-Blog post by Reed Sandridge of Washington, DC
Good morning! Today is the second annual Worldwide Day of Giving!
This all began as part of my Year of Giving project last year. Today is a day to focus on others by giving or volunteering.
There are three simple ways to support this kindness movement.
1. VOLUNTEERING
You can volunteer with any organization. For those of you who are busy and can’t take off work, consider micro-volunteering on www.sparked.com. This is one of the coolest websites I have seen. I did a project this morning while I ate my breakfast! What are you waiting for? Go tackle one of the 3,493 projects!
2. GIVE A STRANGER $10
So you’re old school? You want to celebrate the Worldwide Day of Giving by paying it forward like I did last year for 365 days. It’s easy. Find a complete stranger. Approach them and tell them that you are participating in the Worldwide Day of Giving and would like to give them $10. The only rules are that you may not know the person and you may not receive anything in return for the $10 (aside from the rush of goodness you will feel).
Ideally you will take some time to speak with the recipient, find out what they will do with the $10 as well as a little bit about who they are. If you can take a picture or video, that would be even better – we would love to have you post that here or on the Year of Giving Facebook Page.
3. DONATE $10 TO THE YEAR OF GIVING
Your $10 will be used to help those listed on the Lend a Hand section of theYear of Giving website. Donations accepted at http://www.yearofgiving.org.
Whatever you choose to do I hope that you will share your experience here or on the Year of Giving Facebook Page.
I’m off now to do my second volunteer project of the day at the IMPACT Summit – a forum that convenes leaders from the business, education, government and nonprofit sectors that leverages volunteerism, service and philanthropy to address critical issues facing our community.
Sammy (Day 113) and Ashley (Day 181) at last year's Worldwide Day of Giving (photo: Reed Sandridge)
Later in the day I will be celebrating the Worldwide Day of Giving at One Lounge in Dupont from 6-8pm. Come join us!
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