You don’t have to be a celebrity to give back, in fact many people give back every day of their lives and ask for nothing in return.
Ms Cindi Grady a Waitress Missouri USA was having a run of bad luck, including having run into 5 deers in her car. In fact her car was so badly damaged that cosmetically it looked like a wreck.
This beaten up vehicle caught the attention of small business owners from Central Arkansas Tool Supply, Gary and Roxann Tackett of Quitman, Arkansas. They made some inquiries at the restaurant in which Cindi works and then went about replacing her beaten up vehicle with a much better one.
Gary & Roxann did this for no reason other than wanting to have a positive impact in peoples lives, they are role models within their community and #impactambassadors.
Support them by visiting their store – https://www.facebook.com/CATSquitman/reviews?ref=page_internal
If you were to be the person responsible for killing the last elephant on earth for its ivory, would you be proud …. and I don’t mean just the person that physically kills the #lastelephant but the people responsible for the trade in their ivory and the end consumers. The price of ivory when this occurs will, by current trends, be so high it will only be purchased by the mega wealthy. The wholesale price of ivory in China has gone from approximately USD$750 in 2010 a kilogram to about $2100 a kilogram in just 4 years. What will it be in another 5 years.
Why is this? The wealthy are going to be responsible for wiping out one of the grandest animals on earth! Greed, prestige …. is it worth it? Former NBA star and Chinese icon, Yao Ming doesn’t think so and has launched a major public awareness campaign targeting consumption of ivory and rhino horn in China in partnership with WildAid, Save the Elephants, African Wildlife Foundation, and the Yao Ming Foundation.
We are all ambassadors you don’t need to be Yao Ming, Prince William or David Beckham to become an Impact Ambassador and stand against the trade in elephant, rhino or or tiger products. But, we do appreciate their help.
Join with people from China, the United States and around the globe in taking the Ivory Free pledge. Be IVORY FREE and do your part to end the massacre of Africa’s elephants.
When we think of crowdfunding our minds generally go straight to online platforms like http://www.kickstarter.com that have seen great success in attracting small (& large) investment dollars from many people. In fact you can support all ranges of ideas from a a new bands music production to films, games, new cars, energy saving devices …. the list goes on!
Now, I’m not going to be so brave as to place a time and date on when the first ‘crowdfunding’ took place. It would have definitely been during a period before charities existed, even money as it is in our nature to help those around us, especially within families, the communities in which we live or groups we support. The collection of donations for charity to those less fortunate than ourselves is most definitely crowdfunding in its true form.
Businesses assist in crowdfunding to support projects based on their own belief systems, the people that buy products or services of those businesses in turn support the projects as well. Some businesses even build it into the experience of the their offering as well.
World Expeditions has been working with Free the Bears since 2005, providing unique eco-adventures for their consumers to visit sanctuaries in Cambodia, India, Laos and Vietnam.
Once such Free the Bears journey to India where nearly 600 bears have been saved visits the Agra Bear Sanctuary and travels south to the Bannerghatta Bear Rescue Centre. Where you have the opportunity to work at both sanctuaries and meet the very bears you are supporting. The Free term Bears CEO, Matt Hunt joins you at Bannerghatta where the last Dancing Bear was removed from the streets of India.
Besides bringing hundreds of Free the Bear supporters closer to the bears themselves, World Expeditions have so far donated more than $180, 000 towards their work! Great work World Expeditions!
Through Free the Bears you can in fact crowd fund support for these animals and sponsor you very own bear here – Sponsor a Bear
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