please consider it my gift
to you.
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman Founder and President Heaven's Miraculous
Angelic Giving Inspirational Child
Edition 8
January 2008
Dear Friends, Angel Investors, and Guardian Angels of Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.,
I am thrilled about the following
objectives at the World Economic Forum 2008.
I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to listen in on the conference.
I have captured how our organization is in sync with the World Economic Forum's Goals for 2008 below.
We would love to help anyone and/or any corporation meet their obligations for corporate stewardship.
The vision of Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. will be realized!!
I wish you all peace,
health and prosperity for 2008.
Laura Ann Osterman Founder and President Heaven's Miraculous
Angelic Giving Inspirational Child
Historic Miraculous Accomplishments
In 1999 Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. organized and lead Immacualate Heart Academy to win the
94.9 Mixx FM Diaper Drive.
16,187 diapers were collected in less than 48 hours. Seven years later Immaculate Heart
Academy still holds the record for the shortest time and most diapers collected. The article is available if you Google "Laura
Ann Osterman diapers" or click here
Organization News: Valid and reliable research on Service- Learning
indicates that the Theresa's Fund Loves Heaven's M.A.G.I.C Project is proactive way to solve problems in a community . The benefits of this project include.....
·It keeps children safe and off of the streets
·Children do not need to find transportation to get to their chapter because it is in their school.
·It has low costs because it utilizes the existing infrastructure,
manpower, and system within the schools.
·It provides an outlet for
creativity, leadership, innovation and reflection.
·It is a place to belong and make new friends.
·It teaches children to work together, plan, set goals and achieve
them.
·It provides scholarships to college students
·It provides a bonus for teachers
·It provides a way to honor people in the community
·It is free to children
·It encourages communities to coalesce and work together to solve their challenges and problems.
·It makes members lives more meaningful and inspires them to
make a difference.
·It
teaches children that they have something to give to others.
·Service-Learning is a tool to enhance standards and align curriculum.
·Educators have a strong desire to implement Service-Learning into their classrooms.
·It increases responsibility, communication and competence
·It increases self esteem, and self worth.
·It creates more trustworthy, trusting, reliable and tolerant
students.
·It creates
interests in politics and political events.
·It shows more responsibility towards voting and moral character.
·It creates more responsibility towards doing homework, more active participation in class, and improvement
in problem solving skills.
·With regards towards future career aspirations, Service-Learners were better prepared for their future careers. They
had more communication skills and became more aware of the opportunities and possibilities toward a variety of future careers.
Service-Learning
has valid and reliable data that shows it reduces
teenage pregnancy.
behavior problems
in school
truancy, tardiness, and the drop
out rate
drug and alcohol abuse, and criminal
activity.
Service-Learning has valid and reliable data that
shows it increases.... political involvement, voting and civic responsibility attendance academic skills and concept attianment reflection compassion for others
who are less fortunate enthusiasm in learning.
The community
begins to view children in a more positive light.
It creates a balance for valid and reliable assessment,
It creates leadership opportunities for children, college students, and adults.
It brings a community together insolidarity to create a Powerful Force For Good.
Welcome New Board Members Our organization welcomes Pat Gordon, Emily Calica Krevcheski, Matthew Stipulkoski, and Vik Saksena to the Board.
Edition
9
February 2008
This newsletter and a separate page are dedicated
to Heaven’s M.A.G.I.C.
She was my haloed angelic treasured friend
and I was her caretaker/companion for ten years.
When all of my girlfriends became married she was there
on many a night when I did not have a relationship, let alone any prospective date, until I met Matthew in
my 36th year.
She was there when my mother traveled and I was left to take care of the household.
As an only child, I was never lonely when she was around even when she was just there laying beside me.
Diabetes was her cruel fate and part of me feels awful about not noticing the symptoms until it was too late.
But for the most part she lived life on her own terms in a natural, drug free way, and passed peacefully in her sleep.
I take great comfort in knowing that she did not suffer and was taken into God's loving arms
on Ash Wednesday.
She would always refuse to walk on a leash and I did not want to bully her into submission.
Ironically, she would naturally heal and walk beside me on many of our walks throughout the neighborhood.
If she was able to get out of the front door of my home, she would never go beyond my sight or just take
off and run away.
I remember the first time that I saw her, she took to me right way. She was sick and had
kennel cough, my mother tried to persuade me to pick another pup, but there was something between her and I that
was indescribable. She had such a spark!
I nursed her back to health and other than one ear infection, she was never sick a day in her life, at least in my eyes.
While I was in graduate school, she was the one who had
to be patient and wait to play, as I created the U.T.O.P.I.A. Project.
When I finally met my soul mate she
was the one who waited patiently for my return from spending joyous times with the man I love, designing
the Theresa's Fund Loves Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. Project, or using my spare time to learn about the business
world creating a Business Paln, and building Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. into a thriving organization.
I always thought that I would be able to have more time in the future to be with her. I was wrong.
She brought a tremendous amount of joy into my life and I would not trade those moments for the ache in my heart right
now.
I feel blessed to have been chosen to be her cartaker/companion and I knew that I was meant to
be her caretaker/companion, because at first my mom said, “No” to bringing her home, then my mother's
dog, Celo, diedfrom kidney failure, and and my mother said that she "missed the pitter patter of little
feet."
She suggested that we go back and get Mandy, but it had been several weeks, so I figured
she was already taken by someone else.
Luckily, she was still there. The moment I returned to the pet store, she
sat up all perky and cute the same way she did the first time I walked up to her, and as she licked my hand
and as I grinned from ear to ear, I said, " Hi little one, we're back, and we've come to take you home."
My fondest memory of her was when she was a puppy. She had taken an entire roll of paper towels and shredded
it to pieces throughout my bedroom.
After we returned from an outing, I opened the door to find my
precious haloed angelic treasure sitting right in the middle, hundreds of pieces of shredded paper towel which
appeared to look like snow.
She had a "yeah can I help you, I am a little busy right now" look on
her beautiful face. My mother and I laughed so hard. I still hope to find the photo that we took that day.
I sat down on the floor picked up a huge handful of shreds and tossed it in the air. She started to jump up, bark,
and run around the room. We enjoyed every moment of her creative snowfall that day.
She managed to
make it snow in the desert, and that was quite a feat.
If I had $100,000, I would set it aside right now, and use
the interest off of it in one year to build the Mandolra Angelique Tresor Chapter of Theresa's Fund Loves Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. for my beloved Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational
Canine
I would ask that the members of that chapter dedicate their service towards Service-Learning projects
that support diabetes.
I would display a photo collage of my precious, loyal, loving, friend, and the world
would become a better place, because of a special unique soul, Mandorla Angelique Tresor, "Mandy" Heaven's
Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Canine.
As an elementary educator, I will have to settle for the poem below, which I composed to honor her for now, but I will pray that a Theresa's Fund Loves Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.
Chapter will one day bear her name.
I loved Mandy from the first moment I saw her. I will always love
her and hold her in my heart forever.
Her gentle, loving, spirit will be with me as we continue to build
Theresa's Fund Loves Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. Service-Learning chapters throughout the world!
Composed on Ash Wednesday 2008 By her blessed
caretaker/companion
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child I
know that I am not the only one who has lost a loved one to diabetes.
I pray for a cure for diabetes for
all of God's creatures and children in the future.
Thank you Jack Kent Cooke Foundation TIME
Magazine, and William and Mary University!
I would love to meet these people someday.
Josh Wyner, executive vice president of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation;
Amy Cohen, director of Learn and Serve America; Jim Kielsmeier,
CEO of the National Youth Leadership Council; Steven Culbertson, CEO of Youth
Service America; and David Smith, executive director of the National Conference on
Citizenship.
We hope to be a part of the forums in the future!
This must be so exciting to Dr. Shelley Billig, ! WOW!
She is the Vice President ofRMC Research Corporation and is considered the dean of the service learning research
community.
She knows about Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.!
Her had work and effort is part of "The U.T.O.P.I.A.
Project
I hope the next Service-Learning Forum is hosted at ASU or the U of A...
I am still working on the 2008 Business Plan. A very nice librarian,
Deborah Brown, is helping me with all of the research!
