one night.

Our friend Jim had a wonderful idea that I’d like to participate in and as well as pass along. Here is the email he sent out to everyone:

Now that softball is coming to a close and depression will soon set in, I've been looking for something to fill the void. And as of late, I’ve been thinking I should do more service.. you know.. that charity thing that makes one feel good inside and more importantly, makes others feel good. I've been thinking of dedicating one night a week to doing something good for someone somewhere. The who, what, where and whys will come from our huge network of friends. Everybody knows someone, somewhere who needs something... so I was thinking that each week we could do something different. Have one day every week set aside. It could change as needed but at least there would be one day a week people could count on to get their feel good on. Ideas could be submitted via email. Winter is setting in and it’s a tough time for the elderly. So most definitely clearing of driveways, walkways, sidewalks etc will be in order. And, I imagine, there will be so many more opportunities out there.

I will be starting this next Thursday the 11th of October and am planning on doing something every week. If there are two of us we are good to go.. but the more the better. So for starters I have set up an email. If you are interested in getting the mass email as to what that weeks service project will be or if you want to submit ideas please return a response to thegoodworks@gmail.com. Also, after the projects, the meeting home can be the place of gathering and mingling. Some herbal tea and crumpets, maybe. So in summary, if you wanna do some feel good good works, return a response to thegoodworks@gmail.com with your name. Or if you have ideas or people you know that need our help also send that info to thegoodworks@gmail.com. Someone said repetition helps one remember something. So again.. thegoodworks@gmail.com will be our cyber place for info. Feel free to pass this on to friends.

I was impressed by his motivation to get this all going for everyone. And let’s be honest – we all need to do a little service every now and again. So why not set aside a night for it?

I’m basically saying this: everyone and anyone feel free to join in! Life gets hectic and we all know it might be difficult to participate every single week, but what a great habit to try and take on. As Jim said, ideas can be sent to thegoodworks@gmail.com and a blog has recently been set up at http://www.ourgoodworks.blogspot.com/. It is also listed in my ‘blogs I ♥’ section so check it out.