November 2011
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Happy Veterans Day
Congrats to our featured Warriors and everyone who supported our inspiring tribute Wounded Warriors’ Resilience that received the Audience Favorite Award for Best Documentary Short at the 2011 Virginia Film Festival.
Thanks to the VA Film Fest, volunteers and those who attended our screening.
Most importantly, Thank You to all who have served and continue to serve us.
September 2011
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Fueled By NSPYR: GoodBlood
We’ve created GoodBlood as an arm of NSPYR to celebrate real heroes.
Inspired by our family, friends, neighbors & coworkers who dedicate their lives—even risk their lives—to protect, serve & heal us…
We’re finishing up our first few projects—including the short inspiring documentary Wounded Warriors’ Resilience premiering at the Newseum in Washington, DC—and will be sharing them soon…
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July 2011
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CALL FOR STORIES: WOUNDED WARRIORS Tribute...
(photo by Dickie Morris @ Middletown, RI Fire Dept. September 11th, 2010)
NSPYR has been commissioned to film a short documentary that honors Wounded Warriors who enlisted following 9/11 and celebrates their resilience while recovering from injuries.
The Wounded Warriors Tribute will premiere on September 8th, 2011 at the 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Summit at the Newseum in Washington, DC.
We are...
June 2011
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The Vasseghi Family Story & NSPYR's Trip Around...
Thanks to you reading and sharing www.NSPYR.com we’ve been viewed in 54 countries on 6 continents and all 50 states in the USA!
We’ve photographed our next three stories and are writing away. We’re also working on a short documentary for the 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Summit that we’ll share more about soon. For updates, follow NSPYR on Facebook & Twitter.
Until then,...
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Thank You Collegiate School in Richmond, VA!
One of our goals when creating NSPYR was to share our stories and experiences in-person with people we met online.
This came to fruition last month when Debbie Miller at Collegiate School in Richmond, Virginia invited us to share the spirit of NSPYR with the entire middle school. We were introduced to Collegiate by middle schooler Peyton Lyons, who followed our journey last year up Kilimanjaro...
November 2010
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Thank You & What's Next
We started NSPYR.com a few weeks ago by posting The Vasseghi Family Story: Love, Luck & a 175 Million-to-1 Jackpot and emailing the link to some friends…
Since then, we’ve been viewed in 31 countries across 6 continents and every state in the USA except for Alaska, Mississippi & West Virginia!
From a 7th grader in Virginia to a high-schooler in South Africa…from a...
October 2010
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THE VASSEGHI FAMILY STORY: Love, Luck & a 175...
By Jay Lavender with photos by Dickie Morris
“It’s like playing the lottery. The saying, ‘You can’t win if you don’t play’ is a worn cliché that continues to be true. Even though the odds for your winning the lottery are minuscule at best, one fact prevails: Every single winning lottery ticket has come as the result of a proactive measure taken. Whether it’s a group’s weekly...
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Welcome To NSPYR
There’s never been a better time in human history to be a storyteller…
More of us on the planet. More ways to connect.
More ways to share our stories.
I’ve been fortunate to spend the past 11 years earning my living telling stories. Now I want to help you tell yours.
13 years ago, after graduating from Dartmouth, I returned home to Chicago to work for the summer and save up some cash....