We have created a slogan for our organization!
If anyone asks you what Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. is, just tell them it is The "Fountain of Youth" for your
spirit, love, and service.
Figuratively speaking of course.
I will be back with more of our progress at the end of the month..
Sincerely, Laura Ann Osterman Founder and President Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational
Child
Edition 10 April 2008
This month we were blessed to be referred to Mr. Robert Fick, an Advanced Business Analyst in
the Small Business Development Center at Pima Community College. Bob is brilliant! He is helping us edit and trim our Business
Plan and refine it so that we will be able to present it to the community. He also has a tremendous amount of experience
and advice to assist us in accomplishing Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.'s mission and vision in the future. We are learning many important things about business and running a business properly.
We would
also like to take this time to thank the Desert Angels for their advice and support.
Our mission and vision will
require a tremendous amount of support and we are very grateful to everyone who supports Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.
From Google, to the Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. Board, to our potential Angel Investors, to Bob, to those of
you who share our website with others and spread our message throughout the world, we appreciate your support!
Please understand that we are putting 100% into making sure this Business Plan is a miraculous plan and creates posiitve
changes for the entire world!
Please remember to keep us in your thoughts and prayers.
I am blessed
to be surrounded by so many people who care about helping us accomplish our mission and vision.
On a more personal
note, regardless of anyone's faith, I was very touched by the Pope's message to the world. He spoke many
times on liberty, forgiveness, hope, and peace. He asked us to embrace our similarities rather than focusing
on our differences to create a better world and he walked his talk the entire time he was here.
Sincerely, Laura Ann Osterman Founder and President Heaven's Miraculous
Angelic Giving Inspirational Child
Edition 11
May
2008
Dear Friends of Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.
As the August deadline for our 2008 goal to raise $1,000,000.00 approaches, I am reminded
by my mother's wisdom.
She would always say..."God's delays are not God's denials."
I
will not accept defeat until August 8th at 11:59 A.M.
On August 9th I will
reevaluate our goals and set another one accordingly.
I continue
to work on the 2008 Business Plan with Mr. Fick and I am learning a tremendous amount about the
Business World.
Now that school is out and I am only working one job, I
have more time to dedicate to Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.
May was
an extremely challenging month for me personally.
I have been teaching for over 10 years and I have never lost a student.
At
the end of the school year one of my students became seriously ill.
Leilani Rowley has aplastic
anemia.
She has O+ blood.
She has been in and out of the UniversityMedicalCenter in MedicalCenter in Tucson, Arizona
several times, had many surgeries, transfusions for blood and platelets, etc. I would
like to take this time to ask anyone in the world, especially those of you in the United States and those
of you who have O+ blood, if you do donate blood, and you do not give specifically to one individual, please donate in Leilani
Rowley's name. I truly admire this Leilani's courage deal with the pain, numerous procedures and frustration
that accompanies this illness.
Please
help us help my student, Leilani Rowley, in the fight of her life! She may need a bone
marrow transplant in the future.
Life dealt this child a serious blow and all of us continue to pray for Leilani Rowley,
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child.
I would like to thank Tu Niditohttp://www.tunidito.org/for providing a safe place for Leilani and her family to stay while she continues
to receive transfusions and treatment at the University Medical Center.
Please hug your loved
ones, especially the little loved ones.
It is heartbreaking to see them go from invincible bundles of energy to fragile and weak in an instant.
Please cherish the
times that they wear you out because they are thriving and not fighting to survive.
I believe in miracles!
I pray for a miracle for Leilani everyday.
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational
Child, Inc.
Edition 12
June 2008
Dear Friends of Heaven's
Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
It is with deep sorrow that we honor Erik Hite, a fallen hero within our community.
We would love to be able to create a
Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. Chapter to honor Officers Hite, Hardesty and many other fallen law enforcement officers.
The only thing that brings us peace in times like these is
that an Erik Hite Chapter of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child will
be able to create a more peaceful community and make a difference in the future.
Please keep Officer Erik Hite's family in your prayers.
Heaven's
Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Edition 13
July 2008
Dear Friends of Heavens M.A.G.I.C.,
This is
usually that time of year when I think, "Wow! The summer flew by so quickly!"
This was an extremely productive summer! We are almost finished with our Business Plan and we have begun our journey
to acquire a plethora of advisers who will help us accomplish Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.'s mission and vision in the future.
If you yourselves have any advice or skills you would like to contribute to assist us, please contact us at heavensmagiclao@hotmail.com.
As I am typing this, I see that web.com has
installed a spell check mechanism, so there should be fewer spelling errors in my future posts :)
We have less than two weeks to make our goal of raising $1,000,000.00. In the current struggling economy that was
quite an ambitious goal, but I am quite an ambitious woman!
I was blessed
to have met a very special woman this month. Suzanne Shadonix, the Principal of St. Elizabeth
Ann Seaton School, http://www.school.seastucson.org/index.php
told me that she believes "God answers our prayers in one of three ways: Yes, Not Yet, or I have something better in
mind."
So many of our prayers for Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. have been
answered with "Yes!", up until this point. We are still in the "Not Yet" phase of the Business Plan, but
we trust that God does have "Something better in mind" for Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. in the future.
Who knows what the future may hold for all of us, there will be times in the future when we will pray for comfort,
assistance and guidance, and what better way to deal with the results than rejoicing in "Yes",
accepting "Not Yet" or trusting that God has "Something better in mind."
For this month, in addition to all of those of you throughout the world who believe in us, support us, and share
Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. with others, Suzanne Shadonix's inspirational faith, hope, love and wisdom has joined all of us,
as the wind beneath our wings.
As always, we are grateful to Google for guiding us towards a global understanding,
helping us locate our resources to excel, and spreading our mission, vision, and messages throughout the world!
Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. trusts that God has "Something better in mind" and that one day our ChipIn Widget will runneth over with infinite donations from around the world
and we are grateful that He put Suzanne Sahdonix's faith, hope, love, and wisdom in our path at the perfect moment in
time.
We pray, hope, and trust,
and we are focusing all of our time, effort and energy, towards announcing that the Business Plan will be completed in our
August News!
Please be patient, God is not finished with us yet :)
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Edition 14 August 2008
August was an extremely busy month for me personally and professionally.
There were several birthdays! It was also the beginning of the school year and I was engaged in a lot of reading of recent
research on Service-Learning.
We also continue to work on our Business Plan for 2008-2009 with Mr. Bob Fick at the Small Business Development
Center on the Pima Community College Campus. Writing a Business Plan is kind of like giving birth. In our case it might be
the birth of an elephant and not a child! We might need the extra three months J I realize that there might be
individuals out there who might be getting impatient at this point. However, please understand that we think it is more important
to do this right rather than quickly.
There are many guidelines, laws, rules and procedures in business that must be considered.
Nothing worthwhile
is every easy and this Business Plan must be the most worthwhile mission and vision on the earth. It has the potential to
create peace, prosperity, abundance and wisdom throughout the world!
In our endeavor to expand our organization throughout the state, nation,
and world in the future, we are involved in Service-Learning on a massive scale!
Peace and prosperity to you and yours!
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous
Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Edition 15 September 2008
In September I attended “Where We Stand”. It was “A Conversation about Arizona’s Schools
in Tucson.” There were four of the conferences going on at the same time throughout the four regions; Flagstaff, West
and Central Phoenix and Tucson.
I am extremely hopeful that the political, business, and educational leaders in Arizona are starting
to become more innovative, creative, and active in incorporating Service-Learning, portfolio based assessment and guidelines
for implementing more Peer Reviewed materials into the education process. We have worked very hard this year to outline exactly
how we will encourage private, charter and public schools to implement Service-Learning into their districts, schools and
classrooms. I have also begun to realize how important it will be for me to have the ability to give 100% of my time
to my role as the Founder and President of Heaven’s M.A.G.I.C., Inc. in the future.
On a sad note, I was disappointed that Google decided to move out of
Arizona. I hope that they will come back in the future. I believe that implementing Service-Learning throughout Arizona will
create a thriving, creative, innovative, and scientifically advanced population and that there will be many opportunities
for Google
to develop products here in the future.
