$48 you didn't know you had...

Ever look in your closet full of clothes and think "Dang! I have nothing to wear!!" ME TOO!
Where the heck do all these clothes come from??  Wherever or whenever they came, they did so with enthusiasm and emotion.  They were welcomed that day, they were enjoyed (perhaps momentarily) and they have had a small (or massively and unhealthily large) emotional connection to you ever since.

It is time to let go. Clean out your closet.  Take the things you once loved, (or never really fell for) but have not even thought about wearing in years and let them go.  Let them go somewhere amazing.  Donate them! You don't even have to put them in your car and take them anywhere.  The Vietnam Veterans of America will come to your house tomorrow and pick them up.  The items you donate will benefit the families of Vietnam Veterans.  Schedule a pick up today.
  http://www.pickupplease.org/Donation-Program

The money you spent on the clothing you no longer wear can make a difference in someones life.  There is no reason NOT to do this.

I am sure your bags of household items, clothing, shoes and toys will add up to much more than $48, but for the sake of this blog, give your "$48" to the VVA this month.
The 48 Club needs you to pay attention to your community, have a sense of social responsibility, bag it up and schedule the pick up.  Do the right thing.



If you can't part with things that are collecting dust in your home, please watch just one episode of Hoarders on A&E immediately. http://www.aetv.com/hoarders/video/
A little perspective, people.

Happy September!

$48 = $144 or, The Pink Stand Mixer

Have you bought something pink recently? Have you seen something pink for sale? Seen a little pink ribbon on something at the supermarket, at the store...?  This is called CAUSE MARKETING.  It is a way for a huge branded nonprofit to partner with products and help them sell those products in exchange for a large donation from a major company.  The donation is only being made so that the product can use the nonprofit logo.  The feel good brand is selling the regular old brand.  It is brilliant.

Is it giving back? Kind of.  Is it making an educated and informed choice on where your generous donation is going?  Unlikely.  

The big nonprofit is passing off the feeling of "giving back" by asking you to purchase a certain brand of crackers, or a athletic jersey, or a pink stand mixer.  And in a small way, you are helping, you really are.  But do you know the name of the person in your town who is suffering with cancer today? Suffering with the financial and emotional burden? Do you know their family? If you DID, would you take that money, ear-marked for the pink stand mixer and instead hand it to the family, personally?  You should.  I am telling you right now, that you absolutely should do this.  If you can't do this.  If you do not have the time or do not even know who needs you to do this...don't be thwarted.  There is an organization in the Philadelphia area who has found an incredible way to help, at home, where it counts.

The 48 Club proudly announces the featured nonprofit for July 2011. 

For every dollar raised by Great Guys Group, they are able to pay down almost $3 of a nominated patient's medical bills.  They are businesspeople, and they know how to negotiate.  They negotiate the bills, then they pay them off.  The more they raise, the more people they can help.  They don't have a billboard on the Ben Franklin Bridge, and they don't give pink cleats to players in the NFL.  They help sick people in our area live better lives.  They bring hope.

If you want to feel good today, if you want to bring hope, give $48 to The Great Guys Group.   

This is an organization you can trust.

Make a difference with just a few clicks.   Do it now.  Then talk about it.  Tell everyone you know about The Great Guys Group.

www.greatguys.org/donate

They are an extraordinary resource, serving patients and their families, connecting donors and benefactors to improve lives that have been burdened by the cancer experience in our area.
Learn more about them, visit them online:  www.greatguys.org or, if you know someone who is in need, nominate them to become a recipient: http://www.greatguys.org/nominate
Be sure to "like" them on The Book,
http://www.facebook.com/#!/greatguysgroup . 
(You'll wish you could "love" them on the book, trust me.)

They need your help.  Share this post with your friends and family.
Let's all do our part.  


Yours in giving,
The 48 Club

Give it away, give it away, give it away, now.

Friends, Countrymen... I ask you to ask yourselves... when was the last time you really did something good?  Today I donated to a nonprofit.  I took $48 that was earmarked for monthly membership club dues, and I gave it away.  Instead of networking in my club and self-promoting, I handed off the $48 to a well deserving nonprofit who does good!

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Stay tuned for more reasons why giving it away is the only way to keep it coming....