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The February Home for a Home update is out. Read about what we have going on and meet some of our members. #homeforahome #home #housing #philanthropy #giveback #give #donate #donation #support #charity #guatemala #realestate #welcomehome

I chose to create a charity to help the blind and visually impaired because it hit close to home. My mother is legally blind. Unfortunately, she has been diagnosed with macular degeneration, the dry kind. There is no cure, and not only does it effect her ability to see, but her mental state suffers as a result. I recommend anyone who wants to give it a try, to go a full day blindfolded. You quickly realize how scary being blind is, how critically important eyesight is to our everyday functioning, and how important it is to help those suffering. A sad fact in life is that most people don't realize how bad help is needed until they're the ones that need it. Helping my mother as she tries to live life without her eyesight has opened my eyes to the shortcomings in resources and aides for the blind and visually impaired. She needs expensive eyewear, medical devices and other products that she can't always afford living month to month on social security. She needs delivery services and transportation services to take her to doctors appointments and bring her prescriptions. She needs products and inventions that haven't even been developed yet. But she's not alone. In the U.S., there are more than 12 million people suffering from vision impairment and over a million people are legally blind. There are donations of eyewear and other aids that need to be collected and redistributed to those in need who can't afford to buy them new. And there needs to be actual human beings they can talk to for help and resources that can be easily accessed when needed. There are so many needs we can address. Nobody can tell you what the blind need more than somebody who is suffering from blindness, so that's why I asked my mother, Elaine, to step into an important role in the development of the charity and of future projects for the betterment of the blind and visually impaired. With our success, births an organization that will help countless people for years to come. But sadly, we can't do it alone. Many people need our help, and we're wanting to change the world for the better, and that takes money. We need your help to get this charity up and running. If you'd like to help a wonderful cause, we currently accept PayPal donations. The website is helpingtheblind.org, and the link to donate is on the donation page. Any donation is greatly appreciated and goes towards improving the lives of the blind and visually impaired. Thank you, and God Bless! -John F. Carter Executive Director, Helping The Blind Foundation

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I often talk about the difference my experience starting out as an adult compared to my younger sister. Rent, gas, bills, food. Inflation, & taxes will always fluctuate, but our struggles don’t always stem from bad behavior or decisions. It’s not only young adults either. My sister works 3 jobs to pay rent for a 1 bedroom, maybe 700 sq ft apartment & feed her zoo. (I tell her she could save money not having a zoo…you try telling that woman to give it up..!) She pays the same amount in rent as I do for my 4 bedroom home. Granted we live in different states and cost of living is different. Rent is meant to be 30% of our income, max, including utilities. In 2018 only 3 states hit that number, in specific areas for apartments. Help where you can. Share, donate, open your mind. We are all working for the same end goal - happiness. 🩷

The next adventure awaits... A trip to the Grand Canyon for some "fun" and and opportunity to raise money for continued research and education towards finding a cure for Alzheimer's and ALS. Team Merriman will be heading down to the Grand Canyon this week to go rim to rim in support of Run2Revive! See below for more information on the event and the wonderful organization we are supporting! Day 1: On Saturday September 23rd Team Merriman will follow the Kaibab trail from the south rim, down into the canyon, and up the north rim. Total Distance- 22 miles Total Descent - 5,000 vertical feet Total Ascent - 6,000 vertical feet Total fun - Unlimited (for those who partake in this brand of "fun")   Day 2: Team Merriman will roll (or crawl) out of bed and head back into the canyon heading back to the South rim along the Bright Angel Trail. Some stats for those keeping track.. Total Distance - 24 miles Total Descent - 6,000 vertical feet Total Ascent - 5,001 vertical feet (don't forget that final step) Total Fun - That sweet, sweet sense of accomplishment (and the warm meal & cold beverage that follows) This event is sponsored by Run2Revive, an organization with the ultimate goal of finding a cure for Alzheimer’s and ALS. Their mission statement reads “We run for those that have had their mind or body taken from them. We believe in the cure”. Donations from this event directly supports continued research and education towards a cure. If you would like to support Team Merriman and this cause, or just want to learn more about our “Why” please click the link below! We will also be posting updates on this fundraising page throughout the event so you can follow along. Link for more information:

My dad's family grew up poor. So did my wife's. But they worked hard, and somewhere along the way they got help. It turns out that help made a difference that was paid forward for generations - because both of us grew up middle class, and we have, in turn, been able to provide good lives for our own children. Not every person you try to help will accept help. Not every person who accepts help stewards that help wisely. Sometimes even the best help you can give doesn't make things better. It doesn't matter. Help anyway - because you can, and because people have intrinsic worth. This week, I share vignettes from harder times in a Deeply Boring Exclusive, linked below. Did you know that LinkedIn hates when I redirect to Substack? The algorithm suppresses impressions because they want to keep you on the platform. But I would like many people to read this story, because I would like many people to be helped. So please subscribe and share Deeply Boring, and please like and comment below - even just a "thank you" is enough. If you interact, the algorithm recomputes how it promotes - but please don't do it to help me. Read the article first. And if you're persuaded then come back here and like or comment because it might help someone you don't know in some way you won't learn through some way you can't imagine. #help #give #makeadifference #helpinghands #charity #love

