As a Santa
for the people, I get to have the pleasure of creating smiles and giving hope
to some of those in our communities that cannot afford nor have the ability to
help themselves. I realize that the art of giving back is not in all of us and I
don’t hold that against anyone, it’s a life style choice. The advantage that I have
is, I wake up each morning and I see my son who has a disability and it reminds
me that the problems I have to face in the day seem minimal to what he has to
live with every day.(yes I do see that as an advantage , make's me humble)
If we judge
people only on the amount of money they give you are negating the whole purpose
of what you are trying to achieve.
Option 1:
Would you like to have 1 person donating a $1000.00 to your cause?
Or
Option 2:
would you like to have 1000 people giving $2.00 each?
Its option
2 all the way, you have doubled your fundraising intake and now have 1000
people who believe in your charity and letting others know about your charity
goals. The other exciting factor is that the average person has a social circle
of approximately 150 people that they know. You have just grown your charity by
15,000 people. I will take that anyway of the week. Moral of the story is that
when you find yourself feeling maybe sheepish or embarrassed that maybe you can
only donate a small amount of change, just think “if you start counting the
pennies, you lose track of the dollars you are creating”
Today I wanted
to bring attention and mention some of my favorite Charities (all charities do
amazing things) that I look forward to supporting in any way that I can all
year long! The nice part about doing the SECRET Santa is I can do what I do
with anonymity and the focus stays where it should be, with the people who need
the help the most. Do I donate a lot of
money? I am just a blue collar guy who has the same economic issues as each one
of you so the answer is, No not always, I feel that giving time to a charity is
also a huge step in being part of a solution, and just as important to the
outcome they are trying to achieve.
My personal top 10 charities
BC Children’s Hospitals www.bcchildrens.ca / @BCCHF
Variety The children charity/ www.variety.bc.ca
/ @varietybc
BC Cancer society www.bccancerfoundation.com
/@BCcancer
Surrey Food Bank www.surreyfoodbank.org
/ @Surreyfoodbank
Langley Animal shelter / Patti Dale www.lapsbc.ca /
Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.ca / @Salvationarmy
Kidstart
www.kidstart.ca /
Terry fox foundation www.terryfox.org
/ @terryfoxbcyukon
Canuck Place Children’s hospice www.canuckplace.org / @canuckplace
SPCA www.spca.bc.ca / @FMSPCA or any branch near to
you
These are
just some of the amazing charities that I like to support all year through. Last
but not least is a charity that is very near to my heart and will always have
my gratitude and support for what they have done for my son.
WarAmps Champ
program. www.waramps.ca
/ @theWarAmps
They have
no government funding and everything that they do for children without limbs is
provided through fundraising and private donations. For all of you that
purchase WarAmp key chains each year, I thank you and my son thanks you for
giving him the ability to have two arms just like the rest of his friends.
I would
encourage all of you to have a look through the list of charities, read their
Bio and discover just how much impact the charities, Staff and volunteers make
in our communities with no concern for personal glory. Look them up and Say Thank YOU.
Whether it
be a few pennies or a few minutes of your time #giveback, it makes a world of
difference
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