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HeartStrong Announces 28th Outreach Trip


Restorative Therapy & Faith-based Anti-GLBT Bullying
At Religious Educational Institutions Uncovered


Seattle - Marc Adams, Lambda Literary Award finalist and Silver Pen Award
recipient for his autobiography, The Preacher’s Son, will be heading the
28th Outreach Trip for HeartStrong beginning September 17, 2008.

HeartStrong, Inc., is the non-profit educational organization Adams
co-founded. HeartStrong is for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
students of religious schools, colleges, and universities. HeartStrong has
provided hope and help to GLBT students who have endured faith-based
anti-GLBT bullying in religious schools around the world since 1996.
Adams is executive director.

The 28th Outreach Trip for HeartStrong will include on-site religious
school visits as well as HeartStrong Educational Forums in cities
throughout the northeastern United States.

The outreach team will travel through Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts between
September 17, 2008, and October 21, 2008.

Since 1996, the HeartStrong Outreach Team has self-driven more than
368,000 miles around North America providing hope and help for GLBT
students from religious schools and educating the public about the plight
of these students.

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All dates for the 28th Outreach Trip are listed below. There will be a
few more additions over the next couple weeks. For more detailed
information about locations and times, please visit this page.

SEPTEMBER 2008
14 Olympia WA
18 Westchester PA
19 Manchester CT
21 Canton NY
21 St Lawrence University Canton NY
23 Syracuse NY
26 Garden City NY
27 Princeton NJ
28 Rockland County NY

OCTOBER 2008
1 Frederick MD
6 Westchester NY
8 Ellicott City MD
12 Media PA
12 Tom's River NJ
14 Worcester MA
15 Rockland County NY
19 Buffalo NY
19 Jamestown NY

NOVEMBER 2008
9 San Francisco CA
16 Prescott AZ
17 Paradise Valley AZ
23 Prescott AZ
30 Thousand Oaks CA

DECEMBER 2008
1 Fresno CA
14 Los Angeles CA
17 Los Angeles CA
20 Reno NV
21 Reno NV

HeartStrong is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. All donations are tax
deductible as allowed by law.


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HEARTSTRONG MISSION STATEMENT
HeartStrong is a non sectarian organization established to provide
outreach to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and other persons
adversely affected by the influence of all denominations of religious
educational institutions.

HeartStrong is also committed to educating the public about the
persecution of GLBT’s and others at religious educational institutions.