It’s possible
that Google just might have to create charter schools and grow their own. They are just so far ahead of any public institution
capabilities. There are very few schools who can deliver what they expect at this point. If everyone worked in a Google
environment, the world would be more productive. If every teacher taught in a Google environment, they would
never quit and would mostly likely delay retirement until their last breath. If every child learned in a Google environment, they would
blow your mind!! I am seriously surprised that other companies, schools, and universities, have not tried to duplicate the
Google
environment!
We will do our best to duplicate the Google
environment in our organization and in our Heaven’s M.A.G.I.C., Inc. Chapters. We want our members to feel comfortable,
flexible, and free to create, innovate, explore, and discover the limitless potential for Service-Learning in their future!
Blessings
Laura
Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Edition 16 October 2008
Dear Friends
of Heaven's M.A.G.I.C , Inc.,
This has already been an unforgettable month for me!
It started off with a bang on October 1st!
I attended
my first State of Education K-12 Conference and met many warm
and
friendly people in the state of Arizona who care very deeply about
education and are working
very hard to improve it in this region.
The best surprise was the launch of a new non profit organization
This has
been an unforgettable month for the United States of America!
Seeing tears in Oprah Winfrey's
and Jessie Jackson's eyes made me realize how naive and blessed I have been to be sheltered from the the injustices many
people have seen, felt and heard.
I HOPE that many people realize that many of us were never a part
of that injustice and treat us the way they would want to be treated, instead of the unkind ways they have been treated by
others.
We, the members of Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. have worked so hard to make significant differences
for ALL!
Our organization will never endorse one particular person for President. However,
we will always respect our privilege as a nation to vote, the will of the people, the office, and the leader in the position.
Our efforts to create Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. Service-Learning chapters throughout the world requires tolerance,
acceptance, forgiveness, patience, courage, understanding and love for ALL!
Government is one
of our four resources we need for our project in order to accomplish our mission and vision.
We
would like to create our chapters in public schools, charter and private schools and we
need teachers throughout the world to support our effort to instill Service-Learning in the world.
Personally,
tears come to my eyes when I consider what Heaven's M.A.G.I.C will be able to do in 40 years!
Barack Obama has been blessed to become the first African American President of the United States
of America!
We would love to build Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. Chapters to honor, Ann Soetoro and
Madelyn Dunham, and the women who helped him achieve his dreams.
I have a dream too:) It's
is going to take a lot of work, and I have much to learn but I believe I am up to the task.
What's
your dream?
Believe, hope and trust in the ability to achieve your dreams!
We did.. and it is a joy to live it!
The dreams we have for
ourselves are miniscule compared to the dreams He has for us!
The U.T.O.P.I.A. Project begins
with the words "Understanding towards the needs of others." We believe and
trust that understanding and compassion will help us create a more peaceful, plentiful, and loving world!
Peace, hope, and love to all of our friends throughout the world!
The
people of India and those throughout the world are in our thoughts and prayers.
May God help heal your pain in this time of loss and give you the strength to endure this tragedy.
Our desire is to create a Powerful Force For Good, a tolerant human race that focuses on our commonalities
and not our differences, so that these tragedies will not occur in the future.
We
hope that people around the world will consider creating Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. Chapters in their schools, in their countries
and dedicating them to the innocent tourists and citizens of India who were brutally murdered by the terrorists, and the courageous
Indian police and military officers who sacrificed their lives to fight terrorism and save the lives of others.
They will be remembered, they should not be forgotten.
We pray for PEACE on EARTH.
We ALL believe in ANGELS!
Pray that the ANGELS will guide us on a path towards
peace.
This type of tragedy affects us deeply and
makes us more determined to accomplish Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.'s mission and vision.
Sincerely,
Laura
Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Edition 19 January 2009
Dear Heaven's
M.A.G.I.C. Friends and Family,
Happy New Year!
We understand that things are tough everywhere. Many countries, states, cities, and towns have felt the impact of
the economic downturn.
Arizona has recently decided to make cuts to the Education budget
for all state universities and K-12 education, in order to save the state from going bankrupt.
We
just HOPE that this is our organization's opportunity to step up and work with local school districts. We
TRUST that in the future all children and teachers who are willing to engage in Service-Learning will have the opportunity
to work with us, help us help others endure these trying times, and LOVE, SERVE, and LEARN.
We
were thrilled last month to learn of an Arizona State Statute that allows school distircts to rent space to profit and non
profit organizations.
The 2009 Business Plan will need to be revised and adjusted to meet new expenses
and costs.
Rest assured that we will always focus on QUALITY over quantity and that we will NEVER
borrow or go into debt to run our organization.
We believe that Service-Learning is the best solution
for Arizona in these trying times, especially with deficits in the education budget.
In closing...
Remember...
When things are great, be grateful for how great things
are.
When things are challenging, be grateful for how great things are.
Focus
on your blessings.
Don't be ENSLAVED by FEAR!
FAITH and TRUST will LIBERATE you from FEAR!
Peace to you,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous
Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone and every living creature in Australia who has suffered
from the tragedy of the wildfires.
Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. Loves Firefighters!
The brave people who risk their lives to protect us, all of God's creatures and our property, especially our
homes.
Despite all of the tragedy in the world, we are optimistically looking forward to Valentine's
Day and the celebration of our eighth year of incorporation!
02/14/09
Our thoughts and prayers go out to ALL of the family and friends of those who were on flight 3407.
Anytime Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child suffers
we suffer!!
We are asking for everyone around the world to help reduce the
homicides in Oakland and be part of a miracle!
We believe in miracles.
BELIEVE!
Youth of Oakland...Focus on what you want, pray, read
"The U.T.O.P.I.A. Project", take it into your schools, engage in Service-Learning, and
have faith.
Always "remember" and never forget that you are Heaven's
Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child!
Make this your daily affirmation...
"I am Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child
Worthy of healing and guidance, worthy of peacefulness and order, worthy of encouragement and strength,
worthy of love and support, worthy of happiness and fulfillment.
I am a precious
child of God worthy of a miracle, of something wonderful happening
without need of explanation
within my mind, soul, body and life!
BE STRONG!
Love,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
This message is for Christian Rossiter in Australia.
Christian,
Please don't give up!You have no idea what the future holds.
People
engage in scientific breakthroughs in medicine
every day.What matters most is the mind, heart,
and soul.
Enjoy your eternal life
and rest in the splendor of your rewards in heaven.
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
October 2009 Newsletter
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous
Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.,
Our biggest challenge in expanding our organization
has been raising "seed" money, but we feel very blessed to have been given an alternative sloution in these difficult
economic times.
My 2009 gift to our supporters "The Kingdom of God; Rejoice, Awaken and Arise"
on my Youtube channel CRE8HVNONEARTH is circulating throughout the world and has been gaining a lot of support.
We hope, pray and trust that "The Switch" will create a boost to our efforts of helping the less fortunate
throughout the world.
This and our Google Adwords Grant have given us the faith to continue to
pursue our mission and our vision.
Recently, I have been working
on networking and learning as much as I can about business.
I took an opportunity to attend a
networking event at the Tucson Chamber of Commerce and everyone was so helpful, friendly, and supportive.
During the event I even won a door prize from Office Depot. It was a bag filled with many earth friendly, colorful,
recycled office products. I was thrilled to see how businesses are stepping up to carry recycled and earth friendlier products!
Here is a picture taken at the event
Jack Camper, President of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce, Laura Ann Osterman, Founder
and President Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc., and Tammy Child of Office Depot.
In effort to make sure that my mind is able to catch up to my heart and soul,
after prayer, reflection, and comtemplation, I have decided to apply for a Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at Northern
Arizona University.
I created "The U.T.O.P.I.A. Project" while I was working on my M.Ed.
in Leadership at Northern Arizona University and I can't imagine what God will have in store for me in a Doctorate program.
I feel that the knowledge and skills set of this program will be very beneficial to our organization
in the future. I ask that you keep me in your thoughts and prayers as I work on this endeavor and I am excited about the potential
to create, engage in, and defend a dissertation of Educational Leadership, with regards to Service-Learning activities, experiences,
and research within my community in the future.
