Promoting Locally Versus Internationally

I received an email from someone I know through a business group. He said I would get more business if I promoted a local cause as opposed to something overseas.

This email really impacted me; I don't do things for the bottom line of my business, I work from the bottom of my heart. I do things I'm passionate about and I work on things that I see as do-able. And what constitutes local anyway? Most of my business is done over the internet so it doesn't matter whether my client's in Albany, New York or Atlanta, Georgia. I care about them equally and help them in anyway I can.

I went to Mr. Carbone yesterday (he's the principal of Camels Hump Middle School.) CHMS was involved in raising funds to help students with the Tsunami disaster through Room to Read and raised about $2,000 all on their own. Room to Read speaks highly of our local school and Mr. Carbone said he'd be glad to have posters hung in the school. That really made my day. I'm seeing that even Richmond, Vermont can make a difference in the world that's remembered years after the kindness.

Above is a picture of what we can build with the funds raised. I hope you won't let the fact that this school's in Cambodia prevent you from helping. I wonder what would've happened if we had provided Iraq and Afghanistan with schools instead of weapons? Wouldn't it have been nice for them to have read about "Green Eggs and Ham" instead of what they did learn; how to calculate the number of bullets left for your uzi? September 11th's devastation impacted the entire world, as did the tsunami. No, this isn't a bake sale to raise funds for our local school, this is a fund to raise awareness that we have the power to make our world a much safer place for all of our children no matter where we live.

I'll close with something I heard at a funeral that touched me profoundly:

"Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
To all the people you can
As long as you ever can"

If you'd like to donate, please go to www.sarahspencersolutions.com and click on Vermont Helps Room to Read. Thanks for listening.