The crew at Lectric Ebikes in #Phoenix, #Arizona, have been designing and building some of the most affordable, functional #zeroemission vehicles on the planet for years now. This year, they partnered with Mr. Beast to donate $600,000 worth of e-bikes to people in need across the United States. The challenge with any philanthropic effort is finding the best way to put donor resources into the hands of people who can use them most effectively. Screenshot from Beast Philanthropy’s video linked below. To tackle this head-on, Mr Beast’s philanthropic arm, Beast Philanthropy, put out a call to its massive following, asking people to submit a video communicating their need. They received thousands of videos and filtered that down to 600 people on the internet. From that shortlist, the team at Beast Philanthropy opened the floodgates and the wave of donations started. Some of the #ebikes were delivered by hand while others were shipped directly to the recipients. So many of them posted video responses of them unboxing their bikes, riding them for the first time, or sharing how their new electric bikes would change their lives. It’s a powerful format that shows how singular actions like donating a bike — whether it be new, used, electric, or manual — can absolutely change people’s lives. It can be a simple act of paying for someone’s ticket on the bus or giving someone in need a ride to the store. Working through life one day at a time can sometimes be a slog, and this video was a great reminder to step out of our comfort zones to extend a helping hand whenever we’re able. We don’t often think about people in the #US as having the same level of need as what we hear about from other countries around the world. But as with any society, there are people at the fringes suffering everyday. They struggle to make ends meet whether it be to support their family here in the States or to send the money they earn to their family overseas. Mr. Beast shared a handful of the stories from the massive wave of e-bike donations in the video linked below. It’s a touching story that shows not only how massive corporations like Mr. Beast and Lectric Ebikes can make an impact (and are!), but also how people in each and every one of our communities across the nation and around the world are in need, and how every one of us can take a small step to make a positive impact in the lives of those around us. This particular initiative is especially touching because it not only transforms people’s lives, it puts zero-emission transportation solutions into their hands and enables them to get to school, to work, and to run errands around town with zero emissions in a low-cost, low maintenance electric vehicle that just happens to be a Lectric Ebike. 🔻🔻🔻 Click/tap image below to see video on YouTube 🔻🔻🔻

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Today is Giving Tuesday and Why is this day so special?  Recognizing how the holiday spirit had shifted to consumerism, New York’s 92nd Street Y Started Giving Tuesday to encourage people to help make a difference and impact their community. As I look at Giving Tuesday for me, the Why is how can I help those that cannot help themselves, such as helping families in need that have just lost a child to allow them the dignity to have a proper burial for their child so that they can grieve. Hopefully most of you have not been through this or have had to endure such a heartbreaking tragedy. But those who have it opens up an impasse of impassibilities that they will have to endure, and emotions that will last a lifetime. This is why I founded and give to the Unforgettables Foundation of Southern Ohio. For families in need who have no one to turn to, and when no one steps up for them, we can and we will.  Because Every Child Is Unforgettable! One of saddest and most tragic facts in life is that sometimes children die. The hardship families face is not just emotional… It’s financial. So, what I am asking you to do is not easy. Unlike all the other opportunities you are going to see for Giving Tuesday, I am asking you to give to people who don’t even know they need your help yet. But they will and in a very big way. Giving Tuesday allows us to bless and serve others. As we have received much, we can also give much in return.  Giving is one way that makes us feel better and feel far better than when we are on the receiving end. As you consider different causes this year, please think about a foundation that is close to my heart and that helps so many in our community, who right now may not even know they will need our help. It is called The Unforgettables Foundation of Southern Ohio. This foundation helps families in need who have tragically lost a child in providing them the means to give their child a dignified funeral. By helping these families cover the unexpected and cost of burial, we alleviate a substantial burden at arguably the worst time in their lives and allow them to move on with the grieving process.   This year, The Unforgettables Foundation of Southern Ohio has been blessed with a $5,000 matching gift which means if you give $20 dollars to the foundation it will be like giving $40. If you are able to give $100 it will be like giving $200.  Every dollar counts and we are blessed to help families in the Southern Ohio area and beyond who need our help desperately.   Please take time to consider making a difference to those families. It will help them more than you will ever know. There are 40 families this year alone that know that to be true. Please take time to consider donating to the The Unforgettables Foundation of Southern Ohio.  Because Every Child is Unforgettable and during the darkest time for a family, we can be a shining light for them.   Goto our Website to Donate:  https://lnkd.in/dcTpXwz