When ASID Columbus Chapter won the National Award for Community Outreach 2009, just last week. I think we were all kind of stunned. In the actual analysis of it all, the whole project, though consuming was really not difficult. It was just 100 volunteers coming together to change the circumstances of 4 women in Columbus at a time. Not such a huge endeavor. But when you stop to think about it, the residents change every 6 months. So our little project influences 8 women a year in Columbus Ohio. Add the other two townhouses that ASID did in previous years and that multiplies to 24 women a year that we help EVERY year, forever. Now the numbers start to get more interesting.
I have recently begun a pilgrimage to convince HGTV to let us do this Nationally and have a show that focuses on our giving back through ASID. I am emailing them continuously and asking for the chance to make a difference. So far, I do not have a contact person, but do not intend to give up this idea, or this chance to make the multipliers soar!! Just focus for a moment on helping 24 women a year in every major city in the United States. Just us. Just ASID. That is no longer "a drop in the ocean", but a strong trickle of giving back.
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