Boys Hope Girls Hope

I just watched Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and this is the first time i have ever seen them not focus on a traditional family, instead they focused on a group of kids, who i believe are a family. they are part of the program Boys Hope Girls Hope. the boys of Baltimore had a home but the girls didn't so extreme home makeover made them a house. and it is amazing.

but i like the idea of the organization Boys Hope Girls Hope. they provide a home for kids who want to focus on education and they can't do that in their house. they could be from a neighbor with high crimes, drug dealings, and just not a good place to live. they are good students though. they have to be good to get it because it is a hard program to get into. their parents want them to have a better life and they know they can get it through this program. BHGH give the kids a place to live and focus on their education so they can get where they need to go. 100% of the kids who went through BHGH went to college when most of them probably wouldn't have if they had never went to BHGH. it's giving this kids an opportunity to be the best they can be.

i am extremely lucky. i have a home where i feel safe. i live in a good neighborhood. i have parents that support me. i have the environment i need to do well in school. i know that. i am extremely grateful. i'm making the best of what i have. but there are kids who are like me, who want to do well in school, that don't have the environment i have. just because of the life they were born into they can't become someone. their parents try their hardest but they are in a tough situation. they don't have the money to move so they just try their best.

i want to help those kids. but what can i do? donate money but money doesn't have lasting effects. well it can but the money itself is gone pretty quickly. i would love to go there and hang out with the kids. i'm saying kids but they range from ages 10 to 18. i want to do more. but the closest house is in New York. and my dad and maura who watched it with me have already moved on, they are outside playing. maybe if i can get my mom and maeve to watch it we can come up with someone.

i have always wanted to support some sort of charity but i haven't found one that i really support. this is the closest i have ever been to finding that cause i want to support. i don't have any thing that happened in my life to want to support it. exactly the exact opposite, i have had the life that those kids would love to have. and are going to get through BHGH. i don't have a friend who is in BHGH. i have no personal connection. you know how like people will support cancer research because a friend or family member has cancer? i don't have that connection to BHGH but i still want to help. but i'm only 16. i don't have a job, i quit that so i could focus on school.

maybe it's just the emotion in the tv show that is getting to me. but i do want to find a cause i can support fully. while there are a ton that are worthy i need to feel something that will really make me want to help. i have watched a lot of Extreme Home Makeovers but i don't think i have ever written a blog post about it, well not like this. i don't know though. i guess the next step is telling my mom and Maeve about it or having them watch it.

or it could be doing some history homework because i am lucky enough to have the environment where i can do homework.