Give something back 

This month I’m so excited as we have achieved another one of our company’s Big Hairy Audacious goals and we are very proud to announce the launch of our Aurora Foundation. This fund, through the help of County Durham Foundation will allow us to raise monies that can be channelled into a number of worthy local projects.

Our first sponsored event is the Quayside Firewalk which is taking place on 9th December 2007. We have a goal of raising £25,000 and to do so we need your help. You can either participate in the firewalk and collect sponsorship, or visit
our website and click on the foundation to donate online.

So why has this got our team and everyone involved so buzzed up? Well I believe the process of giving something back is soooo powerful. It focuses you on being grateful for what you do have, it feels great and it allows more abundance to flow your way.Anne Frank famously said “No one has ever become poor by giving”.

You’ve probably heard the expression charity begins at home, so giving back doesn’t mean you have to donate large chunks of your time or money. Do what you can with the resources you have available and see & feel the benefit to yourself and others immediately. 

Here are our top ten simple ways to give something back:         

1. Do something special and unexpected for a loved one tonight.

2. Smile at a stranger on the street.

3. Pay for the car behind the next time you go through a toll (and then enjoy the delighted but confused expression on their face!)

4. Pick up other people’s rubbish.

5. Give eye contact and use the person’s name when you go through the check-out at your local supermarket (They all wear name badges).

6. Let the other person get the car parking space.

7. Plant a tree .

8. Pay someone a compliment (even if you don’t believe they deserve it…now that’s charity!)

9. Say "thank you" everytime you get off the bus or out of a taxi.