If I am fortunate to be accepted into the Ed.D.
program in Educational Leadership and I become unable to perform my duties as President I will make sure that a member from
our fabulous, energetic, supportive Heaven's M.A.G.I.C., Inc. Board takes over in my absence. I will always be blessed to
be the Founder, that will never change.
With regards to fabulous news in the school system, a teacher
at Safford K-8 Engineering and Technology Magnet School, the middle school for the elementary school I teach in, was awarded
"Arizona History Teacher Of the Year"
Kate Gilbert engages her classes in Service-Learning.
Her students helped tutor my students last year, and she encouraged the elementary school students to raise money for The
Heifer Foundation. She teaches students that school is a blessing, because many children throughout the world do not have
the ability to go to school.
She uses portfolios in her classroom and she attended a lengthy program
working with graduate students and university professors in the field of History.
This university
experience would be similar to the idea behind Dr. Hargreaves' Knowledge-Creating School concept.
She
is an example of "The U.T.O.P.I.A. Project" and she is one of many teachers that I would like to be able to offer
our bonus grant to in the future.
I am thrilled because something I belived in and had faith
in is coming into fruition.
It is humbling, amazing and breathtaking to see my research come
to life in the community.
Congratulations Kate Gilbert!
If anyone else out there knows of anyone else who has engaged,
engagaes or will engage in these experiences, please share it with us!
On a sad note, we have not forgotton Derrion Albert. Our prayers are with Derrion's family and friends.
We pray for a better future and believe in a time when people will live in abundance, peace, faith, and love. We
pray that people in Chicago have a chance to view "The Kingdom of God; Rejoice, Awaken and Arise" on our Youtube
channel CRE8HVNONEARTH and that Chicago does "The Switch" to save its community. We pray that students in
Chicago begin to engage in "The U.T.O.P.I.A. Project", LOVE, SERVE, and LEARN and transform their community in the
future.
God grant us the sereneity to accept the things we
cannnot change, courage to change the things we can and the wisdom to know the difference.
Don't
be afraid to change your community, city, state and the world!
Have the COURAGE to transform
the darkness into the light Chicago. Show your brothers and sisters the power of God's children's FAITH, HOPE, and LOVE.
Have a blessed day or evening,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous
Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Exciting November News Coming Soon!
Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
November/December 2009
Newsletter
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's
Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
"What
is not reflected in the report is that Oakland is experiencing a more significant drop in crime this year. As of Nov. 11,
reports of serious crime were down 13 percent in 2009 compared with the same point in 2008, while homicides had dropped 17
percent."
Service-Learning research in "The U.T.O.P.I.A.
Project", poetry, and inspirational messages
with people in Camden, N.J., St.
Louis; Oakland; Detroit; and Flint, Mich.
According to the article from the Mercury
News, these are the most dangerous and violent cities in America.
Peace
be with Oakland, Camden, St.Louis, Detroit, and Flint.
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous
Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Dear
Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
I received the following from Troop Sapce in an email...
Please help in any way you can.
Please pray for Daniel Thornhill. May God heal, comfort and Bless Daniel for his courage, service,
sacrifice for us all.
Thank you, Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child,
Inc.
There is a wounded soldier in Fisher House at Ft. Sam Houston Texas, by the name of Daniel Thornhill.
Sgt. Thornhill lost both of his legs and both arms as well as being burned over 56% of his body, while serving his
country in Iraq.
Daniel has been at Fisher House for two years
and his parents are reaching out to people for moral support of their son.
His parents are asking you to
please send cards and letters to show him how much his service has meant to us and to let him know we do love him for what
he has sacrificed for his country. His parents are worried about his emotional status. He hardly has any visitors. Please show your support by sending
a card, a gift or flowers this holiday season. Every little bit helps....
Sgt. Daniel Thornhill C/O Fisher
House 3623 George C. Beach Rd Ft. Sam Houston, TX 78234
Happy
New Year Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child throughout the World!
January 2010 Newsletter
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Although we have struggled to raise money to create Service- Learning chapters,
we are motivated by the infusion of Service-Learning activities that have been taking place throughout the world this year.
Many people have begun to think of positive ways they can use service-learning to impact their communities.
Our Google AdWords Grant continues to help us reach people throughout the
world and inspire them to implement service-learning in their communities and create projects that can make a global impact. In many ways we have
begun to see our mission and vision take flight in communities throughout the world. We hope that our organization's mission,
vision, and ideals will help inspire many people throughout the world to believe in a Supreme Being and His messengers, who
will guide them towards peace, prosperity and abundance in the future.
We understand that these are extremely challenging times and for those of
you who are unable to support us financially, all we ask is that you pray for our organization, you share our mission, vision,
and research with others and that you do whatever you can to create a more heavenly world on a daily, weekly, monthly, and/or
yearly basis.
It could be
as simple as picking up a piece of trash that didn't belong to you, or smiling and responding to the person who is checking
you out at the store. Remember Mother Teresa's voice... "Do no great things, only small things with great LOVE"
Whatever it is that you do, in 2010 do it with absolute joy, because we
are all part of the fabric, that once woven together creates a miraculous tapestry.
Just
showing up in the inner city on that weekend will create a ripple effect that will make a miraculous impact beyond measure
for generations!
Be the faith, hope and love that is so badly needed to heal the world!
God bless you forever and may you have a blessed
2010!
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
People of Haiti,
You always have been and always will be in our prayers.
May all of His angels serve you in your time of need.
Trust that God will care for you in this challenging
time.
Peace to you, your families, friends and country.
For those of you throughout the world who would like to contribute to the
Haitian relief effort, I have found Doctors without Borders to be an excellent investment in eliminating pain in
Haiti and throughout the world. You can donate from here.
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
TenthAnniversary
Newsletter February 2010!
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic
Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.,
We have officially reached a decade of sharing Service-Learning. Some of those years were spent engaging
in local Service-Learning activities, some were spent on researching on Service-Learning, and more recently, in the past three
years we are reaching a global audience.
In an effort to have an attitude of gratitude, we are extremely grateful to
Google
and those of you who have supported our organization and kept us in your prayers. When there are
tragedies throughout the world, and people lose their loved ones, we are comforted with the fact that one day we will be able
to build Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Service-Learning Chapters for all of your loved ones. We trust,
hope and pray that you will also find comfort in creating Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Chapters for your
loved ones in the future.
We believe that February 14, 2000
was the perfect day to incorporate our organization! We desire to spread LOVE throughout
the world through Service-Learning to those in need. We desire to honor those you LOVE by creating
Service-Learning chapters in their honor, and we trust, hope, and pray that tolerance in faith will lead the people throughout
the world to LOVE one another, and that peace will reign in His Kingdom in the future.
We trust that He and His Angels will guide us there.
I am working on another poem for our supporters.
It is entitled
"He Misses You, Come Home and Make Him a Priority"
I am doing my best to have it on our website for you in April.
Peace be with you 0- : )
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational
Child, Inc.
People
of Poland, and Polish people throughout the world, you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Peace be with you.
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Newsletter April, May and June 2010
Dear Friends of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.,
Although our organization has not done well with fund raising and building Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.,
Inc. chapters, we are thrilled about the fact that Service-Learning is becoming more valuable to communities throughout the
world.
Recently, Arizona schools have had to made more
cuts to their budgets in education and many after school programs have been cut, so there is a lot of potential for our organization's
mission to be accepted, appreciated and approved of by private, public and charter schools in the future.
Unfortunately, while I did make an alternate list for the Doctoral of Educational
Leadership program at Northern Arizona University, I was not accepted. This was most likely due to the fact that many people
had more experience in leadership and within the field of education than I did. I might consider reapplying in the future,
but I am also considering other opportunities.
At this
point there are many obstacles to overcome in order for our organization to be embraced in the public school system, but we
continue to do our best to make sure people are aware of our mission and vision.
Optimistically speaking, I am young and have many years to acquire the skills that are necessary
to move our organization forward and once I am retired form the classroom I will be able to devote 100% of my time to accomplishing
our mission and vision.
They also came up with several inspirational
ideas after watching the" Paper clips"movie. http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/paper_clips/ As middle school students,
they are considering creating a memorial for the 911 tragedy in the future.
