help me leave my hometown

alaina devlin Start Date: Jul 31, 2019 - End Date: Jul 30, 2020
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Study/Degree Abroad
  • London, England, United Kingdom

My Travel Story

by: alaina devlin Start Date: Jul 31, 2019 - End Date: Jul 30, 2020
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Study/Degree Abroad
I have always dreamed of travelling to the UK, specifically London, England, and I have finally decided to make it happen.

 A major part in why I want to leave my current school (near Pittsburgh, pa) is because of having a really hard time with the people there. I don't mean to sound like a pity party, but it seems like a great escape to leave my family and friends behind and immerse myself across the Atlantic. I really hope leaving my toxic friends for an entirely new country will improve my mental health, but there's only one way to find that out.

 Your donation would mean the world to me because I have to come up with a bare minimum of $8,000 in a very short amount of time. I am going into my junior year of high school and hope to get to London for my first semester of senior year, (September of 2020). I (of course) am going to get a job and set up an online shop for art and such. I am going to start low and if somehow, miraculously, I get some donations I might raise my goal to what it needs to be. The donations will be used for an exchange program covering many costs like a host family and travel fees. If I do ever make it London I plan to work on film projects and other small works. If you have actually read through my little spiel here, I hope you have the best life you can knowing you helped me out a lot. Even if you don't donate the least you can do is share, I will be so extremely grateful. It might not seem like much but its something, I know it’s cheesy, but it's much better than nothing.


  • London, England, United Kingdom