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Check Out The New POST THE LOVE iPhone/iPad App!!!

YEAH POST THE LOVERS!!!

Here we go! Now this is gonna get things going again! Sorry we've been a little MIA I just wasn't satisfied with the site and the accessibility.

So we went and created this app I hope everybody enjoys it!! I'm sending my love to you all right now!!!

Download the new PTL app from the app store NOW, send it to your friends and lets start spreading the love!!

Chan Posts the Love from Set and Shares Big News...

Channing Tatum, who's currently filming his movie 'Magic Mike' in Los Angeles, just sent a new pic and message to the Post the Love family today! Here's Chan sending us some love from his trailer...

In his message, he also shares some great news! We're currently developing an iPhone mobile application for Post the Love that will allow Chan and any of us with an iPhone to post to the site while on the go.

We're all so excited about the app! We just started the development project this week, and hope to launch the new application early next year. I'll keep you all posted on the progress, so stay tuned PTL'ers!

 

 

Join DaRkAnGeL06's I LOVE YOU Project for Chan and Jenna!!!

Make sure you check out PTL'er DaRkAnGeL06's awesome member-created project where fans can post their love for Chan and Jenna via webcam. If that's not the BEST OF POST THE LOVE, I don't know what is. Can't wait to see the final product!

Chan and Jenna Posting the Love...

In case you missed their latest post, here's a quick message from Chan and Jenna who are in route to the HBO premiere screening of their documentary 'Earth Made of Glass'...

"Hi Post the Love family, we are sending our love!!!! Thanks for keeping it going for us, it means so much :)) We are on our way to NYC to attend the Premiere of 'Earth Made of Glass'. It will be on HBO2 Wednesday April 6. Hope everyone tunes in. It is such a beautiful and powerful film."

- Chan and Jenna

Site Issues for Internet Explorer Users

PTL'ers who are using Internet Explorer are currently not able to use the Photo, Video, Audio, etc. buttons on the site.

Thanks for letting me know about the problem. We are working on the issue and will get it resolved as soon as possible.

In the mean time, you can CLICK HERE to download a free version of the browser Firefox and install it on your PC or Mac so you can continue to use the site.

If you see any other issues, please leave a comment on this post. - Thanks, Q

Share the Love with Love 146

I am going to start spotlighting charities here on the Post the Love blog and the first one is an amazing organization called Love 146...

 

"Love is in our name, because it is our motivating drive to end child sex slavery and exploitation.  We believe love to be the foundation of real, sustainable change. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love."  We hold that to be true. Love Protects. Love Defends. Love Restores. Love Empowers. We are Love146."

 

Believe it or not, 2 children are sold every minute into human trafficking rings all around the world (including the US) and the "industry" generates $32 Billion annually, making it the 2nd most lucrative crime in the world.

In 2002, the co-founders of the organization Love 146 travelled to South East Asia on an exploratory trip to determine how they could serve in the fight against child trafficking.

In one experience, a couple of the co-founders were taken undercover with investigators to a brothel, where they witnessed children being sold. This is where a nameless little girl pinned with the number 146 forever changed their lives.
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Love146 History from LOVE146 on Vimeo.

As an organization, they realize that in order to end child slavery and exploitation, prevention work and aftercare/rehabiliation are essential.   They are continually examining the most effective and diversified ways to prevent children from becoming victims of human trafficking, and through their revolutionary Round Home concept, they rehabilitate children that have been rescued.

The Round Home is a safehome for survivors of child slavery and exploitation. You can CLICK HERE to learn more about Love 146's philosophy of aftercare and their philosophy behind the design of their Round Home, which has resulted in an unprecedented 100% success rate.

Finally, I want to share Diana's beautiful love story. Thanks to her strength and Love 146, she's a survivor of child exploitation. She came to Love 146's Round Home and found a new life, and she has since moved back into her community and enrolled in school.

This is her inspirational story in her our words...

Diana's Love Story from LOVE146 on Vimeo.

They took on the number 146 so they would remember why this all started and so they can tell the story of the victim who wore it, especially since she can't.  It's a number that was pinned to one girl, but represents the millions enslaved.  They wear her number with honor, with sorrow, and with a growing hope.  Because of their work, her story can be a different one for so many more.

When I met with Love 146, I was inspired by their efforts, and Post the Love is proud to support their cause and help bring awareness to this growing problem that affects young children in the US and all over the world.

To learn more about a cause that's truly changing lives, head on over to Love146.org and make sure you share the love by spreading the word about their work.

The Anatomy of True Love...What Does it Mean to You?

True love came in the form of a freckle-faced, red-haired 12 year-old boy with a cast on his arm and braces on his teeth who I saw across a junior high cafeteria as I waited for my bus. 

Almost 20 years, 2 kids, 1 long distance relationship, and a lot of love later... I get to see those same freckles on the beautiful faces of my children who are extremely lucky to have an amazing father. I picked well. Even at 11, I knew a good thing when I saw it and have hung on to it for dear life. ;-)

Even though I've had a crush on my husband since I was 11, he didn't know it until I was 16. I remember it like it was yesterday...

 

The Monday after a chance meeting at a school party that changed my life, I could have fainted when he tapped me on my shoulder to say "Hey!" as I took some books out of my locker. 

 

I just about died when I realized it was HIM standing behind me. My pedestal guy, the high school JOCK, the guy who could date almost anyone he wanted was saying hey to me, a bonefied, self-diagnosed NERD. It was my very own "Sixteen Candles" and I think it's why I love John Hughes and that movie to this day.

Even though he didn't know I liked him until high school, I did share it with a few people back in junior high. One of those friends was kind enough to write my phone number in my future husband's junior high yearbook. Told him to call me and five SHORT years later he did just that with said number (luckily it hadn't changed).

And there's even physical proof of our relationship at our old high school. The brick you see in the photo above is part of a dedication wall at our high school, and it even shows the date we got married.

I think it's easy to love someone "because of". After many years of marriage, I think true love is sometimes found in the "inspite of's". Those little quirks you learn about as time goes on, but you love them anyway.

I was lucky enough to have found my true love across a crowded junior high cafeteria. How did you find yours? Your love could be a person or it could be a hobby that has changed your life.  Either way, I want to hear about it. What is your true love and what does it mean to you? Get to posting, because I can't wait to hear your stories!

 

Oh and...

 

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

 

Happy Holidays to PTL from Chan and Jenna!!!!

In case you missed their latest post, here's a bit if holiday cheer just for PTL'ers from out favorite couple...

"Hope all my PTL family is having a wonderful holiday season! We send all our love and thanks for all the LOVE you guys send out everyday <33"

- Chan and Jenna

A Post The Love Member Needs Your Help...

Hey, PTL Family! This is Q. A fellow PTL'er has made a request, and I can really use your help...

A PTL member contacted us to see how her school can incorporate PosttheLove.com into their Wellness Day to combat school bullying.

We would love to hear your thoughts on how you think the site could be used to help the students. Please share your ideas in the comments on this post or email them to me at ptl@channingtatumunwrapped.com.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Post The Love Helps Love Is Louder Turn Up the Volume!!!

In light of recent teen suicides linked to bullying MTV has partnered with actress Brittany Snow and the Jed Foundation, with support from DoSomething.org, the Trevor Project, Reach Out, Active Minds and the Ad Council, to help spread messages of love and hope to teens who feel they might have run out of options.

Jenna Dewan-Tatum recently joined the Love Is Louder campaign by sharing her struggle with bullying in the video below...