As much as I would have liked to accomplished many big things this year, I was only able to accomplish
a few small things, but I did them, as always, with great LOVE.
"Never worry
about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest
you."
Mother Teresa
Perhaps you and your community might be able to do the same and trust that the little things do make a difference,
especially when it comes to taking that extra trip from the suburbs into the inner city to love, honor and worship God? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8hTC7GT4dI&feature=related
We have enjoyed our monthly Sunday visits into the inner city
"Capilla" and have gained a lot of joy, awareness, insight and wisdom from them. We have also imagined what it would
be like if more people were willing to make the switch and descend upon those in need and those thoughts bring tears of joy
to our eyes.
Have a blessed summer,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic
Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Update June 15, 2010
Dear Friends of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.,
The “2015 Meso-American Health Initiative” will make the world a better place :)
Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Gates, Mr. Slim and Spain:)
This gift will help heal the past and create more prosperity, abundance and
happiness in the future.
We believe in miracles!
Vaya con Dios!
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Our July August Newsletter entitled "Who Can We Build Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational
Child Service-Learning Chapters For?" will be dedicated towards explaining how you and others in your community can honor
people with Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. Service-Learning Chapters :)
Have a wonderful summer!
Don't forget the sunscreen
UpdateJuly 2010
People of Uganda,
you are in our prayers.
May He serve justice on those who persecute you
for your faith.
May He watch over you and keep you safe.
May
you rise above the violence and create service-learning chapters to honor those innocent people who have been murdered by
evil and hate.
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
August
Newsletter 2010
Dear
Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.,
Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Pakistan and China. We pray
that they will receive the aid they need form others and that they will be able to rebuild their lives after so many tragic
losses.
As I had promised
before this newsletter will be dedicated towards listing those who may be named as the benefactor for Heaven's Miraculous
Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc. Chapters.
In
the future Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc. Chapters will be built for ......
1) Innocent victims of senseless acts of youth violence.
2) Those in the armed forces who have gallantly served
their country.
3) Police
officers, firemen/women, and emergency rescue team members who have died in the line of duty.
4) People who were killed on 911
5) Innocent people who are killed by terrorists.
6) People who have died as a result of accidents,
natural disasters, and/or crime/violence.
7) People who have died as a result of losing a battle to a disease.
8) As a gift to show appreciation to someone you love that will benefit others.
9) Someone who made a significant difference in you
life that you would like to honor.
10)
As a way for an entire family to unite, honor their matriarch and/or patriarch.
11) A way to honor a special Priest, Rabbi, clergy, pastor, etc.
12) A way to celebrate retirement, anniversaries,
baptisms, weddings, births and/or graduations.
These
are just a few of the ideas we have to create benefactors for Service-Learning chapters throughout our community, city, state,
nation, and world.
If you
have any other suggestions please mail us at heavensmagiclao@hotmail.com
We
hope that many of you will consider creating Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc., Service-Learning
Chapters in your community!
Peace be with you,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
An amazing story from Sherwood Elementary School in Tennessee!
And as we celebrate this miraculous day, we also will never forget those miners in Heaven whose families
and friends have not been as fortunate as Chile has been.
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational
Child, Inc.
November/December Newsletter 2010
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.,
We
would like to take this time to be thankful for all of our blessings, we feel especially grateful to those who have supported
us at Google:)
At this point the optimist in us says..
"What
could be more MIRACULOUS than accomplishing our vision and mission without ever receiving a single dollar?"
What if you were the teacher willing to work with students after school in an
organized Service-Learning environment?
What if you were the community member who donated
office supplies to those teachers who were volunteering their time?
What if you were the professor
who donated their time to make sure the teachers who were involved in the program had the best updated professional development
in the field of education?
What
if you were the student who was willing to volunteer their time to participate in a variety of Service-Learning activities
after school to improve your community, state, nation, and world?
What if all our
organization really needs is just YOU, AKA..Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child? :)
Remember...
In the future
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc. Chapters will be built for ......
1) Innocent victims of senseless acts of youth violence.
2) Those in the armed forces who have gallantly served
their country.
3) Police
officers, firemen/women, and emergency rescue team members who have died in the line of duty.
4) People who were killed on 911
5) Innocent people who are killed by terrorists.
6) People who have died as a result of accidents,
natural disasters, and/or crime/violence.
7) People who have died as a result of losing a battle to a disease.
8) As a gift to show appreciation to someone you
love that will benefit others.
9) Someone who made a significant difference in you life that you would like to honor.
10) As a way for an entire family to unite, honor
their matriarch and/or patriarch.
11) A way to honor a special Priest, Rabbi, clergy, pastor, etc.
12) A way to celebrate retirement, anniversaries,
baptisms, weddings, births and/or graduations.
In God we trust..
We believe in miracles! :)
Merry Christmas!
Have a blessed Holiday
season and prosperous New Year!
May God's Kingdom flourish for all of His children
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
January Newsletter 2011
AUSTRALIA YOU are in our thoughts and prayers!
God Bless Australia!
We all mourn the loss of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Jordan Rice.
Remember to cherish, defend and honor the freedom you have earned :)
تذكرأننعتز به، والدفاع
عنشرفوحريةكسبتم
Isaiah 58:5-12
اشعياء
58
Sincerely,
Laura Ann
Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic
Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
مع خالص التقدير ،
لوراآناوستيرمان
مؤسسورئيس
السماءملائكيإعطاءالطفلالمعجزةملهمة، وشركة
People
of Libya!
شعبليبيا،
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
أنتفيأفكارناوصلواتنا.
May God guide you to liberty, justice, peace and abundance for ALL Libyans in the future.
وفقكم
اللهإلىالحرية
،السلام والعدالة
وفرةلليبيينالجميع في المستقبل.
Remember to cherish, defend and honor the freedom you have earned :)
تذكرأننعتز به، والدفاع
عنشرفوحريةكسبتم
Isaiah 58:5-12
اشعياء
58
Sincerely,
Laura Ann
Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic
Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
مع خالص التقدير ،
لوراآناوستيرمان
مؤسسورئيس
People of Japan,
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
We trust that the entire world will reach out to you to help you during this time of devestation
in your country.
Sincerely,
Laura Ann osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
日本の人々、
あなたは私たちの思いと祈りです。
我々は、全世界は、この期間中のお手伝いをすることに手を差し伸べることを信頼しています。
よろしくお願いいたします。
ローラアンオスターマン
創設者兼社長
天国の奇跡の天使与えるインスピレーションチャイルド株式会社
Summer Newsletter 2011
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.,
This
newsletter is an addendum to the "Fruits of the Spirit Campaign" and it can also be located under the
"Fruits of the Spirit Campaign" tab on the website.
The Fruits of the Spirit Campaign
Continues to Flourish!
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving
Inspirational Child's 2011 Summer Mission For the Homeless!
Be
cl towards the homeless this summer!
Give them an umbrella..a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge
and protection from the storm and the rain.
Summer help for the homeless can also help increase public's
awareness of churches, colleges, soroities, fraturnities, families, non profits and companies that care about making a difference.
Feel
free to add your church, non profit, college, fraturnity or soroity, or company logo to the umbrella and inquire as to a business
or tax write off for the future.
Why an umbrella? They offer much more shade than
just a hat! Umbrellas can shade their arms and entire body when they do not have access to sunscreen:)
For less than a meal at Mc Donald's, You can shelter God's beloved child from the heat
that beats down on them throughout the day.
If you work for a company with over 100
people, even better! Your company can purchase them in bulk and provide many of the homeless people in your city with a welcome
relief from heat.
The idea came to me from the Holy Spiorit, this article http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_41bce44b-a6c8-5268-b1b1-88282d1eb99d.html and the fact that anytime I am out in the Arizona heat, and trust me there is not much hotter than that, I am just saying,
well, anyway... Anytime I am out in the Arizona heat, I would rather have an umbrella to shield everypart of my body from
the sun's relentless heat.
If you are a small business owner, go to the dollar store
or any other discount store, but some umbrellas and iron your company logo on them or just take a pemanent maker and write
on them. Everyone in the city will see the umbrella and know that you and your comapny, church, college, soroity or fraturnity,
non profit organization and or business are making a difference and reaching out to help people in need in your community.
