Crossing Paths With Blessed Lotus

As we travel on this journey called life, it is funny how your path will cross with someone from your past and you know that it was fate that brought you back together.

As Rollins College alum, I receive the regular E-newsletter they send out.  Sometimes I read them and sometimes I don't.  I was happy I read a recent issue that featured a fellow Class of 1996 alum De Anne Wingate.  I knew of De Anne while I was at Rollins as we had mutual friends, but I never knew her.  But it wasn't just the familiarity of her name or the fact that we graduated the same year that caught my attention....it was her story, her journey and her newly-created Foundation that compelled me to track her down and email her.

After wanting something more out of life than what the corporate world was offering, De Anne started traveling.  She returned from India in March 2012, with a desire to help children living in slums around the world receive the best education possible. The seed was planted for her non-profit, Rippled Purpose.  Each time De Anne wore the beautiful tunics from India, someone in America would ask her where they could find one. An idea was born!  Import the tunics from India and use the profits from each tunic to fund Rippled Purpose.  A portion of the tunics are handmade and embroidered by a group of Indian women who are being taught English, how to read, write and basic finance skills.

Blessed Lotus is a retail company that sells tunics and pashminas to generate profits, which are used to fund the nonprofit Rippled Purpose.

After several emails and an exciting phone call, De Anne was nice enough to send me a fabulous tunic.  We plan on working together to help others through our Foundations.

If you are looking for holiday gifts, please visit Blessed Lotus and consider ordering one of their lovely tunics or pashminas.  The proceeds will be more than profits.  They will help create self-sufficiency for women and children in need. 

The Getaway Girl® is Going Further

In its recent issue, Orange Appeal Magazine listed The Getaway Girl® Casey Wohl as a Woman to Watch.


To find out why and about The Getaway Girl's® newest endeavor, click here.

Orange Appeal was launched in 2008 to serve the growing market of educated, active women in the Central Florida area. From day one the focus has been on them! Each issue is filled with women to watch representing a diverse range, from the area’s top business leaders to industrious entrepreneurs as well as key players in the nonprofit arena.

The Getaway Girl® Gives Recs for Orlando Nightlife

For the first time, Visit Orlando invites you on audio tours through America's vacation capital and offers you exciting stories and helpful advice along the way. The elaborate audio productions include original sounds and interviews recorded on location and can be played directly on your computer or download it onto your iPod or mp3 player to listen while jogging, cooking, driving or on your next flight to Orlando! 

For the 'Nightlife in Orlando' podcast, The Getaway Girl® Casey Wohl offers her recommendations.  From ultra-hip bars and high-energy dance clubs to laid-back pubs and multi-venue entertainment complexes, Orlando offers several distinct areas to live it up once the sun goes down.  To listen, click here.
 

Visit Museums For Free Saturday

This Saturday, September 29, a multitude of museums in the U.S. will offer free admission. That's because Saturday is Museum Day Live, an event hosted by Smithsonian Magazine. On the big day, participating museums will make like a Smithsonian (it's always free to visit Smithsonian Museums) and offer complimentary access for anyone holding a Museum Day Live ticket.

You can get the ticket on the Museum Day Live website. It doesn't cost anything, and it's valid for two people visiting museums together. There's also a list of participating museums on the site, complete with an interactive map. Zoom in to see which museums near you are opening their doors for free this weekend. Remember: You'll only receive complimentary admission if you're holding a Museum Day Live ticket.

All kinds of museums are participating in the event, from art galleries to National Historic Landmarks to planetariums. Some popular attractions include Old South Meeting House in Boston (where colonists kicked off the Boston Tea Party), Adler Planetarium in Chicago, and the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Which museum do you plan on visiting this weekend?

Courtesy of Smarter Travel

Orange Appeal Features The Getaway Girl®

Many thanks to Orange Appeal Magazine, based in Orlando for an article featuring The Getaway Girl® and highlighting The Getaway Girl® Foundation.

Orange Appeal was launched in 2008 to serve the growing market of educated, active women in the Central Florida area. From day one the focus has been on them! Each issue is filled with women to watch representing a diverse range, from the area’s top business leaders to industrious entrepreneurs as well as key players in the nonprofit arena.

To read the full article, click here.

Senior Travel Deals - Daytime TV Show

Today's seniors are healthier and more active than ever. So it's no surprise that they are traveling the world.

Here to share some great Senior Travel Deals that won't break the bank is Daytime's own Getaway Girl®, Casey Wohl.  To watch the video, click here.

The Getaway Girl® Does Time

Time is the world's largest circulation weekly news magazine with a readership of twenty-five million, of which twenty million are in the US. It is widely regarded as one of the most popular magazines in history.
The Getaway Girl® Casey Wohl was recently featured on Time.com.  To read the article, click here.