PAY IT FORWARD DAY

PAY IT FORWARD - JUNE 8th, 2012

Four years ago the Fort St. John Association for Community Living decided instead of just paying it back to this great city of Fort St. John for all they have contributed to our organization, they would start an annual Pay It Forward Day – a day in which all of Fort St. John could participate in.

Pay It Forward is a concept that started many years ago but really took effect when Catherine Ryan Hyde’s book ‘Pay It Forward’ became a movie. The concept is to do something good for three people and they then do something good for three more people and so it multiplies. The Pay It Forward concept is now worldwide.

This year FSJ Association for Community Living has joined with United Way, Women’s Resource Society, Friendship Society, SUCCESS, Pan African Caribbean Association, Northern Environmental Action Team, and the NP Cultural Centre to encourage businesses and the community of Fort St. John to join in and Pay It Forward on June 8th Pay It Forward Day.

There are many ways to Pay It Forward but we put our heads together to make a list of possible ideas:
Mow a neighbor’s lawn
Clean house for someone you know is laid up for a time
Prep food or make a meal for a busy mom
Bring flowers or cookies to the hospital for nurses to give to a lonely patient
Bring something for the nurses
Cookies or coffee to co-workers or a neighbor business
Watch kids for a friend/family
Show police, fire members, etc appreciation
Thank-you card to the garbage person, newspaper person, school bus driver or a teacher.
Give a random rose.
Sing (or a group of singers) for someone or a group/place.
Forgive a fine – if that is possible
Give money to an organization to pay for a fine
Donate food to the WRS or other food bank
Wash someone’s car

We will all be out and about on June 8th doing random acts of kindness. We encourage every business, organization and person to participate in the day with their own random (or planned) acts of kindness.

You are welcome to call me at 250-787-9262 ext 226 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.
 

Upcoming Events

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT with the FSJ Players and Friends on June 20th at The Lido  - A Celebration of Light & Comedy.

PAY IT FORWARD will be Friday, June 8th this year. We look forward to a day where people, businesses, and organizations in the City of Fort St. John spends a day doing random acts of kindness!

AGM and COMMUNITY LIVING AWARDS GALA will be on Thursday, September 6th this year.

OF THE VINE will be Saturday, October 20th, 2012.

So please Mark Your Calendars!!!!!

Removing barriers to see true contribution.

‘As we remove the barriers to their presence, as we connect with one another in relationship our communities, our families, and ourselves are transformed. It is in the melting of differences that a true miracle of human nature emerges. In this melting, a person with ‘needs’ becomes a giver instead of a taker, defined by their contributions instead of their deficiencies, half full instead of half empty.’

                                            -excerpt from The Healing Web    By Vickie Cammack

No More Barriers

Watch the "No More Barriers" Video by the BC Self Advocacy Foundation

No More Barriers