Isaish 4:6 There will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and
the rain.
Probably the best thing a Christian could write on an umbrella
is from Matthew 25
'Come, you who are blessed by
my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you
welcomed me,
naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared
for me, in prison and you visited me.'
Then the righteous will
answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?
When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?'
And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen,
I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal
fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison,
and you did not care for me.'
Then they will answer and
say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?'
He will answer them, 'Amen, I say to you,
what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.'
And I trust
that those who honor other faiths have something that will get exactly that same message across to the public.
Peace, love and shade be with you
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder
and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic
Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Newsletter July 2011
Dear people of Norway, youth of Norway and especially those Norwegians
who have lost their loved ones,
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
We trust that you will honor those who's lives were brutally cut short with Service-Learning projects throughout
your country.
Those of us in Tucson, Arizona and the surrounding
areas know your shock, grief, pain and numbness.
We know there is nothing that we can do
or say to heal the wounds that have scarred your hearts.
We trust that the faith, hope and love
of your fellow countrymen and those around the world will lesson that pain over time.
We hope the poem below helps heal your heart and the hearts of those you
love.
As always, we continue to pray for peace in the world.
Our
sincere condolences,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Givign Inspirational Child, Inc.
Huskpåsken2000
Husk atnårdu gråter, du blealdridømt til ådø.
Husk atnår du trordu mislykkes, ditt kjøttvar aldrigjennomboret aven spiker.
Husk atnår du eret offer forlatterliggjøringog hån, du aldrihadde på segen krone avtorner.
Huskitider medtap, du var aldrihengtpået kors.
Husk atnår du føler degalene, dukan nå megi minhimmelske hjem.
Husk atjegsteg tilen
himmelskopphold, slikat jeg kunnevære med deghver dag.
Husk atjeg elsker degav helemitt hjerte. Dinskjebneer å skapehimmelen
på jorden og er nåen perfekt tidå begynne!
Husk atnårduføler deg som ensynder, du er tilgitt ogoppfører seg somen vinner!
Thank you for your continued prayers
for Heaven's Miraculous Anglic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.'s mission and vision,
Thank you Google !
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
March Newsletter 2012
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.,
Wow! Where did all of those months go? The students at Safford K-8 Engineering and Technology Magent
School did a fabulous job with bringing in socks and clothes for the Tucson Unifed School District Clothing Bank and students
in need!
Unfortunately, it is with an extremely heavy heart that
I inform you that a kindergarten student at our school, who had just celebrated her sixth birthday yesterday, joined all of
His Saints and Angels in Heaven. Although I was not her educator and she was not in my class, she did spend the day with my
class once, when a substitute failed to show up and her class was divided amonst the rest of us educators. She was the LIGHT, joy, and His LOVE made visible. She lived life with so much PASSION, it was absolutely breathtaking to watch.
She would dig in the sand without any regard to getting dirty, walked with a spring in her step and would always catch my
eye and smile when I ran into her in the hallway.
Several weeks ago we were told
that she went to the nurse with a tummy ache and the next thing we knew they were operating on her because of an aggressive
form of cancer.
I write to you of these events in pink because Bianca Ochoa loved
pink.
It absolutely breaks my heart that currently in my school we have an educator,
Robin Gilbert who is willing to lead a Service-Learning chapter of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child
and that the 1st Chapter at Safford K-8 Engineering and Technology Magnet School will be created to honor Bianca Ochoa. A
vivacious, lively, adorbale child, who was filled with love, joy, and PASSION. I knew in my heart deep down that she was special.
I had looked forward to possibly becoming her educator one day, but I will have
to wait a lot longer until we are reunited in Heaven. I will never understand why someone like her was only given quality
and not quantity of life.
Right now I will look to my faith and poetry for solace
especially "Remember" and "Life is a Gift Let Go, Give it Back to Him" to give me strength and I ask for
your prayers for Bianca Ochoa's family, friends and the adminstration, faculty and staff of Safford K-8 Engineering and Technology
Magnet School.
The mission and vision of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational
Child, Inc, was to always honor children like Bianca Ochoa, I just had no idea how close I would become to someone that we
would create a chapter for and how much I would desire to make sure that people would never forget her.
Once I have received her family's permission, I will post the only photo that I have of her wearing
her hot pink shirt, making a butterfly in the sand on the sand area playground of our school.
Peace be with you and thank you for all of your prayers.
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational
Child, Inc.
May 2012, Newsletter
Dear Friends and family of Heaven’s Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child,
Inc.,
I have always
believed that true leadership was about courage, service and sacrifice. Excellent leaders are not as concerned with bossing
people around and being in charge, as they are with helping people to be able to take charge of themselves in the future.
With that mindset, I decided to
pass the torch of being the Safford Serves Supervisor to my colleague Robin Gilbert. Since that transition, Robin has done
well with the Safford Service-Learning Club and has made us realize how our mission and vision will significantly impact surrounding
communities in the future.
To
actually see an educator get excited and have so much enthusiasm with regards to Service-Learning is breathtaking!! Currently
Robin is being supported by a grant earned from the federal government. Ideally, we would prefer that her support
come from local businesses and/or people from the community, but she is enjoying her experience and I truly
believe that once a business plan is created by experts in the field, we will be able to help Robin help serve her community
while she is able to provide a way for her daughter to attend the University of Arizona in the years to come.
Ms. Gilbert lives right in the
neighborhood of Safford K-8 Engineering and Technology Magnet IB Candidate School and has always been excited about the impact
Service-Learning can make in any community. Robin is the perfect person to be the first educator to embrace Service-Learning
in a connection to our organization. She is a selfless giver, outgoing, hard working, and enthusiastic about making a difference
in her community.
Congratulations Robin Gilbert
and all of the members of Safford Service Club!! Well done! Please continue to make a difference in your community!
Remember….
Love, Serve, and LearnJ
We look forward to sharing many, many, many more amazing service learning experiences
with you in the future.
It
is so amazing to see our motto, vision and mission come to fruition!!
We believe in Miracles!
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven’s
Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
December Newsletter 2012
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.,
There are no words to describe the anguish I feel in my heart for the people in Newtown.
As a first grade teacher, I was completely devestated by the incidents that occurred at Sandy Hook.
The only way I can cope, is to believe that those who were killed, will be honored by the people in their
community, in a way that will make the world a better, more peaceful and loving place.
We trust that the
people of Newtown will embrace Service-Learning and all of the benefits it has
towards uniting a community to produce caring, giving, and inspirational people
who make a significant difference in the world.
Many
fabulous things have occured with Service-Learning in my elementary school with our students and it just
breaks my heart that our first project in the new year will be to create cards for the children of Sandyhook and
establish Pen Pals with all of the first grade students who survived and will need the support
of their peers
to know that we all support them.
Many wonderful things have also occured to me personally, but now is not the time to mention those things.
Please pray for Newtown.
Teachers of Newtown, please
know that every educator in the world prays for you in these challenging times.
We trust
that you will continue to be His warriors, and protect His pure love and light from the evils of the world.
Peace be with you.
Be the light in the darkness, no matter how dark it may get out there.
Have the courage
to fight for the slightest spark of light, you never know how important it might be
in the future.
Love people that seem almost unloveable, because they are the ones who need it the most.
The faith of the people of Newtown makes me realize that the light will never
be estinguished, even in the darkest of earthly days.
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be
our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May
God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly
Host - by the Power of God - cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits, who
prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
God bless Newtown!
Laura Ann Osterman
President and Founder
Heaven's Miraculous
Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
2012-2013 Newsletter
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's M.A.G.I.C.,
Both
Mrs. Gilbert and I worked together with a Service-Learning activity group this past year, due to an upcoming IB certification
visit, and the HUGE demands of working in a Title I school that was in its second year of correction, we had to scale back
our meetings from twice to once a week, and eventually I was leading the group with the assistance of many fabulous parents.
