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A couple of months ago our very own John Ferber decided to go for a ride and grab a quick bite. On his way back from Burger King he noticed a man on the side of the road, the man was homeless, and asking for anything one could spare. So John, with a few dollars left over decided to pull over and give it to the hungry man. Of course he was delighted with Johns generous gesture. As John pulled away he glanced in his mirror to see where the man was, but to his surprise he didn’t see him anywhere. John stopped and looked around but there was no sign of him anywhere, so John decided just to go home and enjoy his burger. As John started to drive away he was stunned with what he saw, the car in front was barreled into by another car. If he hadn’t stopped to give to the homeless man, that could have very well been him that was hit. Some people don’t believe in what goes around comes around, but not John, not after that experience. We may not have a lot to give, but we all have some way we can help. Maybe it’s just a few dollars, maybe it’s your time, or maybe it’s just a simple compliment to stranger who looks sad. If everybody just spreads a little bit more love and positivity it will make everyone’s day just a little bit better, after all we are all in this together. And feel free to report to the forum and report what you did to make someone’s day a little bit brighter, we’d love to hear the story.
Thanks,
The MicroGiving Team
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Attention MicroGivers! Today and tomorrow, July 15th and 16th, MicroGiving will be looking for volunteers in the Cedar Rapids area. The volunteers will be asked to work 3-4 hour shifts from 9am – 6pm on both days. The volunteer’s will be in charge of registering those in need of financial aid at the MicroGiving site. The goal is to link individual families in need with donors willing to give. Most residents are without internet access, so MicroGiving will be bringing computers to them! MicroGiving has decided to match up to $25,000 in donations made towards Cedar Rapids Relief through MicroGiving.com. So whatever you donate, it will actually be doubled! Please do what you can to spread the word about these efforts, the more volunteers and donators, the more people we can help. A Facebook group has been created to keep everyone updated on MicroGiving’s relief efforts. Everybody please stay updated and do what you can to help this cause.
Take a look at MG’s Flickr page so you can better grasp the hardships these people are dealing with.
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We are proud to announce that MicroGiving now has pages on most of the major social networking sites. We encourage everyone to become a friend or fan of these pages to help spread the word about our wonderful community. Remember the more awareness we create the more significant change we can make.
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YouTube:
Flickr:
Squidoo:
Twitter
See you around….
Thanks,
The MicroGiving Team
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