The 10 Lunches idea is starting to take shape little by little. The idea is this - offer attainable weekly "service challenges." It's kind of like a Deal of the Day website, only it's serving other people instead of buying cheap things. For instance, every week, new challenges would be posted to the site. These challenges would be similar to "make 10 lunches and hand them out to those in need." They could be as simple as "next time you get coffee pay for the person behind you" to as complicated as "raise money, get on a city bus and give away $5 to every person on the bus." You could call these random acts of kindness. The object is to build a culture of love in the community in which people live. The ultimate goal is for these acts to be directed at the less fortunate, those who really need it.
Then people would be able to post their stories about what happened when they took the challenge. They could also submit their ideas for future challenges.
What do you think? I want your input. Be constructively critical, not just encouraging. Post a comment here on the blog so I know what you're thinking.
- Joel
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I love it, I think it is something I could see really catching on. Have you seen the movie Pay it Forward? Its kind of like that. I'll keep thinking about this and see if any other ideas pop up.
ReplyDeleteThis is way cool.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it is kind of like Pay It Forward. Maybe all it takes is for people to have ideas given to them to get out and serve.
ReplyDeleteI like this idea a lot. My only fear is how it's going to gain momentum. You are really going to have to try to get the word out for this to be successful. You maybe could make business cards or something with 10 Lunches and the website on it, so people who are participating can hand it out to people who ask what it's all about. Anyway, I think this has the potential to be a very cool thing.
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