The 2012-2013 school year went well! At Safford K-8 we were able to have a Service-Learning
after school activity group. The students did many amazing activities. Most of them were from my 1st grade classroom. The
late start made it difficult for us to venture out into the community and be able to be back to catch buses and rides, so
most of our activities centered around making things for people in need, collecting money for great causes and making sure
there was a lot of "Free Rice" in those bowls. http://freerice.com/category
At the end of the 2012-2013 year we celebrated our accomplishments
and the theme was "I am the 1%", because only 1% of the entire K-8 student body was able to participate. Many students
who might have been interested in Service-Learning, had scheduling conflicts and were busy in other activities and/or being
tutored. The tutoring was extremely necessary, as the school was in their second year of correction. However, recently all
of their hard work has paid off and it is rumored that the school is in good standing with a C grade at this point in time.
On a professional note, I am excited to announce that I have accepted a position as a 4th grade
teacher in the Amphitheater School District! I will be located at Rio Vista Elementary and I am looking forward to introducing
and sharing Service-Learning with the administration, faculty, student, parents and staff there. They are already doing so
many wonderful Service-Learning activites and I think we are a great match. Check out the school's FB page here.https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rio-Vista-Elementary-School/154910401299431
I am really looking forward to an earlier start that allows us the opportunity
to go out into the community and engage in Service-Learning activities. I am also looking forward in being a part of the momentum
that is already exhibited in service to the community through the Amphitheater School District and Rio Vista!
In addition, to the change in my career, I also wanted to let you know that I was married on May
26, 2012:) Given all of the shootings, and the recent bombing,
I found it difficult to announce such joyous news during this past year.
It was a most blessed day and I am enjoying married life tremendously!
Here is a picture of Matthew and I on our wedding day! As you can guess, it also took quite awhile to prepare for that
joyous day.
Currently, this summer I am doing my best to get our 501c3 status reinstated
or consider turning Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. Inc. into a Service-Learning Foundation. Our Google Adwords Grant is up for renewal
in July and without that documention we might not be eleigible for it in the future.
I
will continue my releationship with the people at Safford K-8 and help them with any Service-Learning needs they might have
in the future, but for now I am looking forward to a new path and a new journey as I embark on once again becoming a part
of Amphi! I taught 5th grade there in 2000, but was part of a Reduction in Force without any seniority. In 200 we did many
exciting activies with the local hospitals and assisted liveing centers and I am looking forward to getting back to those
activities in the future.
Once I have permission from all of the parents, I will
display the adorable picture of Safford K-8's 1% at their end of year celebration of Service-Learning here. For now
I will just share their delicious Red Velvet Cake, decorated in Huskie school colors, yum:)
I would like to take this time to apologize
for the lack of Newsletters in the past year, but remember Sevice-Learning is not my full time job, it is my contribution
to the community. I will do my best to locate other people who might be able to help us out with writing these Newsletters
and let you know about the many fantastic activities we are doing in the community from time to time. I anticipate being very
busy in my new position as I get acclimated to my new surroundings
Peace
be with you, and remember... Every little thing you do in Service-Learning for others, is a BIG thing to them.
Sincerely,
Laura
Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's
Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
2013 October NEWS!
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirationl Child,
Inc.
Many
exciting things have happened for Heaven's M.A.G.I.C. Inc. in the past several months. First, my personal exciting exciting
news, I have transferred out of Tucson Unififed School District and I am now working for the Amphitheater School District
at Rio Vista Elementary School. It is a TITLE I school that has earned
an A on the state report card!!! Second, Rio Vista is very involved with the community and has a lot of support from
it!! Lastly, a truly signifigant thing occured, OUR GOOGLE ADWORDS GRANT WAS RENEWED!!!! and we are so excited and greatful for that. We LOVE GOOGLE! We are really looking forward to developing a relationship with the administration, parents, students,
faculty, and staff at Rio Vista Elementary School and all of those in the community
who support this great school. Please see below for some of the activities occuring this month!
I am/we
are excited to be working on a new Service-Learning project at Rio Vista Elementary School called "Books
Galore." The ACHIEVE students, Ms. Miller the Art teacher and I are making books that will later be read
to people in assisted living homes and hospitals. If there is anyone out there with expertise in this area or who has the
ability to donate book materials, please come and visit us and/or send materials to 1351 E Limberlost Rd., Tucson, Arizona
85719 c/o Ms. Laura Ann Osterman and "Books Galore" and please share this message with anyone you know
in the writing/publishing industry! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rio-Vista-Elementary-School/154910401299431
Special thanks to Ms. Amanda Larriva, math
teacher at Rio Vista Elementary School for our first donation
of a variety on books on how to create books and book making supplies.
I am/we are also helping launch the Trick-or-Treat
for UNICEF at Rio Vista Elementary School this year. The
3rd, 4th and 5th graders at Rio Vista Elementary School will be collecting
money to help those less fortunate throughout the world! If you would like to support this endeavor please send checks written
out to UNICEF to Rio Vista Elementary School, 1351 E Limberlost Rd
85719, c/o Laura Ann Osterman .http://www.trickortreatforunicef.org/?gclid=CK3O4sy-kboCFcF_QgodsnkAAQ
Thank
you for your support!
Sincerely,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous
Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
March Newsletter 2014
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Please support Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc. by nominating
Laura Ann Osterman for the Global Teach Prize.
We promise that
all of the $1,000,000 will go towards creating Service-Learning chapters throughout the world.
This could be an answer to our prayers. Please see the link below to nominate Laura Ann Osterman
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic
Giving Inspirational Child, Inc. would do miraculous things with this prize.
Please nominate us/me :) Thank you:)
With God's blessing we can change the world!
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational
Child, Inc.
November Newsletter 2014
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic
Giving Inspirational Child,
I
apologize for my absence. I developed a shoulder injury which made it difficult to maintain my duties. I was very fortunate
because it was miraculously cured at at Healing Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton. God took away all of the pain in my frozen
shoulder and I was able to breeze through physical therapy. This also enabled me to complete our application for the Varkey
GEMS Global Teach Prize. http://www.globalteacherprize.org/ Winning that prize would
be such a BOOST for Service-Learning in the world.
Rio Vista has done an excellent job with their Trick-or Treat collection for
U.N.I.C.E.F. this year. Ms. Molera's class brough in the most money and they have earned the Eegee's party. Go Bulldogs!!
I was also blessed to be able to attend a No Excuses Univeristy http://noexcusesu.com/ National Convention this year in Las Vegas. I really
value the No Excuses team vision and mission and I met some amazing people at the convention. I love that someone said,"No,
No Excuses. They are just as capable of getting into college as anyone else!"
While I was at the NEU http://noexcusesu.com/ Convention, I discovered a very special organization
that supports children with Pediatric Brain Cancer. "Friends of Jaclyn" http://www.friendsofjaclyn.org/ is an amazing non profit
organization that partners college athletic teams with children who are dealing with the challenges of brain cancer. We trust
that in the future Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child will be able to have Service-Learning chapters to
support excellent organizations like "Friends of Jaclyn"
Amphitheather School DIstrict has purchased
several Google Chromebooks. Thank you Google:)Rio VIsta has gone higher tech! We will now have Google Chromebooks in the classroom. My students and I are very excited about adding this
exciting new technology piece to our classrooms. We will able to practice our math facts http://freerice.com/#/basic-math-pre-algebra/16878
and our vocabulary http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1449 while helping children arounfd the world.
They will also be able to use them for research and publishing the school newspaper, The Bulldog Gazette. The Bulldog Gazette
team works on articles that cover Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Service-Learning articles on a quarterly basis.
I have been on an absence, but will I resume the Newspapaer Technology group in the new year.
As we reflect on the
upcoming holiday, we are grateful for all of our blessings and pray for those less fortunate in the world. We trust that in
the future we will be able to teach many people in need how to care for themselves and others through Service-Learning activities.
We especially like http://www.heifer.org/gift-catalog/index.html?msource=KIK1B130002&gclid=CjwKEAiAhcGjBRDot_fjjtPKrgsSJACNYh76pVClWKOJ7R5WB-cGrIinIlfJ26_t3ZZDzY02if_4qRoCa2Dw_wcB
the Heifer International vision for helping those families around the world. As I reflect on the past and how my 5th grade
students raised money to purchase a goat for a family, I am excited to envision many teachers and their students choosing
"Heifer International" as a Service-Learning activity.
