On April 7,2017 will mark the 11 year that good deeds day will be expanding there circles of good. This is when thousands of people all ages come and volunteer to help people in need, and do good deeds throughout the country. Good Deeds Day was initiated in 2007 by businesswoman and philanthropist, Shari Arison, and launched and organized by Ruach Tova (NGO), a part of The Ted Arison Family Foundation. They only started with 7,000 volunteers and only 1 country and in 2016 they expanded to 1,500,000 volunteers and 75 country's. that's amazing.
Good deeds day impacts so many many people, a lot of them being high school students. Many schools around the world have already made such an impact. Over 60 high school students participated in a huge dance marathon in Toronto, Canada to raise money for "SickKids Hospital" they where even honored to have a patient form the hospital participate and share her story. 100 students at the International School Villa Amalienhof participated in various activities on Good Deeds Day for their community. Each class got to organize there own good deed to do, recycling things and or planting flowers. At George mason university 150 volunteers organized Good Deeds Day events and projects for 1,000 participants and 25 for a Doing Good Fair that empowered student organizations, university departments, community organizations, and individuals to share their causes of choice with a wider audience. These are only a few good deeds performed there are thousands of more.
So this year please participate in good deeds day along with many others in the world. You can do it alone or in a group. Just work to make our world a better place.
Read more at http://www.good-deeds-day.org/
Xoxo~ Tanty girl and Alicia
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