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COPYRIGHT 2008, [MAGGIE DOYNE & BLINKNOW.ORG]. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

After my senior year of high school, as my friends were

heading off to college, my parents dropped me off at

Newark Airport where I boarded a plane and set off to

travel the world. It was just me and my backpack on

my first solo trip away from home. Four countries and

20,000 miles later, I was trekking through the

Himalayas in war-torn Nepal, where I began to meet

hundreds of orphan children. I fell in love with their

bright eyes and beautiful smiles, but was shocked to

see them barely surviving without the most basic things

that I had grown up with as a child.

As I shared my dream to build a safe home for these

children, with my hometown in Mendham, NJ, I was

astounded by the outpouring of support. Three years ago, I officially opened the frontdoor of

Kopila Valley Children's Home, built brick-by-brick, by me and the local community in Nepal.

There are now 35 children living in our home.

In the spring of 2010, another one of my dreams came true:Kopila Valley Primary School. Our

new school (built out oflocally harvested bamboo) is gorgeous and bustling with over 230 children

from Surkhet and surrounding regionsmany of our students are the first to ever attend school in

their families. Beyond education the students are provided health care and a daily nutritious meal.

I am fortunate to work with and amongst some of the finest people I have ever known: 23 Nepali

faculty and staffwho make-up the Kopila team. The children are thriving. I truly believe that if

every child in the world is provided with their most basic needs and rightsa safe home, medical

care, an education, and love, they will grow to be leaders and end cycles of poverty and violence

in our world.

I have grown and learned more in these past years than I could have ever imagined and created

The BlinkNow Foundation to share my ideas with other young people, especially children in the

U.S. I believe that in the blink of an eye, we can all make a difference.

We are all truly limitless!

Thank you.

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CHAIRWOMEN OF KOPILA VALLEYThursday, May 31, 2007 at 02:48AM

Known throughout all of Surkhet,

Mimkosa Shai and Kalpana Karki are

two truly amazing women. They offer

me constant support and have

basically been my spine and family in

Nepal. You can never walk through

either of their doors without expecting

a hot heaping pile of food placed in

front of you. And you better be hungry

because you have no choice but to eat

it... ALL of it! Kalpana (on the left) is

like my mother over there. She has 3

wonderful sons of her own, all in their

20s, who are all amazingly fluent

English. Ajay, 22, is on my board asFrom left: Kalpana Karki, (vice chair) Maggie Doyne, (director) Mimkosa

Shai (secretary) well. Widowed some years ago with

three young children, Karki single-

handedly put all three of her sons through university by opening up a shop in the market thatsells modern sneakers from Katmandu. This is quite the feet (ha-ha) for a woman living in a

society that often times rejects widowed women. Kalpana expresses a desire to improve and

inspire other women in the area without husbands to raise themselves and their families out of

poverty.

I call Mimkosa, (right) Didi which means big sister. When were together were always always

laughing. Although Mimkosa never went to school, shes managed to create a comfortable life for

she and her three children. Mimkosa comes from the village Dilikot, 2-3 walking days away.

Mimkosa, the oldest of 5 children was left to fend for she and her younger siblings when her

mother died when Mimkosa was just 14. Mimkosa realized that the only chance she had for giving

her younger siblings an education and putting food on the table was if she moved down to

Surkhet. Mimkosa sold her familys goats. She took the money, (about 40 U.S. dollars) and

moved down to the small city. With just a piece of plastic over her head, Mimkosa settled right at

the bus station and started cooking food over a fire for hungry passers by. Mimkosa soon gained

a reputation for having the best food at a good price at the bus station. She saved all of her

money and after just a few short years bought a small shop and some cloth material. Now just 6

years later shes built a successful business for herself. Nowadays, Mimkosa is known throughout

the city as being the it go to girl. She runs a shop with all different fabrics. Villagers come to

Mimkosas shop from miles away to purchase material and tailor it into clothing to carry back to

their villages. Mimkosa wants to give others the same chance to get a head start and create their

own businesses. She has created a system whereby villagers can borrow a small amount of

money to get to and from their villages and to the Indian border to work or sell their crops or

handmade crafts. Once the villagers have made the money they need, they buy the fabric to

bring back to their villages from her shop. Mimkosa is an exuberant outgoing business oriented

woman and everyone in town knows that nothing stands in her way. She is also one of the most

loving and generous women I know on this earth.

