Let's talk about what we can do

Sorry about that video underneath. I didn't realize the video blog would freeze the video right on a screen shot where I looked like I was angry.

Kind of like a disgruntled customer after finding out the beef patties were missing in his burger. Or that there actually was just one patty in there. Haha

ANYWAY.

What can we do with the tendollarinitiative? I'd like us to get involved. It's not just about funding projects I think, but making that initiative to care. I think the bigger picture is that, yes, in our own little way, we can make a donation, but before then, if we could bring out that person inside us who's been yearning to make a change, that would have been the point of it all.

To care and to root for the success of others.

Because we believe that others too, can have the same opportunities as we have had in our lives, and in fact are still continuing to reap.

So listen to that desire, stirring in you to make a difference. To find that movement inside that would make you make an initiative. Help out others, volunteer in your nieghborhood or community, mentor others, provide free lessons to a subject or skill you're good at, visit loved ones, or help friends in need.

What would be your initiative?

YES WE CAN!

Because DC is all agog with Obama-mania and this day, January 20, 2009 reminds us what we can achieve when we hope and act on that belief. Sometimes all it takes to make a big difference is to start with something small. Sometimes it starts with just one click, one project. 

Oftentimes it starts with us. Today, as we mark a turning point in America's history, we can also remember why we started The Ten Dollar Initiative and where we hope we can take it one day.  We can make it happen.

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

                                                        - Barack Obama

Today, we became part of a larger dream.

Change has come with that dream made real.

Somewhere in the developing world, a child also hopes.

For something larger, a better future.

We can become part of that change.

My Trip to the Philippines

Hi everyone!

This is a bit delayed, but it took a while to get it all together-- a video blog, sort of, of my trip to the Philippines. I had wanted to post on a more real time basis, but unfortunately, technology could not allow me.

I hope you'll find some bits and pieces of it interesting. It's a spotlight on one of our partner non-profits, the Virlanie Foundation.

Enjoy.

Jericho