Today's Advent of Awesome entry is truly awesome and it was started by a choir mate who sits behind me with all those....sigh....TENORS and kinda (kinda?) talks when he's not supposed to be talking (which is to say...A LOT.)
Yeah. That's right, Eric. I just called you out on the internet.
(hah!)
No, really. He talks because he's excited and has exciting plans.
Check it out:
There's another cool video on his website DoYouHaveOneDollar.org
You should go watch it right now!
I'll wait.
(...)
Isn't that COOL?
A dollar is, like, NOTHING these days. However, if everybody chips in, it can mean huge change. And aren't you ready for a huge change?
I'm sure every person reading this blog has felt awful at some point in their lives for walking past a homeless person on the street. Maybe you've stopped to give them some money. Even braver, maybe you've stepped into a nearby deli and bought some food and then handed it to them. It feels weird, right? I mean, you hope the person will use the money well. Or maybe you hope you bought them a food item that they will enjoy...but how do you really know?
What if you are female, like me? There are some times that I feel moved to help a homeless man...but then I think, "Wait - this might not be safe!" I don't make a habit of approaching any men on the street, but - c'mon - the homeless ones are often murmuring to themselves. I don't think it is wise to walk up all by myself and start chatting, you know?
And sometimes - and this is the New Yorker in me - sometimes someone will approach me on the street and ask for help and my first thought is, "Of course! It would mean so much to me if I was in trouble" but then my second thought is, "Pull out my wallet? Right here on the street? Uh...NO."
Life is hard.
Won't you consider helping Eric with this incredible project? See, the thing is -- this could go global. Just think of how Occupy Wall Street caught on and started occupying other large cities...wouldn't it be fantastic if this project was a huge success and got lots of media attention? Wouldn't it be great if other cities started asking Eric to help them launch their own DoYouHaveOneDollar campaigns?
It really boils down to this:
Why not make 2012 a year of unlimited abundance?
We the people can choose that for ourselves. We don't have to wait for policy-makers to say it is so.
Here's What you can do --
Easy Like Sunday Morning:
1. Go to Eric's personal webite. Like him on Facebook and/or follow him on Twitter and/or check him out at Reverbnation (...because you know "fan clout" is the media currency these days!)
2. Check out the The Bowery Mission website. Like them on Facebook and/or follow them on Twitter.
Get By With A Little Help From My Friends:
3. Go to DoYouHaveOneDollar and DONATE YER DOLLER!!
The Greatest Love of All:
4. DUDES. Spread the word. Link the DoYouHaveOneDollar website on Facebook. Tweet it. Blog it. We're on a DEADLINE here!! One million participants by Dec 31, 2011. WE CAN DO THIS!!
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Advent of Awesome Hall of Fame
December 5 - Join the Voices
December 6 - Over The Fence and World Vision
December 7 - International Arts Movement
December 8 - DoYouHaveOneDollar and The Bowery Mission
