Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Something Positive with Little Effort




The past few weeks have been difficult ones for the people of northern Alberta in Canada.  The Fort McMurray fire has consumed thousands of acres of forest, forced thousands of people from their homes before burning many to the ground and have thousands more wondering how they are going to move forward with their lives.  There have been innumerable efforts to help those who have found their lives in the path of the fire and this is just one example.


At a hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota this past weekend more than 75 Optimists www.optimist.org came together for a leadership conference.

 

This is the region that includes the province of Alberta.  Southern Wisconsin Optimist Governor Howard Crowfoot and Dakotas, Manitoba and Minnesota Governor Ken Schulz got up and asked everyone to donate to the cause and help Fort McMurray. 


10 minutes later, the passing of the hat raised $700.  The Canadian government is matching such donations meaning 10 minutes generated $1,400 for the Red Cross and relief efforts in Fort McMurray and other areas affected by the fire.

I am certain there have been instances like this one held throughout Canada and in many parts of the United States as well.  It shows the really good side of people in what often has become a really dark world.  And it is all in the name of doing something for the less fortunate.  Maybe if more of us did something like this there would be fewer, “less fortunate,” people. 

Be well.

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