THE OUT-OF-BODY TRAVEL FOUNDATION COMPLETED CHARITABLE PROJECTS
Marilynn Hughes (The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation) Received a shawl from Dr. Geetha Yeruva and Tom Chitta (The Foundation for Children in Need) for her help in raising money for their projects.
Since 2003, The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation has been raising funds for projects worldwide. We’ve raised and donated over $142,129.91 as of December 2024. These projects include but are not limited to building homes, sanitation projects, digging wells, building projects, sponsoring children, elderly and disabled adults, providing sewing machines, farm animals (like chicks to lay eggs, goats or cows for milk, donkeys for transportation and agricultural needs, fish to repopulate fishing centers, etc.), cook top stoves, blankets, coats, educational funds, cancer treatment. money for cancer hospitals in Latin America, Disaster Relief, Emergency Food Drives, Orphanages and so much more.
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Reviews
“It’s obvious God has blessed you with all sorts of talents and that you use them to benefit as many souls as you can. ‘The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation Charitable Projects’ page absolutely blows my mind. Knowing that there are people like you, who think about the welfare of others and not just themselves, gives me lots of hope. I thank God for the presence of people like you on Earth. Thanks again, I think you are incredibly awesome!” – Gustavo Aponte, Translator, VENEZUELA
“You have an amazing and vibrant spirit to reach out to those in need. Many thanks for your kindness and generous support for our mission work. We are ever grateful to you.” – Dr. Geetha Yeruva, Co-Founder of ‘The Foundation for Children in Need, ILLINOIS and INDIA
“Know that I will be sending in further contributions in the weeks and months ahead…I hugely endorse what you are doing, and would like to be associated with it.” – Charlotte Ritchie, Los Angeles, CA, USA
"You are a beautiful Soul, Marilynn. You are doing a great deal of both Spiritual and Secular Good for People." - John Lyssikatos, New Jersey, NJ, USA
"Marilynn, I can not express to you how much humility and hope and Love and a deep gratitude I feel to both the Lord and you and all who have chosen to help me pull the heavy cart to the top of the hill,the Prayers and Grace that have been said and given to us have been more than I ever expected .Thank you, Marilynn, for so much. There have been some hard days for us over the past two years and I have prayed and asked you to help us. You have been so kind and loving and I know that without all of it we never could have navigated through all of the storm. I will pray for you and yours" - Daniel Delmer, Pittsburgh, PA
"Thanks for these great opportunities of participating (with the FCN kids, Food for the Poor, UNHCR and other projects)!! You have been feeding all of us in the world a spiritual food which none of us can buy with money. It is a priceless gift. You can give, too. Love, Mari" - Mari Tang, Reader, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation completed project list
2020 - 2024
$1175 for the Foundation for Children in Need, India (2024)
$1500 for the Aponte Family in Venezuela (2024)
$1005 for the Foundation for Children in Need (2023)
$1190 for the Aponte Family $900 (2023)
The Foundation for Children in Need (2022)
$400 for Tej Bikram Shahi, Orphanage in Nepal, Tibet (2022)
$1263 for the Foundation for Children in Need (2021)
$5550 for the Aponte Family in Venezuela (2021)
The Aponte Family in Poverty Stricken Failed State Venezuela.
$1570 towards Six Foundation for Children in Need Children (2020)
$410 for Clothing for the Children at Horac Nepal, Tej Bikram Shahi Orphanage (2020)
2004 - 2019
$2300 towards a Family who Lost their Home in a Fire (2019)
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Letters from Over Twenty Sponsored Children, Elderly and Handicapped Adults Sponsored through FCN Indian Beginning in 2004 and Continuing Today.
$1511 towards Six Foundation for Children in Need
$2175 for Food and Supplies for the Aponte family in Venezuela suffering under a failed state
$100 towards the Well needed for the American Initiative for Health and Wellness in Nigeria
$570 for Coats for the Children at Horac Nepal, Tej Bikram Shahi Orphanage
Coats for the Kids at Horac Nepal/Tej Bikram Shahi, Orphans of the Nepal Earthquake (2018)
$1380 towards the Foundation for Children in Need
$50 to the Marist Fathers
$58 to Pay for the Education of a Refugee Girl's Education for One Year through International Rescue Committee
$50 to Support the Prayer of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement
$320 to Pay for Musical Instruments (Seven Pianicas, Five Flutes, Two Guitars) for Orphans at Tej Bikram Shahi
$1500 to Supply Sweatshirts, Sleeping Bags, Blankets and Tents for Shelter after the Nepal, Tibet Earthquake for the Orphans of the Quake who Found a New Home at the Tej Bikram Shahi/Horac Nepal Orphanage which Became Unstable During Aftershocks
$1700 to Purchase 20 Stoves for the Winter for Syrian Refugees
$520 in Handcrafted Cross Purchases to Support Strong Tower Ministries
$75 to Generation Peace Academy
$30 to the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy
$1240 Towards Eco-Stoves in Guatemala Through Food for the Poor
$5,000 500 Rosary, Crucifix, Prayerbook Packets Around the World, and 360 First Communion Rosary Packages to Father John Peter of Prem Nivas, Tamil Nadu, India
$500 to Hunger and Draught Relief in Africa through Cross Catholic Outreach
$500 Hurricane Harvey Relief through Catholic Charities USA
$50 Priests of the Sacred Heart
(AP Photo/Antonis Pasvantis)
$1000 for UNHCR Refugee Relief - Temporary Housing Units for Syrian Refugees
$200 Poor Clare’s of Perpetual Adoration, Tonopah, Arizona
$130 to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
$1000 to Pope John II Catholic Church
$300 to the Congregation of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
$20 to the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement
$20 to the Trinity Missions Mass Society
$6790 for a Well in Presbytere de l'Eglise Notre Dame, Petit Goave, Haiti through Food for the Poor
$3160 to Cover Thirteen Sponsorships of Children and Elderly Adults through the Foundation for Children in Need
$455 Towards 28 Orphans New Shoes and School Backpacks at Tej Bikram Shahi in Nepal, TIBET
$50 Towards Two Blind Children's Surgeries and Medical Care
$200 Towards 240 Haitian Victims of Hurricane Matthew Living in a Cave through Food for the Poor
$6,000 for the Caretaker Room for Women in the NEW FCN Home for the Elderly, Orphaned and Disabled in Hyderabad, India through 'The Foundation for Children in Need' - Dedicated to the Memory of Marilynn Hughes's Mother, Erika Allen Spicer
The room that the Out-of-Body Travel Foundation built at the Foundation for Children in Need, India’s Home for the Handicapped and the Aged.
