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De-Clutter and Help Others at the Same Time!!

The following Idea was passed along to me by my friend Kelly in Canada. What a wonderful idea she has and a great way to look at the situation. Often we can make a situation either good or bad depending on the way we look at it and Kelly certainly turned this situation into a Good Deed.

From Kelly:

Thought I would share an idea for the New Year with the Do Something Good Day members. With all the oganization related New Years resolutions, a lot of people - me included, are decluttering. I know a family who has a very reduced income right now, thanks to the single parent Dad going back to school. They were living with a small tv and very little storage space in the living room. We gave them our tv stand and that big old tv - which works perfect but was being stored after we switched to a flat screen. I actually considered throwing it away, thinking that it would be insulting to offer it to someone. I am glad now that I did not.

After that I cleaned out my closets and bagged up all the clothes that were taking up space and not being worn - there were lots!! All of that went to the Salvation Army. The extra space in my home has made a positive difference in my life and my discarded items are living a new life somewhere else.

I just want to remind those getting ready for their own house cleaning rituals that the Salvation Army and other charity organizations can really use a lot of what we consider clutter.

In my years as a single parent, more than once, people stepped forward to help me and I am grateful. I want to be able to "pay it forward" so to speak.

I let my buddy know that he was doing me a favour by accepting the tv and stand. It helped me de-clutter and I felt good knowing it wasn't being wasted.

THANKS KELLY for sharing with all our members and we encourage anyone else with an idea for a Good Deed to share and help inspire others.

Do Something Good Day made the News!

The Coast Guard - a weekly newspapr in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada, published a story about Do Something Good Day. The reporter, Carla Allen, was very enthusiastic upon hearing about Do Something Good Day, and all the good that people around the globe are doing and the inspiration it is providing to others. To read the article, please click here

Do Something Good Day Blog

We have been so inspired by all the people out there who are doing good deeds and making a difference in the world that we want to tell everyone about them. One website cannot convey all the good being done.

We have now launched our Do Something Good Day Blog.

This will give us the opportunity to tell you more about some of the good deeds being done around the world, the people who are making a difference, and how this is changing peoples lives.

We started Do Something Good Day to help people make a difference in a way that is fun, rewarding and fulfilling and our Blog is just one more way to pass that on.

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Do Something Good Day is now on Facebook

Are you a Facebook user? Would you like to be able to send good deeds to your friends on Facebook? If so, you're in luck!

The Do Something Good Facebook Application has just been released. You can post your Real Life Good Deeds using the Facebook application and they will appear on this website as well.

You can also send Facebook Good Deeds to your Facebook friends. Some of the good deeds available for you to send are very generous, but who knows, maybe some day you'll be able to give those things in real life!

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Guitar Give Plays On

I am not the doer of this Good Deed, but was fortunate enough to learn about it and I feel compelled to share it.
There is a North American company called Dean, that makes guitars. They recently hosted a get together for a group, called the Dean Owners of America or DOA. At DOA 2008 there was a raffle for a couple of their new guitars. One of the guitars was won by a gentleman who was a Dean guitar owner already. Surprisingly, he turned around and just gave the guitar, worth about $1,000.00, to a young boy about 12 years old standing nearby. The boy and his family were thrilled and overjoyed. The giver was so touched by the results of what had just transpired that he left momentarily to regain his composure. The joy of the giving was as much a gift to the giver as to the receiver.

This to me is the essence of Do Something Good Day. It is not the size or value of the gift that is the focus, but the selflessness of the action itself and the impact that such an action can have on others.

Submitted by Kenn Baynton
Barrington Bay Music

Fun Friday Crossword

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The Giving Card is Getting Around!!

The Giving Card is now being introduced in California, USA and Nova Scotia, Canada, where we know the little card will have a Big impact and the people using it will have a ton of fun. Keep watching Good News to find out where the Giving Card is going next.

Join us for Fun Fridays

"Fun Fridays" - It all started Friday, March 7. Do Something Good Day members received a "Fun Friday" surprise. If you missed it click here to see what the fun is all about. Each Friday you can receive a Fun Friday email surprise - just click here to sign up.

SPREADING THE WORD!

We have just added MARJ DALBY to our list of people spreading the word. We know that MARJ will have a ton of fun introducing The Giving Card in the UNITED KINGDOM.

Going to More Countries and More People!!

Do Something Good Day is Growing rapidly and we have people like you to thank for this. By letting your friends, family and contacts know about us, we have more than doubled the number of visitors so far in March, than we had the entire month of February and we were really pleased with February.
We have people joining us from all parts of the world: United States, Canada, Great Britian, Portugal, Germany and lots of other countries in the European Community, and from places as far away as Saudi Arablia, Chile, South Korea and Taiwan.
Keep up the good work in letting others know that doing Something Good can be fun and rewarding.