A Six Year Old’s Sense of Injustice and the Power of an Online Community
Holy crap. Jon Acuff and the Stuff Christians Like blog community totally hijacked my day. Here’s the recap:
- Jon Acuff of StuffChristiansLike.net is inspired by his 6 year old daughter’s sense of injustice that there are hungry children around the world;
- Jon, still reeling from how many people have come to enjoy and support SCL gets an idea: leverage the power of the community to do something big for a charity;
- Jon reaches out to the community for inspiration as to what charity to work with;
- Jon settles on Samaritan’s Purse and works with them to coordinate the building of a kindergarten in rural Vietnam… all Jon needs is to raise $30,000.
Which brings us to today. This morning Jon shares his idea, asks the readers to support the project and raise the $30,000. Jon sets a goal of raising the funds by December 31 of this year.
Throughout the day, we watched as the donations came pouring in. No one expected to raise this much money so quickly.
This evening, sometime around 10:30 pm Eastern timezone, the total donations given in support of this project surpassed $30,000.
The Stuff Christians Like blog community raised over $30,000 for charity in 18 hours.
The StuffChristiansLike.net online community raises over $30,000 for charity in one day!
I’m am so excited to process this, synthesize what happened and share any insights. But for right now, I’m just going to sit back and enjoy the power of what Christ has done and how God has been and will continue to be glorified through it.
[Update:] We’re not done. The tremendous momentum built up yesterday can’t be just cut off, so Jon and Samaritan’s Purse are asking everyone to continue their support and raise another $30,000! That’s right, the goal is now to build two kindergartens for the people of Vietnam. Let’s do it!
Read the updated post here: http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/11/lets-build-a-2nd-kindergarten/
Click here to donate: https://www.firstgiving.com/scl
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This entry was posted on 11 9th, 2009 and is filed under Blogging, Fundraising, Kingdom, Missions, Schools, Social Media.
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"I’m just going to sit back and enjoy the power of what Christ has done and how God has been and will continue to be glorified through it"
Well said!
Thanks!
That is honestly my favorite ting about yesterday. That every single person who was part of it understands without a doubt that God was at work and no one dared to take any credit but, more so, delighted in giving God the glory. That's the kind of Christian I want to be and it's encouraging know there's a community that feels the same way… and doesn't take itself to seriously.