*Disclaimer, this is not IBD related*
I follow a fair amount of people on YouTube but one person in particular, Markiplier, seems to do a lot more than just creating entertainment for the masses but also does a lot of charity work and recently made a new video titled "Changing the World." It's about doing more for our own and other communities and it's mainly trying to brainstorm on how to go about making the world a better place.
[youtube]Pt97EVNIcrU[/youtube]
With the internet we're able to reach people from all over the world and what he's doing and a lot of other people as well (including our own forum) is using the internet to our advantage to help other people. While we help people who suffer from IBD, he's interested in many issues including organizations like the Make a Wish Foundation, having t-shirts made and having the proceeds go towards a specific charity but this video is about doing more. It's about getting people more physically involved in communities through community service. This could range from helping the elderly to volunteering at say a homeless shelter, donating food or clothes, cleaning streets and parks etc (he mentions more in the video around minute 6:20 and talks about a volunteering meetup for a day or weekend).
What he's looking for is if there's an organization out there that can make this sort of vision a reality.
I couldn't think of any off the top of my head but I like the idea of it. I saw some of the comments on his Facebook page and one person mentioned creating a website to help organize it. I liked this idea and suggested using our forum as sort of a guide or template on how it could be structured. Our forum has a local support group function and a live chat function not to mention sections dedicated to News, and helping people online with their personal problems. So I think those would be great things to add for the website if something like this doesn't already exist.
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions you can comment on any of his pages personally or you can post your ideas and suggestions here and I will do my best to get them to him (he has almost 9 million followers so it may take a while for him to see any of our replies).
Anyway watch the video and let me what you think.
I follow a fair amount of people on YouTube but one person in particular, Markiplier, seems to do a lot more than just creating entertainment for the masses but also does a lot of charity work and recently made a new video titled "Changing the World." It's about doing more for our own and other communities and it's mainly trying to brainstorm on how to go about making the world a better place.
[youtube]Pt97EVNIcrU[/youtube]
With the internet we're able to reach people from all over the world and what he's doing and a lot of other people as well (including our own forum) is using the internet to our advantage to help other people. While we help people who suffer from IBD, he's interested in many issues including organizations like the Make a Wish Foundation, having t-shirts made and having the proceeds go towards a specific charity but this video is about doing more. It's about getting people more physically involved in communities through community service. This could range from helping the elderly to volunteering at say a homeless shelter, donating food or clothes, cleaning streets and parks etc (he mentions more in the video around minute 6:20 and talks about a volunteering meetup for a day or weekend).
What he's looking for is if there's an organization out there that can make this sort of vision a reality.
I couldn't think of any off the top of my head but I like the idea of it. I saw some of the comments on his Facebook page and one person mentioned creating a website to help organize it. I liked this idea and suggested using our forum as sort of a guide or template on how it could be structured. Our forum has a local support group function and a live chat function not to mention sections dedicated to News, and helping people online with their personal problems. So I think those would be great things to add for the website if something like this doesn't already exist.
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions you can comment on any of his pages personally or you can post your ideas and suggestions here and I will do my best to get them to him (he has almost 9 million followers so it may take a while for him to see any of our replies).
Anyway watch the video and let me what you think.
