New Movement: Do Good

In this day and age, it's an amazing and beautiful thing 

to me when people "do good". 

There's so much bad news out there that it's easy to be
negative about the world and the human race in general.
It seems normal to be jaded since our society reflects more
bad news than good news. I guess bad news sells better 

in our social environment and brings in bigger ratings which in 

turn means more money for that media outlet. I think much 

of what we do and see is amplified via social media outlets, 

celebrity based voyeurism, political bias, corporate greed, 

religious views and way too many reality TV shows. 

We're also huge consumer addicts as credit cards became 

our new bffs and brought our economy to what it is, today. 

What values and truths are we really teaching our children?  

Our world is filled with so much misinformation, special
interests, corporate greed, political machines, marketing
madness, fear mongering, dysfunctional families, debt
consumption, self medicating, youth obsessed, instant 

gratification, hateful oppression, class division, economic
anxieties, social bigotry and we could go and on about all
the things that are wrong with the social fabric of our
society today. 

But I see a glimmer of hope in the horizon...I see a new

movement towards something beautiful and bright. I see

people making a conscious change to be less selfish, 

more giving, kind and willing to help others in need.

The most amazing news story this week barely made it into

the main stream medias' consciousness. Which really makes
me wonder why it was left out? This story should be the
leading news story of the day instead of what the media
keeps reporting as news. Stories like these are so profound
and will help teach our children good values that can inspire
them in the future. So I had to blog about it and bring some
good news to give us something to smile about. 

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   The $600 Billion Challenge

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40 Billionaires Pledge to Give Half

Their Wealth to Charitable Causes

On Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 -- Warren Buffet and Bill Gates

invited a group of billionaires to pledge half their wealth to

charitable causes. Warren Buffett started by talking about 

philanthropy, describing their first meeting as "exploratory". 

He asked each person, going around the table, to describe 

his or her philosophy of giving and how it had evolved.

"The charitable causes discussed in those stories covered the 

spectrum: education, again and again; culture; hospitals and 

health; the environment; public policy; the poor generally. 

Bill Gates, who found the whole event "amazing," regarded 

the range of causes as admirable:" 

"The diversity of American giving," he says, 

"is part of its beauty."

Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Mayor Bloomberg 

among billionaires signing up for 

'The Giving Pledge'

http://givingpledge.org/#enter

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Forty wealthy families and individuals have joined Microsoft 

co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett 

in a pledge to give at least half their wealth to charity.

http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/16/gates-buffett-600-billion-dollar-philanthropy-challenge/ 

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With this inspiring story, I hope it will lift your hearts and give 

you a new and hopeful outlook. We can all do something to 

make a difference in our world. It could be donating food to 

your local homeless shelter, volunteering at your local schools to

help kids with their homework, reading to seniors, building

homes for the homeless, donating clothes, donating books

to your local libraries, doing an act of kindness for a stranger, 

saying hello to your neighbors and so much more. It will make 

a big difference in our world and bring a smile to your heart. ❤

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Here are some links to charities and volunteer 

centers in your local areas and around the world:

http://www.lic.org/

http://www.serve.gov/

http://www.habitat.org/

http://feedingamerica.org/

http://www.volunteermatch.org/

http://www.charity-charities.org/

http://www.redcross.org/en/volunteer

http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/

http://www.projecthope.org/site/PageServer

http://www.thegenerationproject.org/default.aspx