$134 to Provide 100 Pounds of Rice and Beans, Medical Supplies and a Wheelchair to a Person in Need through Food for the Poor
$100 to Our Lady of the Snows, Bellevue, IL
$2500 to Build a Home in Guatemala through Cross Catholic Outreach
$1950 to Help the Syrian Refugees through 'The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’
$331.13 in Supplies to Our Lady of Solitude Monastery in Tonopah, AZ Founded by the Late Mother Angelica Shortly Before her Death
$5298 to Build a Well for a Town and Cisterns for Schools through Food for the Poor
$50 toward's the Sacred Heart Monastery in Hales Corners, WI
$200 toward's Nikki Foster's Double Lung Transplant Expenses
$270 to Provide Three Goats for Three Families through Food for the Poor
$620 towards Building a Sanitation and Water System in La Grua, Dominican Republic, where 80% of the Population had no Access to Clean Drinking Water through Food for the Poor
$3160 to Cover Thirteen Sponsorships of Children and Elderly Adults through the Foundation for Children in Need
$1028 for Food and Supplies to be Delivered to the Tens of Thousands of Haitian Refugees through Food for the Poor
$425 to Purchase 340 Chicks to Provide Eggs for Families through Food for the Poor
$5220 Towards the Angels of Hope Orphanages through Food for the Poor. Angels of Hope Orphanages primarily operate within the countries of Jamaica, Haiti, Guyana, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
$550 for Tej Bikram Shahi, an Orphanage in Nepal Affected by Earthquake to Cover Tents, Blankets, Food, Medicines, Gas, Water, etc.
$3200 to Build a Home for the Zambrano Family of El Paraiso, Honduras through Food for the Poor
$3120 for Twelve Sponsorships and Medical Care through the Foundation for Children in Need
$348 for Food for the Poor's Emergency Food Drive
$2000 to Keep Haiti's Health Care Clinics Operational Through Food for the Poor
$1000 Towards the Emergency Drought Appeal in Guatemala Through Food for the Poor
$5298 to Drill and Build a Well to Make Water Available in the Caribbean and Latin America Through Food for the Poor
$3360 to Continue Fourteen Sponsorships of Children and Elderly Adults through the Foundation for Children in Need
$458 Towards the Emergency Haiti Food Drive through Food for the Poor
$3200 to Build a home for the Cadesca Family of Manneville, Haiti through Food for the Poor
$1476.72 for Water and Sanitation Projects through Food for the Poor
$5503 to Dig a Well and Put in a Pump for a Village through Food for the Poor
$600 towards the Emergency Food Appeal from Food for the Poor
$2880 to Cover Twelve Sponsored Children and Elderly Adults for the Foundation for Children in Need
$542 to Feed Hungry Children Around the World through Food to the Poor
$3200 for the Morales Family of Managua, Nicaragua to Receive a Home Built by Food for the Poor
$3200 for the Martinez Family of Chinandega, Nicaragua to Receive a Home Built by Food for the Poor
$350 to Provide 70 Kerosene Stove Burners to Families in Haiti through Food for the Poor
$2600 for the Harrison Family of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica to Receive a New Home Built by Food for the Poor
$2610 to Sponsor Children for One year From the Fall of 2012/2013 through the Foundation for Children
$500 for Five Sewing Machines to Provide Employment for Five Indian Women through the Foundation for Children in Need
$250 to Help with the Free Medical Care Provided to Outlying Rural Villages in India by Dr. Geetha Yeruva of the Foundation for Children in Need
$479 Towards Hurricane Sandy Relief
$1700 to the Indonesian Tsuanmi Relief Effort
$485 for the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund
$200 in the Chilean Earthquake Relief Fund
$500 to the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
$1800 to the Salesian Missions
$3600 to the Eternal Word Television Network
$1800 to the Catholic Extension Society
$1800 to Catholic Relief Services Disaster Relief Fund
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