Will This Concept Change Your Community?

By Dennis Moore

I'm inspired to write this article, in the hopes that the kernel of the idea presented here will reach the eyes of the right people, and that action would be taken.

As we go thundering through the current holiday season, my mind focuses on families. Thanksgiving and Christmas, even New Year's, are a time to come together with immediate and extended family, to give thanks, eat much, and await the annual visit from the jolly red-velvet-adorned fat man, while thinking about the birth two millenia ago of a special person. Ahead looms the new year, with dread for those whose previous year's path is littered with broken resolutions, and the thoughts of starting fresh again. Still others are optimistic of a fresh start. This is going to be their year.

Or will it?

Not every family looks forward to the holidays. Many face hardships not of their making. Some are struggling to put food on the table each week, let alone a special dinner and gifts for the family. What must they be thinking this time of year? Is it a joyous season for them?
I highly doubt it. Having come from the same struggles, all I could see is depression, sadness, stress and tension. No fun.

Which led me to create a unique fundraising concept. In a previous article, I proposed combining the power of compounding, whose ripple effect would spread the word quickly, allowing many people to do a little individually, but collectively create a huge impact in fundraising efforts.
But in thinking further, I am convinced that my system could best be used, be more effective, on a microscopic level. The level of the family.

Everyone knows someone, I am sure, who is struggling, for whatever reason, not just this time of year, but all throughout the year. Have you ever felt the strong desire to help, even if just a little? What's stopped you? Was it the process of getting money to the family? Was it the thought that the money would be misused or squandered?

I propose a simple solution. One place to go, a website, where you will purchase a classic ebook for just one dollar. After paypal processes its expenses, and the site does its, for a combined total of just .36, the remaining .64 per transaction goes to the family.

The power of compounding, where one person gets an ebook for a buck then, more importantly, refers just two friends to do the same, will ripple outward. Each fundraiser lasts just 30 days. At the end of this time, the person who initiated the fundraiser for the selected family will act as an intermediary for the family, purchasing toys for the kids for Christmas, or food, or help pay the bills.

You get the idea. Repeat this concept every month throughout your town. Would it make a difference?

Is there anything to lose? It is my hope that you won't think so. Put this concept into motion. Together we can see if I am right about this or not.

I wrote this article to put a voice in support of this rippling effect fundraiser, where ther is something for everyone. I was once told this concept is very complex. I don't think it is, but I'm biased. Maybe the root concept of compounding -- purchase and refer two -- is complicated. But it worked for MCI in the 80s and Hotmail less than a decade ago. I would enjoy hearing from anyone, to know if you feel the same way or not. Is this concept too complicated, or could it be used in communities all over, to help make a difference year round? One family at a time.
When Albert Einstein started to write his scientific papers, he would posit his theories, laying them out for all to read. He ended his papers with a call to fellow scientists to take up the challenge -- conduct the experiments presented in his paper -- and either prove him right, or wrong.

I'd like to present to anyone reading this a similar challenge. Find a family in need. Let's fund this family. Run it for 30 days. Fund The Family.
If I'm right, you'll have a family whose life possibly could be changed.
If I'm wrong...what's the worst that could happen? Some people get a classic novel in ebook format for just a buck, and the family gets something anyways.
So, help me test this theory.

It is Dennis' hope that his site, Pick Your Plots, will become the premiere site for all things plots: Movies, TV and Books. Mainly an information portal, there are unique features being developed for entertainment purposes that won't be found anywhere else. http://www.pickyourplots.com
Challenge the concept at http://www.pickyourplots.com/yourfundraiser.html
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