With reagards to business, we were able to
retain our Google Adwords grant. Thank you Google and all of the Google people!! As a teacher I do the best I can with keeping Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child,
Inc. relevant and alive. Most of the time I am Tweeting Service Learning activities. If you are looking for great ideas on
Service-Learning, join us on Twitter, there are a plethora of examples of Service-Learning there. https://twitter.com/heavensmagiclao. Becuase we have
not received any donations, we lost our 501C3 status, but we were able to become a Foundation and any legal questions fro
our organization can be answered by John T Shelby at http://www.taylorhillmanshelbyltd.com/attorneyprofiles.aspx.
We have received support in our incorporation by Roger Taylor, Adword Grants, supplies and prayers and we are very grateful
for those:) I am positive that with a significant benefactor/s, we would easily regain our 501c3 status. We trust that those
benefactors are out there and will find us in the future. Please remember that I am a teacher and I have all of the responsibilites
that come with that career. Service-Learning is part of my focus in the classroom, but there are so many other responsibilities
that require my time to be directed elsewhere. I would never to anything dishonest or deceive the public about our organization.
In
reflecting on the Varkey GEMS Global Teach Prize, http://www.globalteacherprize.org/ we are excited to imagine that everything we have dreamed about could launch
in an instant! Service-Learning would become part of the curriculum throughout the world and the world will become more heavenly.
Currently, they are selecting fifty finalists, from those fifty they will choose ten, and from that ten they will change the
life of one teacher in the world. I think what I LOVE most about about the Varkey GEMS Global Teach Prize http://www.globalteacherprize.org/ is that Sonny Varkey and his team cared
enough to create it. It acknowlwdges that teachers have great ideas and that with the grace of God, they are just as capable
as engineers, scientists, and business people of having an amazing idea that could miraculously change the world and make
it more heavenly.
Peace
be with you, and may God bless your endeavors to help the less fortunate,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
100 Day
SOUPer Challenge-A Geat Way to Lose Weight, Way to Help the Homeless and Those Who Are Hungry
The 1st 100 Day SOUPer Challenge began on the Dedication
of the Basilica of St. Mary Major and St. Paris' Feast Day. It will officially end on November 13th, the Feast Day of St.
Francis Xavier Cabrini.
August 2016 Newsletter
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven's Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational
Child, Inc.,
Recently I have become
challenged with gaining weight. This was most likely due to a decline in metabolism, stress from teaching and making a huge
move across the country from Arizona after my husband accepted a position in Florida. However, by the grace of God, I have
come up with a creative way to shed those pounds and provide a challenge for myself and others. I LOVE challenges:)
In an effort to share my successful journey to lose weight
and eat a healthier diet. I have decided to create a Pinterest Board to share Soups for the #100DaySOUPerChallenge http://pin.it/gtdPUle
I have covered over 51 days of delicious and nutritious soups on the
100 Day SOUPer Challenge Board. My goal is to get to 100, but if I don't, you can just use each soup twice :) If you decide
to give it a try, these soups will help you reach your goal. Some have recipes and others do not. Just think of your kitchen
as a lab for creating SOUPer mixtures while you engineer your own creations.
The only advice I have is....Always use fresh vegetables and fruits and always use a lot
of garlic, onion and spices:) Have fun with it! I challenge you:) #100DaySOUPerChallenge #EattheRainbow #JustDoIt
People can easily turn the 100 Day SOUPer Challenge into a Service-Learning
activity by creating soups and serving them to people in need. Many schools actually have gardens where they grow their own
vegetables and create soups for a fundraiser
to riase money for others, or to feed people less fortunate in their community.
You can
turn any idea you might have into Service-Learning. You could even create a cookbook full of your students/groups favorite
SOUPer recipes and sell it to the public, in order to raise resources for others.
Sincerely, Laura Ann Ostermn Founder and President Heaven's Miraculous Angleic
Giving Inspirational Child
January, 2020 Newsletter
Dear Friends and Family of Heaven’s Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
It is heartbreaking to announce that John T. Shelby, my
beloved friend and the attorney who assisted in many of my personal needs and our organization’s endeavors in the past
two decades, has gone Home to God on December 22, 2019. He went to the grocery store, had a heart attack and left this earth
after only celebrating his 50th birthday in April. I was shocked, then very sad and still
struggle with the reality of losing someone who was still in his prime and a very dear friend. He went above and beyond to
make sure we would be incorporated on February 14, 2000. Thank you for your prayers for his family and friends, especially
his four children Taylor, Kennedy, Janae, and Fiona.
I have
done my best to share Service-Learning activities that have been occurring throughout the country in 2019 on our Twitter account.
2019 was a very challenging year for me personally. On November 18, 2019, my Aunt Mary D. Hamilton/Godmother
went Home to God suddenly while awaiting surgery for a hip operation while my dad was in ICU. My dad, Charles Bernard made
phenomenal gains in ICU and was in rehab when he got an infection, suffered cardiac arrest and went Home to God on February
21, 2019. I was in CA praying for my dad daily for 33 days while he was in ICU and rehab. My Mother in Law, Helen L. Ringer
suffered a stroke in October and she went Home to God on October 23, 2019. Then, as I was hoping to have an peaceful holiday
without any tragedy and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, unfortunately I received the news about my friend on December
23rd. Needless to say, I was glad to see 2019 be gone, because it was one of the most challenging years of my life thus far.
Ideally, I would like to create Service-Learning Chapters for all of these people in the future.
I was hoping that my Aunt Mary would have left something for our organization, but she chose to create a Chair in Immunotheray
Research for Cancer Treatment at the University of Arizona. She suffered greatly from cancer and a Chair is Service-Learning.
The funds are just allocated for university research, instead creating Service-Learning Chapters for students, teachers and
parents in private, public and charter schools.
Once I retire,
I will be able to devote 100% of my time to Service-Learning endeavors in FL. I do love my new church, colleagues, friends,
school (Shalimar Elementary), Emerald Coast community, and state, but there has been a lot to learn as far as new FL curriculum,
state requirements for certification, professional development, etc. I have also switched grades from 4th to 2nd and I have
been so impressed with my second graders excitement with regards to planting seeds. I think we have some future community
gardens and gardeners in our community. In addition, They are also extremely conscientious about taking take of the ocean
and the creatures that live in the ocean. Lastly, in 2018 when Hurricane Michael hit Panama City and the surrounding area,
they and their families were very generous in donating emrgency items, helping clean up and sharing clothing, food, toys,
etc. It is absolutely amazing to see how much support the community gives to others when people are in need.
Well, I apologize for not keeping in touch, but I just wanted to touch base with all of you and let
you all know that I have not forgotten about our vision and mission to create Service-Learning Chapters throughout the world.
It will be a lot less fun not to be doing it with John T. Shelby on our team. We trust that he, as well as all of my other
loved ones that went Home to God, will be watching over us in the future.
In the meantime, I will continue to read the poetry that I was blessed with located on the bar to the left, “Remember”,
“Life is a Gift, Let Go, Give It Back to Him” and “In Heaven” to heal my heart and uplift my spirit
when my beloved friends and family go Home to God. I hope if you have any challenges in your life that you utilize these blessings
from God too.
May God Bless you and your loved ones in 2020,
Laura Ann Osterman
Founder and President
Heaven’s Miraculous Angelic Giving Inspirational Child, Inc.
Update...December 19, 2008
YOU can STOP THIS! WE can
STOP THIS!
For $7.50, Less than a movie, you can provide food for a starving
child.
$0.25 cents a day provides two nourishing meals every
day for a month to a child threatened by famine.
We endeavor to create
a chapter that will support Doctor's Without Borders in the future.
At
least this way, the next time you see a starving child, you can feel hopeful and not hopeless, and powerful instead of powerless.
Ideally, if everyone who owned a credit card did this, the problem probably
would not exist.
And remember... Every time you sit down to eat a meal,
figuratively speaking, there is a cute, smiling, child sitting across from single you, and/or you and your family enjoying
your generosity.
Your family size has increased, and for those who dislike
eating alone, figuratively speaking, you'll never eat alone!
Please share
this message with your friends and family and pass it on!
Spread
it like wildfire throughout the world!
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