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“Be The Change You Want To See In The World.” –Ghandi

Payitforwardmn.com is your opportunity to share the inspirational story of how someone bestowed a random act of kindness on you, or how you in turn paid it forward yourself. This is a true chance to hear (and read) good news and renew our faith in the human spirit. These signature “Pay it Forward” cards have traveled the world and made positive differences in the lives of thousands across the globe.

You can purchase your own simple gift packs containing everything you need for doing random acts of kindness for others. Great for teacher gifts, class projects, sell them as fundraisers for youth groups or anyone in your life that wants to make positive differences in the world.  A donation of 50% of each item sold will go to the Pay It Forward Foundation. (Discounts available on multiple orders.)

How Does It Work?

It’s Easy…

  1. An Act of Kindness Was Bestowed Upon You
  2. You Do The Same For Someone Else
  3. Send The Pay It Forward Card Secretly With Your Act
  4. Kindness Multiplies and has a Ripple Effect on The World
  5. One Day This Card May Find Its Way Back To You!

Make Today Count! Pay It Forward!

The Pay It Forward philosophy was penned in a book written by Catherine  Ryan Hyde, and later made into a major motion picture. It is an action plan within a work of fiction that has become a real-life social movement...

The teacher & protagonist in the book Pay It Forward starts a movement with this voluntary, extra-credit assignment: Think of an idea for world change and put it into action. Trevor, the 12-year-old hero of Pay It Forward thinks of quite an idea. He describes it to his mother and teacher this way: "You see, I do something real good for three people. And then when they ask how they can pay it back, I say, don’t pay it back, pay it forward.  To three more people, each, so nine people get helped. Then those people have to do the same and twenty-seven people are helped."  He turned on the calculator and punched in a few numbers... "Then it sort of spreads out ... to 81, then 243, then 729, then 2187.  See how big it gets!”

Sometimes we feel that there is nothing we can do, but small acts of kindness can reap enormous results.

For additional opportunities to PAY IT FORWARD… visit www.create-a-stir.com/pay_it_forward.html. Check out how you can buy wonderful gifts for your little loved ones, while supporting the many important charities. The products & partners will change from time to time, but the purpose will always remain the same...to sell product to help others in need...no strings attached. Just paying it forward, one click at a time.

Is today your day to pay it forward? Have a wonderful day filled with little miracles!

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Learn How Others Are “Paying It Forward”
Share your “Pay It Forward” Story

I have been carrying Reneé's PAY IT FORWARD (PIF) cards in my purse for over a year. It is such a joy to share them. The most recent occasion happened a few weeks back when I was at the local grocery store and kept running into this young father with his small daughter (perhaps 4-5). It was obvious that these folks did not have an easy time financially; what they had in their cart was pretty meager. Odd that I kept passing them in various aisles and would overhear their conversations in which the little gal would ask for something and her father would reply, “we just can’t get that today, Honey.” Bless her heart, she never fussed. And, wouldn’t you know it – they ended up right in front of me at the checkout? Once again I heard the little gal ask her dad if she might have the big balloon that was floating overhead, attached to the till. It really was quite magnificent…a brightly colored butterfly with an impressive wingspan and the words printed, YOU ARE LOVED! How this little gal wanted it! However, the price tag had $12.99 on it and the father could hardly find the $18.62 for his groceries. It was about that time that my little PIF card jumped from my hand to his as I told him my intentions. I was thrilled to purchase not one but TWO balloons (after all, butterflies like to have company). I simply told the young man - someday when he was able to do something for someone else to remember the butterfly incident…and to pass along the PIF card. The last I saw the little girl, she was literally dancing in the parking lot of the grocery store with two butterflies soaring gracefully in the wind. How beautiful is that?
Kim Wagner

 


 

I was at Wal-Mart getting a pair of pants and belt for my new job I was starting. My debit card was not going through (probably due to no money in the account). I was about to go out to my car for some cash when a lady behind me said she would pay for my stuff. I told she didn't have to and I had money but she insisted on paying for it. I was truly blessed for this and immediatly called my mom to let her know. I don't know who the lady is but all I can say is "THANK YOU!! SO VERY MUCH!!"
Matthew Krueger

 

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