So theres an introduction. Ill introduce my other board members in a future post!

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KVCH: WE'RE OFFICIAL!!Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 02:43AM

This is the government official that gave us our FINAL stamp of approval! (He was very happy to

have his picture taken.)

We FINALLY did it. Were registered as an NGO (non-government organization) in Nepal. It hasnt

been an easy two weeks but having the certificate in our hands today made it feel all worth while.

We just have a few last things to tie up, setting up our bank account, finalizing somethings with

the the contractors and what not and what not and then Im going home!! YAY!

FIRST WEEK OF CONSTRUCTIONFriday, June 15, 2007 at 02:41AM

The first week of construction has gone really well.

Things have moved fast and smoothly and were

happy with the contractors working with us. Theyre

the best of the best in the area. Its the dog days of

summer here, extremely hot, and obviously theres

no cranes or bull dozers here, just a bunch of men

and their shovels digging the foundation. I kind of

feel bad just sitting there and watching but Ive been

spending pretty much all of my time running here

and there trying to get the paperwork through for

my registration. Its a lot more work than I expected

This is me during the first few days of construction and all of these papers are in Nepalese, which ofstanding in the first pillar for the foundation. Just a few

course I cant read yet. So everything has to beminutes after this picture was taken I was walking by

one of these holes and fell in. Dont worry everyone saw translated for me. I hired a lawyer (something like

me. that) to help me translate our bylaws so that we

could get the wording exactly right. Hes really nice

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and has a lot of connections in the government here so thats been helping us out. We have to go

to about ten different office buildings in one day. Its a lot of walking and a lot of sitting around in

waiting rooms until we get a chance to talk to the official we need to, or get the right signature

for approval. Were getting there slowly but surely.

BENEFIT GARAGE SALESunday, September 16, 2007 at 02:39AM

In September, we had a garage sale at

our house to raise money for

construction. A few weeks earlier, I

had gotten a call from Nepal saying

that the foundation was finished and

that they were ready to do their next

big material purchase, mostly bricks

and cement to start building up. So,

my mom had the fabulous idea of

having a garage sale. We immediately

got flyers out into all our neighbors

mail boxes basically asking if we could

have their old stuff. Boy did we get alot of stuff. The old toys, furniture,

clothes, shoes, dishes, christmas

decorations, strollers, mirrors, paintings, bicycles, books, etc. eventually ended up consuming

most of our entire house. Our garage was packed to brim. Having a garage sale wasnt as easy as

I thought. My family spent hours organizing, pricing, and displaying the items before the garage

sale. The morning of the sale, we got up at 5 oclock in the morning to get all of the items out on

tables and displayed. At around 7 oclock, just in time of course, the rain came. We had to bring

everything inside and start again an hour later after it passed. But luckily it did and the sale was

a big success.

We even ended up having a lot of fun with the sale My sister,Kate made cookies, I made a big

poster, my mom made a lot of complimentary coffee and even bought our team matching t-

shirts. We werent too serious about all the bargaining. If people wanted something and showed

some interest in an item they could take it. By the end of the second day we ended up practically

giving things away just so that we wouldnt have to deal with getting rid of them. It got to be

pretty funny. We would find the most random, useless, things ever and try to convince people

how great they were. Mike, my sisters boyfriend, pictured above was particularly talented at this.

At the end of the weekend, we had had a lot of fun and raised over $2,000 to send to Nepal!

Thanks to all my wonderful neighbors and friends who donated items and to my family, Mike and

friend Mary who helped.

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Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 02:33AM

I've been back in the U.S. for a couple

of months now. This summer I spent

lots of quality time with friends andfamily. I received state approval for

my organization in the state of NJ,

became incorporated, and then went

on to apply for 501(c)(3) with the IRS.

Wow, I just made all that seem really

simple didnt I? It wasnt. In fact it

was a pain in the butt. But it was a

learning experience and Im happy Im

almost through all of this red tape and

I guess it really is there for a reason.

Thanks to the advice of Doon Wintz, I

went ahead and began the forming of

a Board of Directors/Advisory Board. Weve had 2 board meetings so far. Theyve been great. The

advisors on my pseudo-board are really just amazing people who have been supporters and

mentors in my life and its great to sit in a room of people and be able to share my journey, my

excitement, my fears and know that theyre standing behind me ready and willing to help.

