Last month, we pledged to commit 1% (20hrs) of our time to service. And some folks here at GOOD HQ have already started by doing pro bono design work and reading to kids on the weekend.
Join the GOOD community and take the pledge!
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Commit 1 Percent of Your Time to Service This Year
- GOOD HQ shared something to do in Service, Volunteering and Living
We can do better than good. Together, we can be great. As Martin Luther King, Jr. put it, “Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve.” In honor of MLK Day and President Obama’s National Day of Service, we’re challenging you to commit yourself to service. Spend 1 percent of your work hours this year (that’s 20 hours) changing a small corner of your world for the better. However you choose to give back, this year you can be great. Click “Do It” below to take the pledge, and let’s dig in!
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Citizen Building Block #3: Commit 1 Percent of Your Time to Service This Year
- GOOD HQ wrote in Service, Volunteering and Living
We can do better than good. Together, we can be great. As Martin Luther King, Jr. put it, “Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve.” In honor of MLK Day and President Obama’s National Day of Service, we’re challenging you to commit yourself to service. Spend 1 percent of your work hours this year (that’s 20 hours) changing a small corner of your world for the better. However you choose to give back, this year you can be great. Click “Do It” below to take the pledge, and let’s dig in!
DON’T Volunteer at a Food Bank This Thanksgiving…
- GOOD HQ
It’s the one day of the year that soup kitchens and food banks have more volunteers than they know what to do with. They don’t need you on November 22. They need you the other 364 days a year. (Well, you can skip Christmas and Easter, too.) Pick a day on your calendar between January 2013 and October 2013 and commit to volunteering to feed the hungry. Tweet and Instagram us a photo of your calendar commitment at #GOODthanksgiving and together, let’s put a dent in America’s food insecurity.
Find your local food bank here
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‘The American Dream Starts With the Neighborhoods’: Why Harvey Milk is the Patron Saint of Neighborday
- GOOD HQ wrote in Living, San Francisco and Cities
You may have heard we’ve declared the last Saturday of April “Neighborday” and we’re encouraging you to spend some time that day getting to know the folks who live near you. April 27 will be a celebration of that basic human inter-connectedness that powers great neighborhoods—the kinds of places where we all want to live.
Overlooking Duboce Park in San Francisco sits the Harvey Milk Center for the Recreational Arts, a monument to a man devoted to creating thriving communities, one block at a time. One of the outside walls of this building contains a fragment of a quote from a little known speech he made in the early days of city politics: “The American Dream starts with the neighborhoods.”
Illustration by Jessica De Jesus
Host a ‘Secret Sandy’ to Help Those Affected by the Hurricane this Holiday Season
- GOOD HQ wrote in Environment and Living
Really, do you need another scented candle when there are thousands of people still trying to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Sandy? In lieu of a traditional gift exchange, host your own “Secret Sandy” gift swap in your office or with your family this year. Just download this DIY Secret Sandy Guide to get started, and choose from these different “gift” options:
- If they love to build things
Rebuild One Block
- If they care about the environment
Fund Occupy Sandy’s Sustainable Rebuild Project
- If they love to teach
Help Get Supplies to Schools in Need
- If they’re a kid person
Donate to Support Children Affected by Sandy
- If they still <3 New York
Get an “I Still Love New York” T-Shirt to Support Relief Efforts
- If they want to keep it local
Visit NeedMapper.com to Localize Your Help
- When all else fails…
Donate Funds to Hurricane Relief Efforts
Illustrations by Corinna Loo
![[Updated: Challenge #2] Let’s Make a Neighborday Documentary Together
- GOOD HQ wrote in Neighboring, Community and Film
Hey GOOD Community,
We want your help documenting the awesomeness that is Neighborday. We’ll be issuing four video challenges...](https://64.media.tumblr.com/18b6e58f2cff1a358c76e12274a7a800/tumblr_ml3vmyL4ZT1qjq5r9o1_640.jpg)
[Updated: Challenge #2] Let’s Make a Neighborday Documentary Together
- GOOD HQ wrote in Neighboring, Community and Film
Hey GOOD Community,
We want your help documenting the awesomeness that is Neighborday. We’ll be issuing four video challenges leading up to the big event, in an effort to chronicle all the cool ways you’re gearing up for April 27th. Then, once we’ve collected all the footage, we’ll use it for a documentary we’re releasing in May about Neighbordays across the globe that you can share with your friends and neighbors.
Unleash your inner Wes Anderson while filming the look and sound of your neighborhood. Go out into your street, find some cool shots, and just let the camera run for 5 or 10 seconds on each. You can keep the camera fixed, or you can pan around; now’s your chance to show off that artistic side of yours. Capture a street sign, a row of houses, or even a hallway if you live in an apartment building – it’s up to you!
When you’re done, remember to Go HERE to submit your video!
This one’s easy, folks. All you need to do is introduce yourself on-camera, including your name, what neighborhood and city you live in, and that you’re hosting a Neighborday. Something like this: “Hi, I’m Casey. I live in Echo Park, Los Angeles, and I’m psyched to be hosting a Neighborday this year. Also, I love chocolate.” If your name isn’t Casey and you don’t live in LA or like chocolate, then feel free to change the script accordingly!
THEN WHAT?
Go HERE to submit your video!
Let’s Make a Neighborday Documentary Together
- GOOD HQ wrote in Community, Film and Documentary
Hey GOOD Community,
We want your help documenting the awesomeness that is Neighborday. Over the next four weeks, we’ll be issuing four video challenges leading up to the big event, in an effort to chronicle all the cool ways you’re gearing up for April 27th. Then, once we’ve collected all the footage, we’ll use it for a documentary we’re releasing in May about Neighbordays across the globe that you can share with your friends and neighbors.
This one’s easy, folks. All you need to do is introduce yourself on-camera, including your name, what neighborhood and city you live in, and that you’re hosting a Neighborday. Something like this: “Hi, I’m Casey. I live in Echo Park, Los Angeles, and I’m psyched to be hosting a Neighborday this year. Also, I love chocolate.” If your name isn’t Casey and you don’t live in LA or like chocolate, then feel free to change the script accordingly!
THEN WHAT?
Go HERE to submit your video!
Know Your Ballot: How to Vote on Your 2012 Propositions
A helpful tool to review both sides of every 2012 proposition—from all 50 states—that needs your vote.
You can even print out your preferences and take it with you to the polls!
Brought to you by GOOD HQ
Happy Halloween from GOOD HQ!
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