I've got this crazy idea. Despite what you hear on the news and read in the newspaper, there's still a ton of good people today. After working with and for small business owners for roughly three decades, I also know this: If you help a small business owner with his business, you're helping him with his life, because his business is wrapped up in his life. And when you help an owner with his business and life, sometimes he's kind enough to share his dreams with you. Putting these things together, I came up with a plan:
Allow me to explain. My friend, who is also a grateful client because I help him and his business to succeed, cares deeply about some of the most forgotten and neglected children in the world. No, I'm not talking about starving children in Africa (though these precious children are certainly tragically neglected). My friend cares deeply about the forgotten, neglected children at risk right here in the greater Pittsburgh area. Children who wake up in frightening conditions, spend the day in violent neighborhoods, and struggle to fall asleep in places that I know you and I wouldn't want to sleep. My friend is generous, to a fault, in donating money to benefit these children.
My plan? I created the Facebook page Donate And Smile and the website www.DonateAndSmile.com to help my friend to help these children. I figure that there are enough good people around with caring hearts and $5 to help my friend with his dream. The magic is that, if we can encourage enough people to do just a little, we can change our part of the world (and maybe eternity). My friend, do you have 4 minutes and $5 to visit this site and help prove me right?
Sometimes making a living, feeding your family and helping small businesses succeed isn't enough. For me, making other people's dreams a reality is what gets my blood pumping. What works for you?
Thanks for sharing 125 seconds of your day,
Smitty
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