Christine

Welcome to Christine’s Mile-a-thon page!


Here I am on tour again! This the 3rd annual Fruit Tree Tour I have had the pleasure of joining.

We are traveling the length of California planting fruit trees at schools and in communities.

Previously on Fruit Tree Tour I have been a chef. This year on Fruit Tree Tour I am Volunteer Support. The daylong school program includes tree planting with small groups of children, in which I am one of the facilitators, encouraging the kids to get their hands in the soil and thinking about where our food comes from.



It is amazing that this Nonprofit Organization is run solely by volunteers!

All the crew members of Common Vision are dedicated, hard working, above and beyond in their efforts to share a brighter vision of the future with the children.

We travel in a fleet of seven vehicles and each has been converted to run on vegetable oil.

This is the world's largest caravan, powered by recycled vegetable oil!

This crew strives to set an example, sending ripples through all of the people we encounter on the road. We aim to bring health and awareness of our Earth Mother.I truly hope you enjoy cruising this site to learn all about this project and the other elements of the school program.


The tour depends on private donations for about 70% of the total cost of tour. I am asking for your help to make this tour happen, and absolutely every bit counts!

Please help us plant up to 30 schools and communities with over 1000 fruit trees!
Use the PayPal button bellow to support the tour for only $1 a mile!
And stay tuned to our website and see the progress of our plantings.

Choose your Mile-a-thon pledge

5 miles $5.00 10 miles $10.00 25 miles $25.00 50 miles $50.00 100 miles $100.00 250 miles $250.00 500 miles $500.00 750 miles $750.00 1,000 miles $1,000.00 The whole tour! $3,000.00

Which volunteer are you sponsoring?

Thank You all so much. I love and appreciate every one of you and I hope you enjoy being a part of this project!

Siobhan

Common Vision is a non-profit organization that takes twenty-five volunteers down the coast of California on the world's largest waste veggie oil powered caravan. We stop at elementary schools for a rockin' day program about re-connection with our earth, focusing especially on our connection with food.

We start the day with a performance full of costumes and music and then go into hands on workshops where we plant trees, create eco-beats, and drum.

You all can contribute Common Vision if you feel so inspired. We are holding a mile-a-thon. So, for $1 a mile, you can sponsor as many miles as you can, whether that is five miles or the full 3000.

Common Vision can definitely use the funds at the moment. They have had to give more scholarships this year to schools then ever before and their big donors have tightened up donations going to non-profits because of the economic shifts happening in our country. Being that funding for the arts is being cut exponentially, few schools are able to afford such programs. This is our grassroots attempt to continue getting these essential messages to the children, our future.

Choose your Mile-a-thon pledge

5 miles $5.00 10 miles $10.00 25 miles $25.00 50 miles $50.00 100 miles $100.00 250 miles $250.00 500 miles $500.00 750 miles $750.00 1,000 miles $1,000.00 The whole tour! $3,000.00

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Lauren Minis

Hey friends,

I will be spending the next 10 weeks criss-crossing California in a veggie-fueled caravan, traveling 3,000 miles, to reach up to 10,000 students and plant 1,000 fruit trees in schools and communities in 30+ cities. I will also be cooking delicious organic, vegan food for the other rock-stars on our crew. Through our education, we hope to cultivate ecological awareness and respect for the Earth and generate social and environmental changes towards sustainable lifestyles.



Common Vision, the organization that puts on the Fruit Tree Tour, is celebrating it's 10th anniversary this year. The Fruit Tree Tour is funded through grants, sponsorships, and donations by amazing people like you!

If you are wondering how you can help support me and this amazing organization I am a part of......You Can!.......through our Mile-A-Thon!

You can sponsor me on this tour for $1 a mile for the first 5 miles or even for the whole tour, by clicking on the button below. Any amount is gratefully appreciated. You are supporting the vision, a Common Vision, for a healthy planet, healthy communities and peace, love and happiness (of course!).

And, if you want to follow me on my journey, keep checking back to this page for updates on my whereabouts, how the tour is going and other glorious things that may entertain you or at least leave you with a smile on your face and joy in your hearts.

