Her $2 pledge

Here's a girl who's pretty and kind as well! Read her pledge here.

Here's an excerpt:

but i digress. the purpose of this blog entry is to highlight the fact that there really are a lot of poor people in our community. and more importantly, we can help them! if you are reading this blog, chances are you are already living well enough to have your own internet connection, or at least the ability to find one.

as of blogging this, i pledge to help by giving a minimum of $2 to every elderly person i see that’s collecting used cans for a living. $2 isn’t much, but it is enough to buy him or her a warm meal. besides i know if i started off with more than $2, i may not be able to keep it going for long. who’s with me?

on my way to work today i gave away my first $2 (since this pledge) to an old man collecting cans near my home. he asked if i won the lottery. he also said that for every kilogram of cans he collects, he gets $1.50. $1.50! how many trash cans does he have to rummage through to collect a kilogram’s worth? those recycling companies are certainly not charitable.

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Would you do the same as her? We should, if not in this way, then in others.

The Starfish Story

As the old man walked the beach at dawn, he noticed a boy ahead of him picking up starfishes and flinging them into the sea. Finally catching up with the boy, he asked why he was doing this. The answer was that the stranded starfish would die if left until the morning sun.

"But the beach goes on for miles and there are millions of starfish," said the old man. "How can your effort make any difference?"

The boy looked at the starfish in his hand and then threw it safely in the waves. "It makes a difference to this one," he said.