The Week of Giving
A few months ago, my kid came to me with a plea. He asked if we could sponsor come children for Christmas. He said it would a great thing to do, and I am so proud of his compassion. So this week, it’s been another proud moment for me.
However this time, the generosity has been from the internet marketing and traffic exchange industries. The ‘biggy’ was Joel Comm’s 12 hour Tweet-A-Thon that happened yesterday. Joel gave 12 hours of his day and sat in front of his computer, Tweet’d and chit chatted with such celebrities as MC Hammer, Wil Wheaton and dozens of other IM super stars.
They were raising money for Water Is Life, a great charity that provides filter systems for African nations. It was a great event and last I heard they donated over $10,000 in filter systems. Amazing!
Next, was closer to home as my good buddy and fellow traffic exchange owner Jon Atwood, took the bull by the horns and started a small charity for the American Cancer Society.
A proud moment for sure, to see Jon step up and challenge all the traffic exchange owners and the community at Net Marketing Forum to donate to this critical cause.
I can say, this week, has been great. I anticipate many more of these events and drives to give back and I encourage everyone to step up and donate what you can. We can make a difference, just like Joel and Jon did this week!!!
Jon D. Atwood
Thanks for the kind words Jon! With everyone’s help yesterday I was able to break the $1,000 mark in donations
Considering I’m 1 guy trying to raise money, I’m kinda pleased that I managed to raise 10% of what Joel did without the superstars and big fancy production