Kevin Lilly's Blog Posts Tagged 'kevin' (5)

Coast Guard and Locks I arrived in Nashville, TN yesterday morning with zero glitches at the airport... very smooth and comfortable. By the way the new Tampa airport terminals are very nice... Anyway, i am excited to be officially starting on the journey across America. While I am not in the water paddling the Mighty Mississippi yet, I am going through a series of educational sessions with Donnie Hall here in Tennessee. He is an expert (to say the least) when it comes to life on the Miss… Continue

"I thought that he walked on water" - Wendell Lilly by Kevin Lilly Jr. For those of you who don't know... my Grandfather is slowly passing from my life and it has been a difficult strain on me emotionally... While physically breathing and functioning he is suffering from dementia and getting worse as the days pass. Life is getting too be more and more difficult with each passing day. It is especially difficult for me as I have spent a tremendous amount of time with my grandfather in my… Continue

Hello Friends and Family... thank you for taking the time to read this important and very personal message. From July through October, I'm kayaking the length of the Mississippi River to help raise money and awareness for the Global Water Crisis with a non-profit organization I founded called What About Blue? (http://www.whataboutblue.org) As you may or may not know our planet is running out of water, our rivers are running dry, we're emptying our aquifers, and much of the water we do have is… Continue

A Mayoral Candidate Heard Loud and Clear Starbucks May 7th, 2009 4:41 pm So I'm sitting here enjoying my coffee and working on my computer when one of the candidates for our office of Mayor walked in the door to have a meeting... I must say that over the years I have spent some time around politicians and heard some of the worst of them. Like the time I went to New York City for The Republican National Convention in 2004 and saw some of the biggest slime on both sides of the parties talk… Continue

Creative Loafing 4.17.2009 Reporter: Jessica McCormick The story of the What About Blue? organization starts with the tale of how the name came about. A group of three Tampa Bay friends wanted to raise awareness about the global water crisis. Kevin Lilly, Jesse Landis and Missy Hurley wanted to form an active group to make a positive change. “We were trying to think of names,” said Lilly. They definitely wanted something easy for people to remember them by. They realized that color-branding jus… Continue