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		<title>Announcing the Hawaii Family Program, Spring Break 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel with a purpose with your family in Hawaii this year for spring break! Crooked Trails is excited to announce a new cultural immersion program on the Big Island in Hawaii for families. This unique family adventure takes you beyond the typical tourist route to experience the true culture of Hawaii through the eyes of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crookedtrails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3470247&amp;post=1377&amp;subd=crookedtrails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Travel 98118: Amazing trip, short distance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Crooked Trails co-founder Chris Mackay Crooked Trails’ first Travel 98118 Program was a feast for the senses! On September 24th, twenty participants had an enriching time at the homes of their host families. I acted as the guide for the group who went to the home of Hirut from Ethiopia. We spent 3 hours [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crookedtrails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3470247&amp;post=1355&amp;subd=crookedtrails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Win a Trip to Peru with Crooked Trails!</title>
		<link>http://crookedtrails.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/win-a-trip-to-peru-with-crooked-trails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t miss this chance to win the trip of a lifetime! Raffle tickets are available now. $25 per ticket for one person trip; 5 tickets for $100 $50 per ticket for two person trip; 3 tickets for $100 Retail value: $2,214 for one person; $4,428 for two people Raffle ends and drawing occurs: December 1, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crookedtrails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3470247&amp;post=1344&amp;subd=crookedtrails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Liz Truong, the new Executive Director of Crooked Trails</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crooked Trails is proud to introduce you to the newest member of our team, Liz Truong. Liz is coming on staff as our new Executive Director, and we couldn&#8217;t be happier about the addition of her energy and talents to our work! (Previous E.D. and Crooked Trails co-founder Christine Mackay isn&#8217;t going anywhere, by the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crookedtrails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3470247&amp;post=1334&amp;subd=crookedtrails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want to travel with us? TRAVEL 98118 and Connect with African Culture on Sept. 24th</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,       Two or three times a year I pack my backpack, grab my passport and board a flight for hours of travel, spend 100&#8242;s of dollars to visit the families and friends in communities around the world where Crooked Trails works. Last year, I grabbed my family, found an old soccer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crookedtrails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3470247&amp;post=1319&amp;subd=crookedtrails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mojarra, Guapote, Sardines and Tilapa</title>
		<link>http://crookedtrails.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/mojarra-guapote-sardines-and-tilapa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Crooked Trails guide, Alexis Bonoff One Friday afternoon, when school was canceled for a teacher&#8217;s meeting, I took the boys of Si a la Vida fishing. We walked down the dusty road to the port where the overnight ferry leaves twice a week. I had found a tackle box in the storage closet and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crookedtrails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3470247&amp;post=1308&amp;subd=crookedtrails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nicaragua: Work and Celebrate with the Locals</title>
		<link>http://crookedtrails.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/nicaragua-work-and-celebrate-with-the-locals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Aileen Ly International travel? Get to travel to and stay on a volcanic island in the middle of a lake? Doing a service? How could I pass this opportunity up? I couldn’t! Crooked Trails’ November trip to Nicaragua reminds me very much of my time as a Peace Corps volunteer in Vanuatu: sunny weather, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crookedtrails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3470247&amp;post=1298&amp;subd=crookedtrails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crooked Trails on New Deals4Dreams Site</title>
		<link>http://crookedtrails.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/crooked-trails-on-new-deals4dreams-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are proud to announce we have teamed up with a local company that is dedicated to helping nonprofits, like ourselves, to raise money on a year around basis and spread awareness of our organization.  The name of the company is Deals4Dreams. Twice a week, our subscribers will be receiving an email from us that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crookedtrails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3470247&amp;post=1292&amp;subd=crookedtrails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baseball at 13,000 feet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Christine Torrison Mackay My brother in law Mark O’Neil is a baseball fan- true and blue. He played the game throughout his youth and now, as a father of two boys, he coaches as well. He has also been instrumental in creating the baseball field the kids use in West Seattle. It is his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crookedtrails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3470247&amp;post=1281&amp;subd=crookedtrails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waterfalls, Howler Monkeys, Changing Lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Claire Ricci In my twenties I wandered. I could travel for weeks sometimes months at a time. Each new place unfolded like a flower as I meandered through backroads, into new friendships, and into a clearer sense of myself. As I got older I no longer had that kind of time. Travel was shorter, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crookedtrails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3470247&amp;post=1262&amp;subd=crookedtrails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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