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Blog Action Day – Justin
I am so happy to be apart of Blog Action Day ‘08. It made me reflect on my own growing up, how tough things were for my single mom to make ends meet for me. Not having all the things all the other kids did, and sometimes just eating leftover cause thats all there was. But it pails in comparison, because I lived in a first world country, where going to school everyday was never in doubt. Where people with more means are in abundance to help out families like mine.
Looking back on that now and how far I have come it really makes me glad for what I have. I think being poor in childhood made me a hard worker and I learned to cherish all I had.
So for Blog Action Day ‘08 I am going to give a dollar for every comment this post gets between now and January 1,2009. Half will go to the YGG kiva.org team to fund entrepreneurs in developing nations, the other half will go to combat child poverty in my city.
So I hope to see a lot of comments on this post in the next few months! Please make your comment about how you have helped, or plan to help combat poverty!
October 15th, 2008 at 11:20 am
I applaud your blog-action-day efforts!
+$1
October 15th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Nicely done :)
October 15th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Great idea! I hope you get tons of comments. I’ll send some this way!
October 15th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Great idea Justin! Way to help aspiring entrepreneurs out! Ummm… whats the chance of my comment getting a $1.50 donation :)
October 15th, 2008 at 11:43 am
As your Mom it was so hard for me to say “No” more often than yes to your requests. But I am so pleased to see you turned into a fine young man & a great Dad!!
Good on ya for doing this & helping others less fortunate. I hope you get lots of responses
October 15th, 2008 at 11:50 am
@ Joey – Please remit $0.50 to my by paypal!
@ Robyn – Thanks for keeping up to date on my blog. Great to see you are reading it!
@ Everyone – If anyone else would like to joining our Kiva lending team, or would like to help donate please email or call me anytime.
(E) justin (at) younggogetter (dot) com
(Phone) 1-204-509-7545
Thanks for all of your support!!
October 15th, 2008 at 11:53 am
My mom is a single parent, too. Growing up without things has definitely made me more frugal and appreciative of what I have. Good luck with your fundraiser!
October 15th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Good effort. Hope to see this thing get some attention.
Also, glad to see YGG isn’t dead yet. Keep it up.
October 15th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
+1 Jeremy. I love kiva and am on my 19th entrepreneur right now.
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October 15th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Justin–
This is a great thing you’re doing, and I can’t wait to see this page full of comments!
October 15th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Saw this site on someone’s Tweet on Twitter so clicked on thru. Good luck in your fundraising..
October 15th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Good call doing this ! I saw it on twitter & applaud your action.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
This is awesome bro! Let’s rack up these comments :)
I’m willing to donate $10, so I’ll send you my PayPal to send me a request.
Good work :)
October 15th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Walking a hard road always makes you stronger, and I also think that hard tasks and challenges are only given to those who can truly handle them. Congrats to you for your proposal here, and I hope that you will be very successful and keep on paying it forward. :) Ps-Can we post more than once?!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
@ Michael Castilla – Awesome man. Spread the word as much as you can!
@ Beth – Once a month you can post and I will honor that.
Cheers!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Justin,
I’m happy to see you guys back in action. And what a great day to get back in the game.
Cheers to you and another dollar towards a worthwhile charity.
Ca-Ching!
-RP
October 15th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Justin, you have done a very good job with your blopg and we are all proud of you for it. You are very like your mother, a survivor and a worker.
V
October 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Count me in for another dollar. That’s a great idea, and an innovative way to give.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I was a single mom raising 4 kids of my own, and 5 others that were homeless. However, I still sponsor a child in India, and work for Rainbow Connection and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.
Great blog, keep it up.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Thank you for your support of blog action day! I am glad to see young people taking positive action to make the world a better place and you’re very generous to make such a wonderful pledge!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Great idea Justin! Congrats on supporting blog action day in such a positive way.
October 15th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
This is great, Justin. Hopefully, it will bring enough awareness to the situation and motivate a lot of others to stand up and help do something about it. Awesome work!
October 15th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Hey Big Bro its really nice to see you doing this so keep up the good work and people please comment
Following your foots Your little bro Jordan
October 15th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Way to go Jay. knowing you most of your life, I’ve personally seen the many changes you’ve over came -growing from youth to the fine young man you are today… this is just one more of the many wonderous things in life youv’e done.
October 16th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Here is one more comment = $1. :)
October 16th, 2008 at 6:03 am
Justin,
Very cool of you to get involved in this way.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Great post Justin, its always best to look on the bright side of things. I applaud you for how far you have come, and for the good you are going to do in the future.
I have included the link to my Blogactionday post in the url field.
October 16th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Great JOB MAN!!!
October 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
YAY! i love the idea man! Rock on!
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Excellent Job. You’ve come a long way in the short time I’ve known you. You have learned some very important lessons that most young people overlook. Good luck on your quest.
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
@ Pete – Awesome thank you! Where do I know you from, I know I must know you from somewhere. A lot of “knows” there!
November 25th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Hey son. Just checking in so I can pull another dollar out of your pocket.
November 25th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Oh, new month, new post! I hope everyone else remembers as well!! Good luck!