I'd like to apologize for my absence, I'm sure you were all truly sad without my thoughts.
A lot has been going on in the world and I start to question whether it has always been this crazy or if my recent position researching news all day enlightens me more than I ever really cared to be in the past. Alas, I just think it's a crazy year for news and although I feel very up-to-date, that's not it. Let's recap, Senate Gifford's attempted assassination, Egypt's revolution from Mubarak, everything in the middle east basically with Tunisia, Libya, and Sudan (and more) and now the Tsunami and Earthquake in Japan, the largest in at least a century.
Yet in all this, my job is to find happy pieces about people doing good work and surprisingly, they exist. There are so many people who want to help in every situation who are offering their talents, job, time, money selflessly and it makes me so proud. I've come across so many kids who are doing great things to raise money for Japan. I know when I was their age I cared and felt bad, but never thought to start a fundraiser or make buttons for people, yeah I sold whatever my craft was for the year (you may remember the ants for your pencil in 4th grade, the duck-tape purses in middle school, the hemp necklaces, the letter shirts for college, or the headbands) but I never thought of selling those crafts for other people and using my using the money to help people in need. The profit was usually for just for me.
I'm just seriously impressed with some of the youth today in our society. Yeah there are those kids who contribute nothing to society and are selfish individuals who have never given back, BUT there are also some really thoughtful kids and I've just been so inspired by them especially when some of them have gone through their own tragedies.
So, my question is, what have you done lately to help out someone in need? Whether it be donating your money to an organization you believe in (obviously research the company first!) or going on some volunteer trip, find something you can do to help out.
Some of my favorite memories from High School and Middle School were going on those trips to do service work. Helping others out is a great way to stay humble and realize how much you really have in this life.
Here are just some cool kids I've read stories about lately and their organizations
Hands 4 Others
Cupcakes for Cancer
Literally I have pages upon pages of people doing good works.. these were just some of the recent. I just <3 people who care!
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