Make A Difference Day - Oct. 24

One week from today, on Saturday, October 24, will be Make A Difference Day 2009.

On this day you (yes, YOU!) can make a difference in someone's life in a special way, perhaps just by being you. You might decide to do something grand or huge, or you might just stop and hold a door for someone.

See that piece of trash or newspaper on the sidewalk or gutter? Pick it up.
See that person struggling with a package? Offer to carry it.
See that empty grocery cart being blown by the wind in the Jewel parking lot? Grab it before it hits a car and then park it in a Cart Corral.

Or do something bigger. Get involved with PADS or the Family CARE Project or CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) or your child's school's parent-teacher organization (and do more than just raise money; find out what's going on at school and be an active voice there).

Or find out how you can visit someone at Valley Hi who hasn't had a visitor in ten years. Or plan to invite some members of the military to Thanksgiving dinner.

You (that's y-o-u) can make a difference. Watch for televised Make A Difference Campaign messages this week on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox - and on other stations.