To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.

To Write Love On Her Arms Day is a day where anyone can write the words love on their arms, to support those who are fighting against depression and those who are trying to recovering.

The vision is that we actually believe these things…

We were created to love and be loved. We were meant to live life in relationship with other people, to know and be known. We need to know that our story is important and that we’re part of a bigger story. WE need to know that our lives matter.

We live in a difficult world, a broken world. We believe that everyone can relate to pain, that all of us live with questions, and all of us get stuck in moments. You need to know that you’re not alone in the places you feel stuck.

We all wake to the human condition. We wake to mystery and beauty but also to tragedy and loss. Millions of people live with problems of pain. Millions of homes are filled with questions – moments and seasons and cycles that come as thieves and aim to stay. We know that pain is very real. It is our privilege to suggest that hope is real, and that help is real.

People need to know that rescue is possible, that freedom is possible. We’re seeing it happen. We’re seeing lives change as people get the help they need. People sitting across from a counselor for the first time. People stepping into treatment. In desperate moments, people calling a suicide hotline. We know that the first step to recovery is the hardest to take. We want to say here that it’s worth it, that your life is worth fighting for, that it’s possible to change.

Beyond treatment, we believe that community is essential, that people need other people, that we were never meant to do life alone.

The vision is that community and hope and help would replace secrets and silence.

The vision is people putting down guns and blades and bottles.

The vision is that we can reduce the suicide rate in America and around the world.

The vision is that we would learn what it means to love our friends, and that we would love ourselves enough to get the help we need.

The vision is better endings.

The vision is the restoration of broken families and broken relationships.

The vision is people finding life, finding freedom, finding love.

The vision is graduation, a Super Bowl, a wedding, a child, a sunrise.

The vision is people becoming incredible parents, people breaking cycles, making change.

The vision is the possibility that your best days are ahead.

The vision is the possibility that we’re more loved than we’ll ever know.

The vision is hope, and hope is real.

You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story.

Website: http://www.twloha.com http://www.youtube.com/TWLOHA

Become a fan! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180283055427#/pages/TWLOHA-To-Write-Love-On-Her-Arms/207297905122?ref=ts

There were over 500,000 people who attended to write love on her arms day last year- this year, let’s aim for over 1 million people!

TES Fest 2009 is less than two weeks away! If you haven’t registered for the hottest event of the summer, there is still one week left to register online and save money!

On Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time, online registration will close and the cost of full-event passes will increase. There are hotel rooms still available but we are selling out fast. If you wait to register at the door, there might not be rooms available in our exclusive host hotel. Have no fear, for we will still help you find a room in the neighboring hotel.

If you’ve already registered for the event, that’s great! Whether you need to find a ride to the event or want to find a roommate, the TES Fest Community Area is just what you’re looking for. Fill out a profile and begin searching for a play date, roommate or to connect with old friends.

Register now at www.tesfest.org . The clock is ticking… You have until Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 11:59PM Eastern Time.

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Open the Curtain and Sneak a Peak at the TES Fest 2009 Special Events

TES Fest 2009 is more than just exceptional classes and a world class play space; from July 2 to July 5. We have over 40 special events to help us celebrate our favorite kinks together! Here is a sampling of what we have in store for you:

The party starts right as the doors open! For everyone who comes on Thursday, Jeff R. and Mistress Trish are jumpstarting your weekend with the Opening Night Mixer down by the pool.

After a full day of classes on Friday, start your night off with a Meet & Greet. There are a number of special interest group Meet & Greets, including the Novice Group, TNG and the Animal Planet. After these, we shall all come together for the General Meet & Greet in the Main Dungeon. Help support the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom by placing a bid at the Celebrity Auction for the chance to play with some of the hottest people in the scene. Spend the night floating at the Late Night Latex Pool Party, where Xris Smack will be dropping the club jams into the wee hours.

TES is nothing if not patriotic, and there is nothing more American than cooking food on open flames for the Fourth of July. Let us celebrate our freedom at the July 4th BDSM BBQ. After filling up, try your luck at the TES Fest Kinky Casino Royale, complete with off-track betting at the Seahorse Race Track.

Just because it’s the last day of TES Fest doesn’t mean that Sunday isn’t packed with even more special events. Whether you want to attend the Kinky Ladies’ Afternoon Tea Party or you want to throw down at the TES Fest Fight Club Night, just remember, the first rule of Fight Club is don’t talk about the Kinky Ladies’ Afternoon Tea Party…
err… uh… Fight Club.

Everyone deserves to be pampered, whether you’ve slaved away your day in five-inch stilettos or spent the night punching and whipping some willing bottom. Come to Cloud 9, where throughout the weekend, the angels will give you luxurious massages and the tender love and care you want.

Full Event, 2-Day and Single Day Passes are on sale today, and hotel rooms are still available. Don’t be left out because you waited till the last minute. We sold out last year and expect to do so this year. Register now at www.tesfest.org !

TES Fest 2009
Thu, Jul 02 – Sun, Jul 05, ’09
I’m on staff for what is bound to be another amazing event!

CampOUT @ Long Fork near Charleston, West Virginia!
Thu, Jul 09 – Sun, Jul 12, ’09
Queers, trans, and allies, oh my! I CAN NOT WAIT for this event… I can’t believe I’m able to pull this one off!

Presenting “So You Want to Be a Slut?” for TES-TNG
Thu, July 29
I’m presenting my Poly & Swing class at TES… come check it out!

The Floating World
Fri, Aug 21 – Sun, Aug 23, ’09
I’m demo-bottoming for three of Lee Harrington’s classes!
P.S. If you’re interested in joining the NYC Fetish Tribe Volunteer Squad, let me know… in exchange for 10 hours of work, you can get comped admission to the event!

Dark Odyssey Summer Camp
Mon, Sept 15 – Mon, Sept 21
I’m getting there super early to set up Sex-O-Rama… how fucking fun is THAT?!

Dark Moon Rising: The Pagan BDSM Campout
Fri, Sep 25 – Sun, Sep 27, ’09
I can’t wait to have an amazing weekend of exciting woo-woo kink with Raven Kaldera and the gang at Cauldron Farm!

And somehow, in between all of this amazing stuff, I’m also expecting to start slave training with Sire Alexi. Oooh, exciting! *jumps up and down* Lots of awesome excitement happening this summer… all before the insanity that is nursing clinicals (and end of my social life) begins! ;)