Thank you to Beth Kanter, nonprofit technology influencer, for her great blog post, “How Generosity Day is Building Momentum.” It tells how this viral movement got started only a year ago.
I’m definitely joining the movement to reboot Valentine’s Day to something more than chocolates and flowers, and I hope you will too. Let’s make it about love, connection, and giving back. Let’s turn it into Generosity Day! This one minute video tells you about it:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oftICP0JQw8
Here’s where to go if you want to make a Generosity Day participation pledge to say YES to requests for help on February 14. This site does not ask for money.
In case you’re new to this blog, you might enjoy my reflections on Valentine’s Day last year. It includes a bit of history about the holiday. Do you like the idea of upgrading Valentine’s Day? I’d love to hear your comments below, or join the conversation at my Facebook Page.
I know, every year, after the hype of New Year’s Day, will come the V-Day advertisements and flyers and commercial push for people to buy buy buy glittery baubles, expensive hunks of paper to put in envelopes, and what not. I love the idea of generosity day!
Hard to complain about consumerism in this economy, but I agree 100%, Karen.
Nice video. Surely Valentine’s day has been so commercialized and I think that this is a great idea. Let’s make everyday a generosity day perhaps! 🙂
Thanks, Angel. You’re right…every day SHOULD be a day to be generous.