Helping Others Feels Good
There are moments in your life when you feel really blessed, and there are moments in your life when you feel down and out and nothing is going your way. Luckily, I feel the former more often than the latter.
This morning I was listening to a local morning radio show, The Bert Show, and I was moved by the story of a family in the metro-Atlanta area. The Stark Family, of Lawrenceville, GA has suffered a tremendous loss in the past couple weeks. Will and Cheryl Stark were married for 34 years. They adopted and have been raising six special needs children for the past twenty years. Sadly, Cheryl passed away suddenly from a stroke, leaving Will to care for their six children.
Will lost his job a year and a half ago, and truly needs help. Help to purchase batteries, clothes, school supplies, bed linens, tennis shoes, kitchen supplies, and so much more. To read more about their story, you can go to this page on The Bert Show’s website.
The Bert Show is helping to collect money to help the Stark family out. If you’ve got anything you can offer, even if it’s $5, please consider making a donation to help this deserving family.
If you’re looking for other options to help make a difference:
– Make a donation to help someone raise funds for Breast Cancer research
– Help raise funds to stop leukemia, lymphoma, and Hodgkin lymphoma from taking more lives
– Consider sharing the love with an organization that helps families by providing a place to stay while their children are in the hospital battling different illnesses
– Provide funding to help end childhood hunger
If none of these strike your fancy, there are plenty of options out there, just take the time to find organizations that matter and speak to you. And if money is an issue, you can always give your time.
In the moments where I feel thankful for what I have, I’m working on sharing that with others. It feels good to help out where you can, and I think the world would be a better place if it happened more often.
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