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Will You Lot Pace Up?

Remember that the happiest people are’t those getting more, but those giving more” - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

A major Category 4 Hurricane hitting the Corpus Christie expanse inward South Texas terminal Fri leaving a path of destruction.  The worst pelting event inward U.S. of A. history is currently impacting Southeast Texas in addition to directly other parts of the province every bit good every bit Louisiana.  Flood waters maintain to rising inward many parts of Houston. There is no means at this holler for that anyone tin laid about to approximate what the eventual harm volition hold upwards financially. Water isn’t the alone thing rising. I convey watched on the tidings in addition to seen firsthand land delivering supplies in addition to donations the ability of the human spirit.  People are rising upwards to confront this monumental challenge.  Not only Texas, but people from all over the province are stepping upwards to assist those inward need. Regardless of race, religion, politics, ethnicity, in addition to sexual orientation Houston is showcasing the best inward humanity.  We are seeing the same farther southward some Corpus Christie. 



People notwithstanding demand you lot help. Fellow Texan Kasey Bell penned an informative shipping service the other twenty-four hours detailing how you lot tin assist ALL areas of Texas that convey been impacted past times Harvey.  Please click HERE in addition to encounter all the options that are available.  Houston Texans star J.J. Watt has done an incredible project raising millions of dollars (donate HERE). Houston ISD inward exceptional needs assist for their students.  Check out this amazing letter from Los Angeles Unified School District, which outlines what HISD needs.  You tin also donate straight to the HISD Foundation. You tin also discovery a listing of schools all over the Houston expanse who demand assist HERE. If at that spot are links to what schools demand downward inward the Corpus Christie/Port Aransas expanse delight shipping service below inward the comments.

"The job of human life is to serve, in addition to to present pity in addition to the volition to assist others." -  Albert Schweitzer

I am currently working on a longer shipping service that outlines what I experienced during Hurricane Harvey these past times duet of days.  For days my identify unit of measurement in addition to I were trapped inward our abode surrounded past times overflowing waters.  No H2O got inward our home. We were lucky.  Once the tempest began the truthful ability of social media took hold. Friends, family, colleagues, in addition to connected educators used the medium to arrive at out.  Even people that I didn’t intend I had the strongest relationships amongst pose whatever differences they powerfulness convey had aside in addition to demonstrated empathy in addition to compassion.  With each message I teared up. Small gestures of kindness mattered to me in addition to they affair to others. I convey no job stating that I genuinely needed it because I did. Each message made a positive difference.

While existence trapped inward my abode I was able to pass a corking bargain of precious fourth dimension amongst my family.  At other times I took to social media in addition to utilized my large networks to cook greater awareness of the catastrophe taking identify correct earlier my eyes.  This is where a person's lens tin change.  I convey learned that Tweetdeck, my Twitter tool of choice, is both a approbation in addition to a curse.  On ane hand, it was corking to encounter in addition to then many people across my network offering words of support, prayer, in addition to compassion.  These messages were non only directed to me, but to others.  That is how social media should work.  

On the other hand, I saw silence. The ability of social media is squandered if it is non used to cook awareness in addition to people upwards during challenging times. Influence inward a box doesn’t affair much to those exterior of it.  Now is the fourth dimension to genuinely dorsum upwards all the verbalize most relationships, empathy, in addition to leadership on social media. Not everyone tin donate coin or hold upwards on mitt to volunteer.  We volition maintain to operate downward hither to address the physical needs of displaced families.  However, anyone tin shipping messages of encouragement, hope, in addition to support. I implore you lot to job your networks, influence, in addition to social media channels to cook to a greater extent than awareness every bit to the province of affairs downward here.  It alone becomes existent for some people if those amongst large followings start discussing it. It also provides an chance to deliver much needed emotional back upwards in addition to pity to people that genuinely demand it correct now.

Houston in addition to Southeast Texas are watching. Corpus Christie in addition to South Texas are watching. The basis is watching. We all convey non only an opportunity, but a responsibleness to job this amazing tool that many of us verbalize most professionally to create some existent good.  Sharing this shipping service is a start. Reaching out to educators in addition to schools to encounter what assist they demand or offering sort words is some other option. Will you lot footstep up? 

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