1,000,000 Meters Up

Clockwise from front: AmidaTong Swansong, Aullere Ocello, Taka McMahn, Velma Paine, Se7en Wirsing, Notfragile Gausman and Christabelle Caiben-photo by Notfragile Gausman

Last night I was invited to join Notty in a place I had never heard of. Must be important, I thought. I hastily said my goodbyes to people at the party I was attending and teleported to...the sky. I IMed Notty, "I'm falling." "Do you have the flight feather?" he asked. I took it out and flew back up to where he was at 1,000,000 meters. These are some of our pics. See more pics here.

Notfragile Gausman with Christabelle Caiben-photo by Notfragile Gausman

Helper of the Week: Myche Kerang

Join us in congratulating our new Helper of the Week!

ROLE Magazine/Help People Institute Affiliation

Help People® Institute is pleased to announce an affiliation with ROLE Magazine to enrich the experience of new residents to SL in a variety of ways. A shared philosophy of giving back to the SL community brought these two SL forces together and the end result will be additional exposure to new residents of all the many wonderful things SL has to offer as well as the opportunity to learn from the needs and talents of new SL residents.

ROLE Magazine is a monthly publication dedicated to highlighting the many facets of Second Life® and showcasing the most interesting people, places and things in a high-quality magazine production. ROLE Magazine covers fashion news, specific designers and trends as well as artists, entertainment, subcultures, literary and technical aspects of Second Life. ROLE Magazine is produced in Second Life and published in-world as well as on our webpage.

The ROLE Magazine & Help People® Institute affiliation will include twice monthly live musical performances on the Help People® sim and exclusive designer “new resident” packages. ROLE Magazine will publish articles provided by Help People® volunteers as well as new residents as they navigate our virtual world.

Check it out!

Article about Help People® in ROLE’s January issue

Help People® webpage
www.helppeople.com

ROLE Magazine webpage
www.role-magazine.com

HPI Showcased as a Hot Spot

by Se7en Wirsing

Check out the Showcase in "Search" and you will notice Help People Island near the top of the list. This is very exciting news considering the criteria (listed at http://secondlife.com/showcase/faq.php) for venues in the Showcase:

"Showcase is a place to show off some of the most interesting, entertaining, and novel Resident-created content.

Showcase is for existing Residents as well as potential Residents exploring the SecondLife.com Web site for the first time. At any given time, the featured content will be limited. We will be looking for content that we believe 'showcases' the best of Second Life."


Wow! Are you impressed with yourselves yet? Today I received this group notice from Notfragile Gausman, "For those of you that don't know, HPI has made it into the showcase in search under Hot Spots!!! Check it out and tell your friends!!!! Great job everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Clearly, he's not the only one to think so.

Notfragile Gausman and HPI Guests

HPI First Annual Prom

May 23, 2009, Help People conducted their very first Formal event at 4pm to commemorate and celebrate a truly exciting year at Help People. The Prom took place at the skygarden that was temporarily decorated with a beatiful red carpet crystal arch entrance, sky backdrop and balloons courtesy of Katheryn Llewellyn.

A good time was had by all as DJ Denimore spun a variety of tunes that spanned two decades. Throughout the event attendees were encouraged to participate in HPI's first ever Prom King and Queen contest. At the conclusion of the evening our winners Notfragile Gausman and QueenDawn Hendes emerged as the winners.

The party kept going strong and DJ Notty took over the stream for a fun come as you are after prom in the evening to close out the night. For more photos please click on the picasa link: http://picasaweb.google.com/katheryn.llewellyn/HelpPeopleIslandInSecondLife?authkey=Gv1sRgCMCw-dT854GYzgE&feat=directlink

Dance with the HPI Stars

Judges Aullere Ocello and Notfragile Gausman

By Se7en Wirsing
The dancers wow'ed the judges and spectators on Saturday (June 6, 2009) at 4 pm SLT as the first Dance with the HPI Stars warmed up the Skygarden for an evening of dancing. Katheryn Llewellyn planned and hosted the event. The competitor couples were:

Ragdoll Sugarplum and Howie Millet

EvaMarie Soulstar and steve Emodemon

Viviane Adamski and vapors Andel

Notfragile Gausman and Aullere Ocello were the judges with assistance from the spectators. The dancers were all exciting, but Ragdoll Sugarplum took the prize for Best Dancer. Winners for Best Couple were Viviane Adamski and vapors Andel. Aullere Ocello was chosen Best Judge. Katheryn Llewellyn described the experience as "fun, complex, exciting." Congratulations to the winners!