Choose your Mile-a-thon pledge

5 miles $5.00 10 miles $10.00 25 miles $25.00 50 miles $50.00 100 miles $100.00 250 miles $250.00 500 miles $500.00 750 miles $750.00 1,000 miles $1,000.00 The whole tour! $3,000.00

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Koral

Thank you friends and family for checking out my mile-a thon page. As most of you probably know I am involved in an all volunteer run project called Fruit Tree Tour, apart of the non-profit organization CommonVision. This is your chance to be involved and help sustain the tour.

This year, due to all the cuts in education funding, we are giving more scholarships than ever! We primarily work in under served areas and want to continue to make sure the Fruit Tree Tour program is available to all those who want us to come to their school. We will never turn down a school who is sincerely interested and in need.




We are now in the beginning days of our 6th annual Fruit tree tour, a 20-city, 70-day tour planting over 1000 fruit trees at urban school from San Diego to Sacramento.


We all look forward to any support you can provide. Please remember that there is no such thing as too small of a donation. Everything and anything counts, and truly adds up. We are a 501-C3 non-profit organization so donations are tax deductible!

Choose your Mile-a-thon pledge

5 miles $5.00 10 miles $10.00 25 miles $25.00 50 miles $50.00 100 miles $100.00 250 miles $250.00 500 miles $500.00 750 miles $750.00 1,000 miles $1,000.00 The whole tour! $3,000.00

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Jahsun's Mile-a-thon

Blessings from the road, Fruit tree tour is back and we are spreading trees and music across California, it takes a lot to make tour happen with twenty five volunteers and seven vehicles in the caravan. Common vision is giving a shout out to friends and family to play there part by sponsoring your favorite hipsters as we spread the message of peace on earth...
from the streets to the forrest, every dollar counts as we bounce into the playgrounds.




Give thanks,
J- son

Choose your Mile-a-thon pledge

5 miles $5.00 10 miles $10.00 25 miles $25.00 50 miles $50.00 100 miles $100.00 250 miles $250.00 500 miles $500.00 750 miles $750.00 1,000 miles $1,000.00 The whole tour! $3,000.00

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Sandra Benson

Greetings friends and family!

As you might know, funding for art and music in schools has been cut across the board. On Fruit Tree Tour, we bring a day long program, including an exciting and colorful performance that helps to inspire the youth about the environment, and our place in it!

During the performance we plant trees, play drums, and perform eco-hip hop. After the performance, we break into groups and let the children experience all of these things first hand, leaving a fruit orchard in our wake.

Many of the youth that we work with don't have access to fresh organic food, and after one day with Common Vision, there is a future of more fruit than they can eat!

I love empowering the youth to grow their own food, and to help them to create cleaner air in their cities.

I have been involved with Common Vision for 4 years, and now i am asking you to join me in this very important, very underfunded work. If you pledge $1 a mile, you can join me on my 3000 mile journey, and you can help ensure that Fruit Tree Tour stays on the road!

EVERY DONATION HELPS. From $5 to $3,000, whatever you can offer. Please take the time to invest in the youth, and the health of our planet. Thank you so much!

Choose your Mile-a-thon pledge

5 miles $5.00 10 miles $10.00 25 miles $25.00 50 miles $50.00 100 miles $100.00 250 miles $250.00 500 miles $500.00 750 miles $750.00 1,000 miles $1,000.00 The whole tour! $3,000.00

Which volunteer are you sponsoring?

April Cummins

Greetings friends and family! I am excited to be on my 3rd Fruit Tree Tour. This year I am again serving as one the chefs, feeding our 25+ volunteers nutritous vegan food to keep them healthy and happy. It's an important job as it makes all of our hard work possible.



When I'm not in the kitchen I am getting my hands in the dirt with kids, sharing my excitement about fruit trees, sustainability, community, and the importance of our connection with our momma earth. I am so greatful for this opportunity!

Many people are inspired by the work that we do and ask, "how can i help?" Our Mile-A-Thon is a great way to help out from the comfort of your own home (probably almost as comfortable as our cozy buses). You can sponsor me by donating $1 per mile that I will be traveling on tour. No amount is too great or small, and all donations are immensly appreciated.

We are all part of the common vision whether on the bus or not. Please use the PayPal button below to pledge your support today!

Choose your Mile-a-thon pledge

5 miles $5.00 10 miles $10.00 25 miles $25.00 50 miles $50.00 100 miles $100.00 250 miles $250.00 500 miles $500.00 750 miles $750.00 1,000 miles $1,000.00 The whole tour! $3,000.00

Which volunteer are you sponsoring?