{"id":2,"date":"2017-10-01T18:49:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T18:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brightstarvision.org\/\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2017-10-14T16:08:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T16:08:19","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/brightstarvision.org\/","title":{"rendered":"BSV Front Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To see what Bright Star Vision is about click below<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/video\/BrightStarVision_themovie_compressed.mov\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/images\/GrannyVideo.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"126\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nVideo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypnotiktv.co.uk\/\">Ada BodJolle<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"17%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aroundtheworldl.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/images\/LillieM.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLillie M!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"83%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Around The World &#8220;L&#8221;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">After 6 years teaching in Boston Public Schools, I&#8217;m traveling around the world for a year&#8211; or more! HOP ABOARD for Learning, Laughter, Liberty, Love, and Lots More&#8230; &#8211; Lillie<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Read the Blog from Sogakope, Ghana!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">For the blog, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aroundtheworldl.com\/\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/images\/GhanaSchool2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The 8<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Bright Star Vision Benefit will be held:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Date:<\/b> March 2, 2013<br \/>\n<b>Time: <\/b>6:00 PM &#8211; 10:00 PM<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Location:<br \/>\nFriends Meeting House<br \/>\n144 South Quaker Lane<br \/>\nWest Hartford, CT <\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Suggested donation: <\/b><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">$25.00<br \/>\nNobody turned away for lack of funds<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Don&#8217;t Keep Bright Star Vision a Secret! Invite Others!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Drumming by Mardea and the Danso Brothers<br \/>\nSpoken Word by MIRA the Dream Chaser<br \/>\nSpecial Guest speaker &#8211; The RTW Travel Blogger Lillie Marshal<br \/>\n&#8220;The Backpackin&#8217; Granny&#8221; by David M. Brown &amp; Kevin Lamkins<br \/>\nKid friendly activities by Hope Out Loud &amp; Magic Margie<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Bring a drum and join the drum circle<br \/>\nWear African attire if you want to<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Silent Auction &#8211; Ghanaian artifacts &amp; Ghanaian beads &amp; more<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Proceeds to benefit our motivation recognition and educational programs in the Volta Region sponsored by Youth Creating Change of Ghana<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/images\/2013_Postcard.JPG\" width=\"436\" height=\"332\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Bright Star Vision<\/b> is a grassroots support organization based in West Hartford, CT that focuses on helping the Village of Dalive in Ghana, West Africa. We are currently working on several projects relating to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/dalivekindergarten.html\">education<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/aidforthedisabled.html\">health<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/biosandwaterfilters.html\">water<\/a>. Please visit some of our other pages to learn more about what we do and how you might be able to help us in our vision.<\/p>\n<p><b>PURPOSE STATEMENT<\/b>: Bright Star Vision is a secular grassroots organizations whose purpose is to create a world in which children are free from harm and disease, they are educated, confident and motivated; a world in which every child has clean water, food in their stomach, shoes on their feet, a smile on their face, and joy in their heart. This is who we are. This is what you can count on.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/images\/GhanaLibrary.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nChildren from Dalive Village in the newly built library in 2005<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/images\/GhanaSchool_15.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nMarla (founder) at the ground breaking ceremony for<br \/>\nthe Bright Star Kindergarten &#8211; 2007<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/images\/GhanaSchool_10.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSee the &#8220;beaming&#8221; Marla in Ghana standing in front where the villagers had the groundbreaking for the new kindergarten!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarvision.org\/images\/Bikes_in_Container.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"258\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nLoading bicycles into the shipping container in 2008<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You may contact us at:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"mailto:brightstarvision@sbcglobal.net\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">brightstarvision@sbcglobal.net<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a>or<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:brightstarvision@sbcglobal.net\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">860-324-0461<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">TO DONATE:<br \/>\nMake checks payable to:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Sister Cities International of Hartford&#8221;<br \/>\n(with a memo line for &#8220;Bright Star Vision&#8221;)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">TO DONATE:<br \/>\nMake checks payable to:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Bright Star Vision<br \/>\nPO Box 230182<br \/>\nOld State House Station<br \/>\n60 State Street<br \/>\nHartford, CT 06123<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To see what Bright Star Vision is about click below Video by Ada BodJolle Lillie M! Around The World &#8220;L&#8221; After 6 years teaching in Boston Public Schools, I&#8217;m traveling around the world for a year&#8211; or more! 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