Make A Difference and Pay It Forward

sammy_kaye18

Hi All

Im not sure if this is the right place to put this or not but I just wanted to let everyone know about a charity 'movement' that is called Pay It Forward.

Many people will have seen the film Pay It Forward with Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt in , well this has taken off hugely all over the world.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In the book, Reuben St. Clair, the teacher and protagonist in the book “Pay It Forward,” starts a movement with this voluntary, extra-credit assignment: THINK OF AN IDEA FOR WORLD CHANGE, AND PUT IT INTO ACTION. Trevor, the 12-year-old hero of “Pay It Forward,” thinks of quite an idea. He describes it to his mother and teacher this way: "You see, I do something real good for three people. And then when they ask how they can pay it back, I say they have to Pay It Forward. To three more people. Each. So nine people get helped. Then those people have to do twenty-seven." He turned on the calculator, punched in a few numbers. "Then it sort of spreads out, see. To eighty-one. Then two hundred forty-three. Then seven hundred twenty-nine. Then two thousand, one hundred eighty-seven. See how big it gets?"[/FONT]


Well I am a huge believer in this, its not a religion, or cult or anythign jsut basically doing a good deed for soemone else. It could be as simple as helping an old lady across the road, helping someone move house, helping out a stranger in need, to doing something bigger like paying for a random strangers meal, leaving a surprise gift for a family in need, or paying/helpign with medical/veterinary fees.

i was just wondering if anyone else does this? or if its just me.

Like i said im a huge believer in the pay it forward movement and even have the wrist band to prove it!