Over the last few weeks theres been a big shift from ME to WE. Lots of good things are

happening and people in town have been incredibly supportive of my vision in Nepal. Thanks to an

article written by Belisa Silva at the Observer Tribune, our small local paper, many individuals in

town have come forward and asked how they could help. Ive also been working in many of the

schools, talking to kids about my journey over the past 2 years and encouraging gap years and

interim travel. Students in town have begun to open the dialogue about gap years and the

importance of seeing the world, experiencing it on a deeper level, and most importantly thinking

about how they can change it. (Check out the link to BlinkNow for a page geared towards

students.)

Ive been talking to people all over the world, from all walks of life, who have something to say

and will sit down with me. Ive spoken with Maryellen Waggoner who ran fundraising for the

paper-mill theatre in Montclaire. Ive spoken with Ellen Rosenberg, the director of CHOSA in South

Africa, a young girl my age who started her project in 2005. Ive spoken with Caryn Maxim of

Morristown who started a womans Co-op in Guatamala. Ive spoken with Justin McLennan, a

young teacher now working in Bogota Colombia. Ive listened to the spectacular advice and

enthusiasm from an amazing author and friend, Megan Shull and the best business coach in the

world Rich Largman. Ive talked with neighbors, with Rotary club members, with an NFL football

player, with Girl Scout councils, teachers, doctors, lawyers, and even the residents of the Holly

Manor Nursing Home. Ive spoken with foundation coordinators, with CEOs, Sam Bull head of

LeapNow, lots of local moms, artists, the kids and parents I babysit for, and even with people on

Patriots Path or Kings who stop me and say arent you the girl who...?

BACK IN THE STATES

I talk sometimes, but for the most part, I really try to listen. I listen to peoples advice and ideas

I listen to their own personal journeys and what they have to say about them, things they may

have done differently, and who else they suggest I talk to. I continue to learn every day. I

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continue to learn that we all have human values, that we all care about the issues that our world

faces, that were all motivated in our own small ways to change things. I listen and Im filled with

hope. I listen and I know I can continue. I listen and Im ready to take whatever comes next.

Thank you everyone for your support.

A COLORFUL OUTLOOK FOR KOPILA VALLEY-THANKS TINETuesday, October 30, 2007 at 02:29AM

Big thanks to Tine Kirkland Graham, a wonderful local artist for her donation of some beautiful art

work. Her paintings will hang on the new walls of our home. Check out more of her amazing work.

SAN FRANCISCOTuesday, November 6, 2007 at 02:21AM

I spent the past few days out in San Francisco. I

headed over to LeapNows headquarters, at Makama

Retreat Center up in Calistoga. It was so amazing to

finally get a chance to see the place that has made

such an incredible impact on my life and to meet the

people behind it all. I was fortunate enough to be there

the same week as a Leap Group who had just returned

from their year abroad, having literally just gotten of

the plane, from their internships in Guatamala, Kenya,

Argentina, Israel, Boliva, New Zealand, you name it.

Everyone at the center felt so awake and so alive. I

especially enjoyed the time I spent with Sam and Cassie Bull, founders and directors of LeapNow

as well as the rest of the staff who are now looking to form a second year program for Leap

students, Deeper Waters. To learn more about the new amazing ventures of visitleapnow.org.

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After my time in Makama, I headed directly over to my friends apartment at Berkeley and spent

some time on a bit of a more traditional college campus. The contrast was pretty interesting,

having just come from the small cozy atmosphere of Makama, but none the less, I enjoyed

spending time with my friend from home and touring the campus. On Sunday I spent the day at

Baker Beach, pictured above, and hiked the coast up to Golden Gate Park area. San Francisco is

BEAUTIFUL! I feel so refreshed.

FIRST TO GIVEFriday, November 9, 2007 at 02:18AM

Giving. I often think about the real meaning of

this word. What does it mean to give? Im

reminded of the book The Giving Tree by

Shel Silverstein. This was one of my all time

favorite books growing up as a kid and still is

to this day. I brought this book with me to

Ramanas Garden, where it soon became an

all-time favorite, read hundreds upon

hundreds of times.

If were fortunate enough, we have people in

our own lives who are just like that big old

apple tree who in the end of the book gives

his life to the little boy so that he may have

all that he desires. I am reminded of my cousin Margaret. Almost a year ago, a few of my

cousins, my family and I were all sitting around the kitchen table after dinner at my Aunt Pats

house when Margaret asked me about India. I told everyone my new dream, and what I hoped to

do. Ill never forget it, Margaret stood up immediately, emptied her pockets into my hands and

said, Here, take this for the new home. I screamed out in excitement, My first donation!

