MY SHARE-A-SMILE PROJECT, JOIN ME!

I am really excited to introduce you to my new project which I have named the Share-a-Smile Project, or SAS for short. After blogging about appreciation and doing small things to make someone's day, etc., I decided that blogging just wasn' enough. It was time I took my talk and turned it into action. Since I am currently "between job opportunities" the amount of action I can take is financially limited. What to do?

What I came up with isn't a new idea, nor will it end hunger, bring world peace, or solve the health care dilemma. What I hope it WILL do is bring a smile to someones face. And boy can we use a few more smiles. In my area of the country I'm seeing fewer and fewer smiles. People are as hard hit here as they are everywhere and while we can't solve all the big problems maybe we can make someones day just a little lighter one small smile at a time.

Here's my plan.

I took a small amount of dollar bills and put each one in brightly coloured envelopes. Inside the envelopes I included a short blurb about what I was doing and asked those who found them to share back with me on this site where they found the envelope and what they did with the money, if they wanted to of course. I also put on the front of the envelope the message that a free gift was enclosed and it was money. Will I get much response? I hope so but even if I don't I'll still continue with my project. I put the first envelope out last night on a bench at a public park and now we'll see what happens. Since I'm going to be travelling back to my family for the upcoming holidays I'll have plenty of opportunity to share a smile in various states.
I'm inviting everyone to join in with me in the Share-a-Smile Community. Even though it is a small monetary investment, think how much fun it can be. I already have three other people who will do the same thing in three other states. If you're interested I have included the blurb I put in the envelopes below. Let's see how far we can take this!

As always, thanks for listening,
Lindy


(Envelope insert)
Hi there and congratulations, you have found one of the envelopes from the Share-a-Smile Project. This is your dollar to use any way you want: spend it, save it, or pass it on.

I started this project with just one goal, to get people smiling again. See, even George Washington is smiling and I hope you are too. If you wanted to share your smile back I would love it if you would please post a comment on my blog at www.shareasmileproject.com, and let me know the number on the envelope and what you did with the dollar. You can do this anonymously.

Most of all, have fun and thank you for not throwing this envelope away!