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I know everyone is asking for things at this time of year. It’s a lot! But….you guessed it…. I will ask too…. Indegenous Health at Abbotsford Reginal Hospital needs any warm clothing items (gently used please). Jackets. Hats. Scarfs. Mittens. Gloves. Sweaters. All sizes from kids to adults. If you can clean out your closets you can help some folks stay warm! Drop off donations to Fraser Valley Heath Care Foundation. It’s right behind the information desk in the main entrance of Abbotsford Regional Hospital. Thank you in advance for your generosity! Happy Holidays To my contacts…. Please spread widely in Fraser Valley area. Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation Corina C. Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre Leslie Gmur Liz Harris Abbotsford Canucks City of Abbotsford Simrat Cheema

Zions Bank donated $50,000 to Birds for Sofia! We were able to sit down with their team last week and talk about all the good that has been accomplished this year alongside the excitement of what 2024 will bring. More has already been done than what was ever imagined possible, but we are still looking at how we can help at an even higher scale. We are so grateful for their partnership and their support of kids internationally who need life-saving medical treatment. Thank you Zions and your incredible team for your investment in community!

My top post for 2023 Proud to say it has nothing to do with me. It's a repost. Humanity for the 2023 WIN! Wow... Just WOW! Thank you Derik Timmerman! ---- This hairstylist had a job he was paid to do. Beyond the job, he had the same options every other cause-driven compassionate human being has for comforting someone who is struggling. Maybe think of these options as "Levels of Sacrificial Giving." Each level requires a bit more sacrifice on the part of the giver, thereby imbuing the act with an increasing measure of beauty. LEVEL 1: WORDS Saying something genuine to affirm the sufferer's enduring worth. LEVEL 2: UTILITY Supplying helpful goods, services, or money for the sufferer's use. LEVEL 3: TOUCH A tender gesture to inhabit the same physical space as the sufferer. LEVEL 4: TRANSFER A permanent exchange from giver to sufferer (e.g., organ donation). LEVEL 5: CO-SUFFERING Voluntarily joining the sufferer to share the experience of their pain. Being a nonprofit leader means trying daily to reconcile the tension between a fundamentally selfish world and a deeply hurting world. At the two ends of the spectrum are people with surplus and people in need. Residing in a middle zone are the givers, those who bridge the two ends of the spectrum by one or more of the above Levels of Giving. And a sparkling few, the reason I do what I do with nonprofits, are the Level 5 Givers. The ones who venture into the suffering end of the spectrum to join the sufferer without a second thought. This hairstylist is a Level 5 Giver. I've come to learn that no ironclad argument exists for convincing someone that Level 5 Giving is worthwhile or even rational. The beauty of an act of Level 5 Giving either pierces you in a life-changing way or it doesn't. My hope for you and me is that this act, or another like it, so pierces us that we level up our giving in a world that is groaning louder and louder for it every day. Love, Derik Timmerman Sparrow Nonprofit Solutions & Grant a Dream Foundation

Some of you may know The Physics Girl, Dianna Cowern - one of the world's most popular science YouTubers, with over 3 million followers. Due to a Covid infection, she developed very severe Long Covid and ME/CFS - one of the world's worst diseases by health-related quality of life. She now exists 24/7 in a darkened room, in solitude, rarely able to move. To showcase the devastation & raise money for these diseases, she will be bravely live-streaming a day of this life on her YouTube channel with her husband's help - starting from 6.45am Pacific Time. If you were a fan of Dianna's videos, please consider tuning in or donating to the Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) who are at the forefront of releasing 70m+ people globally from a suffering that can hardly be believed. Show your support: https://lnkd.in/eYfepSYm Thank you 💙

My top post for 2023 Proud to say it has nothing to do with me. It's a repost. Humanity for the 2023 WIN! Wow... Just WOW! Thank you Derik Timmerman! ---- This hairstylist had a job he was paid to do. Beyond the job, he had the same options every other cause-driven compassionate human being has for comforting someone who is struggling. Maybe think of these options as "Levels of Sacrificial Giving." Each level requires a bit more sacrifice on the part of the giver, thereby imbuing the act with an increasing measure of beauty. LEVEL 1: WORDS Saying something genuine to affirm the sufferer's enduring worth. LEVEL 2: UTILITY Supplying helpful goods, services, or money for the sufferer's use. LEVEL 3: TOUCH A tender gesture to inhabit the same physical space as the sufferer. LEVEL 4: TRANSFER A permanent exchange from giver to sufferer (e.g., organ donation). LEVEL 5: CO-SUFFERING Voluntarily joining the sufferer to share the experience of their pain. Being a nonprofit leader means trying daily to reconcile the tension between a fundamentally selfish world and a deeply hurting world. At the two ends of the spectrum are people with surplus and people in need. Residing in a middle zone are the givers, those who bridge the two ends of the spectrum by one or more of the above Levels of Giving. And a sparkling few, the reason I do what I do with nonprofits, are the Level 5 Givers. The ones who venture into the suffering end of the spectrum to join the sufferer without a second thought. This hairstylist is a Level 5 Giver. I've come to learn that no ironclad argument exists for convincing someone that Level 5 Giving is worthwhile or even rational. The beauty of an act of Level 5 Giving either pierces you in a life-changing way or it doesn't. My hope for you and me is that this act, or another like it, so pierces us that we level up our giving in a world that is groaning louder and louder for it every day. Love, Derik Timmerman Sparrow Nonprofit Solutions & Grant a Dream Foundation

My top post for 2023 Proud to say it has nothing to do with me. It's a repost. Humanity for the 2023 WIN! Wow... Just WOW! Thank you Derik Timmerman! ---- This hairstylist had a job he was paid to do. Beyond the job, he had the same options every other cause-driven compassionate human being has for comforting someone who is struggling. Maybe think of these options as "Levels of Sacrificial Giving." Each level requires a bit more sacrifice on the part of the giver, thereby imbuing the act with an increasing measure of beauty. LEVEL 1: WORDS Saying something genuine to affirm the sufferer's enduring worth. LEVEL 2: UTILITY Supplying helpful goods, services, or money for the sufferer's use. LEVEL 3: TOUCH A tender gesture to inhabit the same physical space as the sufferer. LEVEL 4: TRANSFER A permanent exchange from giver to sufferer (e.g., organ donation). LEVEL 5: CO-SUFFERING Voluntarily joining the sufferer to share the experience of their pain. Being a nonprofit leader means trying daily to reconcile the tension between a fundamentally selfish world and a deeply hurting world. At the two ends of the spectrum are people with surplus and people in need. Residing in a middle zone are the givers, those who bridge the two ends of the spectrum by one or more of the above Levels of Giving. And a sparkling few, the reason I do what I do with nonprofits, are the Level 5 Givers. The ones who venture into the suffering end of the spectrum to join the sufferer without a second thought. This hairstylist is a Level 5 Giver. I've come to learn that no ironclad argument exists for convincing someone that Level 5 Giving is worthwhile or even rational. The beauty of an act of Level 5 Giving either pierces you in a life-changing way or it doesn't. My hope for you and me is that this act, or another like it, so pierces us that we level up our giving in a world that is groaning louder and louder for it every day. Love, Derik Timmerman Sparrow Nonprofit Solutions & Grant a Dream Foundation