Margarets eyes lit. Im the first? Alright!!!

Months have passed and people have continued to give and give and give; their time, their

advice, their contributions, and encouragement. But Ill never ever forget that day, that first give

almost one year ago. It was a good omen and very fitting that Margaret, who would give the shirt

off her own back, should have this distinction, so fitting with the energy she has in her heart. She

has an innate sense when to listen, when to speak and when to give. Shes my giving tree.

NATURAL FACTORSTuesday, November 13, 2007 at 02:14AM

Just when you least expect it, AMAZING things happen. About a week ago I wrote an e-mail to

Natural Factors a natural supplements company that makes the best ever childrens multi-

chewable vitamin, Big Friends. On my kitchen counter sits Natural Factorschewable vitamin C

tablets which I ingest on a daily basis. These are the best vitamins in the world... they taste just

like Smarties candy. (All of you parents out there that cant get your kids to swallow vitamins

take note.) Anyways I wrote the company about a week ago because I wanted to bring back a

few bottles of the kids multi-vitamins with me to give to the kids in Nepal, many of whom, as you

know suffer from severe malnourishment and vitamin deficiencies. I told the company that along

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with a balanced diet, I believed that the use of their vitamin among my children would help

develop strong and healthy kids, and asked if they could provide me with either a discount or

donation!

Now mind you I write dozens of these e-mails in a given week and am so used to not hearing

back from companies that the response I saw in my inbox this morning, was, in itself enough for

me to jump with joy. But GET THIS!!! John Morley, president ofNatural Factors, wrote back to tell

me that they were sending 100 BOTTLES of the childrens multi!!!! AHHHH!!! This is over $1000

worth of vitamins. I cant even begin to imagine what this is going to do for these kids. I dream of

kids with thick healthy black hair, healthy skin, and super boosted immune systems So you just

never know do you? As Winston Churchill once said, Never Never Never Give Up! I think Ill go

write a few more e-mails! One in particular to Continental... I need to get 100 jumbo bottles of

Multi-vitamins to Nepal.

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Thursday nights Shopping Extravaganza at the Petriellos to benefit KVCH!

From left: Alison Euvino, You Name it Personalized Stationary, Beattte

Graham of Silpada Jewelry, Me, Joanne Petriello with Discovery Toys,

Pampered Chef, Southern Living,

THE POWER OF WOMENSaturday, November 17, 2007 at 02:04AM

Ever heard of the book/movie The

Power of One? Well, I believe in the

power of women! Someone needs towrite another book. Ive been doing

ALOT of reading on poverty alleviation

and reduction in the third world. All of

the brilliant economists who write on

poverty say the same things. Invest in

WOMEN!! When a woman is given aid

money, or a micro-loan, she wants to

start a business for herself. She uses

the money to raise her family out of

poverty. She purchases things like

Mosquito netting, to prevent her

children from contracting malaria, she

buys things like plastic or tin roofing,

to keep her family warm and covered

at night, she then buys chickens or

cows, to feed her children eggs and milk to keep them nourished and healthy. She plants a

garden. The woman knows that education is the answer. She knows that if her children are

educated they have a chance to make it in the world. She strives to put her children in school,

the best schools. She pushes them to study, she encourages literacy.

Im a woman, but know that I am not

a raging feminist. The facts are clear,

the experts all say the same thing...

INVEST IN WOMEN! Read Nobel Peace

Award Winner of 2006, Muhammad

Yunuss book Banker to the Poor who

began giving micro-loans to women in

Bangladesh raising millions of women

and their families out of poverty. There

are so many stories of success when

we invest in women, yet, time andtime again we continue to invest in

men in the world, our billions of dollars

in foreign aid is many times given to

corrupt male government officials in

third world countries, to men to start

businesses to sell our western

products, to men to build roads and

infrastructure. Thus the cycle

continues... women in the third world are subservient, abused, and suppressed, as are their 8 or

10 children. The woman is forced to sell her children, into labor, or brothels. Militant guerilla

groups seize her children promising them a better life.

Friday nights wine and cheese hosts! Thank you to the Campos, Crumrine,

Lia, Ruijzendaal, Palumbo, Nagler, Lieblich, and Paladino families and of

course everyone who came and offered their support!!

