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The focus of this site is three-fold:
- How/where can I physically help people in my city?
- How/where can I help people online financially, or help raise funds?
- Stories of the Church stepping up the the challenge to love people in powerful ways.
How/where can I physically help people in my city?
It’s important for us to give of ourselves to something larger than us. If you can’t see the felt need personally, you wont be moved to do something about it. This is important to the vision of helping people – personally experiencing it. Giving money to a cause is all well and good, but getting out there and doing is what drives the vision. The more people you can get to experience it personally, the more you’ll get to help personally and financially- that’s just the way it is. So on this site, we’re gonna provide you local organizations you and/or a group can volunteer with.
How/where can I help people online financially, or help raise funds for legit organizations?
Although the experience is key, finances are an important part of the vision. Once you’ve experienced the need personally, you may want to take part in raising funds for it. I went to Africa in the fall of 2009 and saw the need for fresh clean water. So when I returned back to the states and heard about Charity:Water, I knew I wanted to help out. Spreading the word and giving people the opportunity to give is the second part of the vision.
Stories of the Church stepping up the the challenge to love people in powerful ways.
Stories are not always told or heard. Many times, non-profits lack a Marketing or Public Relations Department to tell their story to the public. This results in people assuming they’re doing nothing. There are great life stories out there, and we intend to tell them.
Older people may think their time has passed, that they may be the ‘past.’ Younger people may think they are the ‘future,’ that they’ll make a difference later. They’re not the past, they’re not the future, they’re the NOW.
So the challenge is issued… Be the ‘NOW.’
