Pay it Forward – It Doesn’t Take Much To Make a Difference

Written by HeatherO on May 8, 2009 - View Comments
Categories: "YOU Soup!"

5dollars What can a few dollars do?

A Starbucks Customer pulling up to the drive through window and paying for the customer behind them, started a  “pay it  forward” chain reaction in Illinois, which led to over 100 people experiencing a “random act of kindness”!

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Chuck Hester, known as “a pay it forward guy” uses photography to spread the concept.

Vote for him here!

Mom it Forward, a social network of moms brought together by:  Jyl Johnson Pattee and Carissa Rogers, created a social network of moms that is now bringing women together from all over the US, via Facebook and Twitter to help mothers in Africa.

Tony Bacigalupo uses his Coworking space to help those who have been laid off, find their new path via The Runway Project (also being adopted by my own Soco Studio)

What can YOU do? It doesn’t have to be a big project, or massive undertaking! Just DO something!


Got a great Pay it Forward story? We’d love to hear about it and post it! Send it on!

  • Heather:

    Thanks for the kind words! It's folks like you that make paying it forward that much more fun!

    Stay well, stay connected, continue to pay if forward!

    Chuck
  • HEATHER_OOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Thanks so much, what a great article.. I love the 100 forward coffee drinkers!!

    And I'm off to friend you on Facebook? I take it I'm not already!! ha!
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