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Thank you Diana Ruijzendaal for the beautiful floral arrangement!

Ive been fortunate enough to meet

some amazing women, right here in

my own community. Women who have

inspired me, women who have single

handedly taken my project to the next

level. In fact I would say that 90% of

the funds raised for this project wereinitiated by women in this community.

Almost every single check written to

this project has been written by a

woman. 95% of the e-mails I receive

in response to local press come from

women. Every single article or piece of

press that I have received has been

the result of a woman in this

community calling the paper, urging

them to cover my story.

I appreciate men. I appreciate their roles as fathers and providers, who work hard and honestly

for their money, who believe in family values. I have been blessed to have amazing men in my

life as well. But today I am acknowledging women. Today my heart is overwhelmed with the

generosity and the power of women. Maybe a better word for this is feminine energy. The power

to organize, to work together, to collaborate and come up with amazing ideas and solutions.

Women look for projects that reach out to other women and children. They look for sustainable

resolutions. This week alone, women of Mendham raised $10,000 for Kopila Valley Childrens

Home and for this I give many many thanks.

Special thanks to Rob and Athena Palumbo for graciously offering their

home for an unbelievably fun and successful event!

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A NEW GENERATION OF CHANGE-MAKERS!Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 01:58AM

Ive spent the past few months going into schools in

the area and talking to children and young people

about the work Ive been doing, my journey over thepast few years, and what Ive learned from it. Ive been

to high schools talking to students about gap years and

the importance of world travel and to middle schools

talking about what it means to help others. This week I

particularly enjoyed the time I spent at Red Oaks

school in Morristown. Supposedly the children had been

asked the week before to cut out newspaper articles to

go along with a topic they had been discussing in their

unit on moral courage. The assignment led to a voice mail on my BlinkNow Headquarters

message machine (haha) from 6th grade teacher at Red Oaks, Priti Maheshwari. She asked if I

could come in and talk to a group of students about my work in Nepal.

I went into the school feeling anxious and nervous. I had never talked to this young of an age

group before. Thankfully, at the last minute I remembered to edit the slide on child prostitution,

thinking about how ironic it was that girls the same age as the ones in the room are who sex

trafficking affects the most. I showed pictures of the children in Nepal and told their stories to the

40 some kids in the classroom. I couldnt believe their reactions. They started asking questions,

tons of questions, ooooing and ahhhing, sometimes gasping at each photo. I asked them

questions too. I was shocked when I asked if anyone knew where Nepal was and 6 hands shot in

the air. (Ive found that most high schoolers dont even know where Nepal is. I excitedly shared

this with the kids.) Nepal is located on the North Eastern border of India, a boy, no more than 9

years old answered. And what is Nepal famous for? I asked. 15 hands shot in the air, desperate

to be chosen. Mount Everest!!! a little girl exclaimed. Anyone else know anything interesting

about Nepal? I asked. Yes, a little boy answered from the back of the room. It has a VERY

different shaped flag. Wow! I said, Youre right! And so the dialogue continued.

Okay I said, I have a favor to ask you guys. I have something that I think you can help me with.

Ill tell you about it, and then you can decide if you think you want to help. I was telling you

before how most children in Nepal dont get to school and how sad it makes them. Many of these

kids would do ANYTHING to go to school. Now I want you to guess how much it costs to put a

child in school in Nepal. $1,000? the first child asked. No, but good guess, I answered.

$500!!! the next child said. $300? said the next. Nope. I said, lower. $100, said the next

little girl, $25? said the next. Okay guys Im going to tell you the answer. It can cost as little

as $5 to put a young child just like you in school. What if I told you that everyone today could put

their own special friend in Nepal in school? Youre all going to pick out a name out of this brown

paper bag of a child that is unable to go to school. Then youre going to decorate an ornament in

their honor and put the age and name of your child on it. Im going to sell the ornaments next

week and youre all going to help put that child into school. I showed them some examples of the

ornaments my sister and I had created the night before. Wow! all the kids said. Sound good?

I asked, Do you all want to help me? Yes!!!!!!!! they all yelled with enough enthusiasm wake a

sleeping village. So we passed out the glitter, the glue, the sequins, the stickers, the ribbons and

the card board cutout angels for them to decorate. Each child picked a name. Is mine a boy or a

girl? they all asked. I want BBC!!!! said another one. I want Hima, said another. All of these

children are special. I told them, And they all need our help.

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