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December
19, 2006:
The Gift Of Giving
Interview
with Craig Kielburger, author of Me
To We
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Mike
Carruthers:
This
is the time of year we most often think of giving, volunteering
and helping others, but there are a lot of other important reasons
to give.
Craig Kielburger:
Because when we help others, it helps us - people who
helped others gained so much back in return. Really volunteerism
is actually one of the most selfish things you could ever do.
Craig Kielburger
author of the book Me
To We…
The University
of Virginia found that volunteerism raised grades for high school
students. The University of Michigan in their studies found
that volunteers (especially senior citizens) not only lived
healthier lives, they lived longer lives.
To demonstrate
the potential power of giving just a little, Oprah Winfrey wrote
a story for Craig's book…
About how in
her life one Christmas, her family couldn't afford Christmas
gifts, and there was a knock on her door where two women brought
a simple doll for Oprah. And years later when she becomes "Oprah"
as we know her, she still looks back on that moment as the happiest
in her life.
And it's never
too early to start giving.
People like Cody,
an eleven year old boy - he lost his father from cancer and
every day he would go to the cancer ward, be with his father
and he saw all these others kids who also were suffering, who
were struggling - and he realized that they almost had no toys
or games to play with while they were in the hospital. So, he
started to put together, Cody's comfort kits, just collecting
simple things from his house, and then his whole community,
as he brought these items to kids.
You can link
to Craig's website from
ours: somethingyoushouldknow.net
- I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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