Jason Cooper is, professionally, an Online Community Coordinator for kaboom.org. Personally, he is a Detroit to DC transplant, and all around B.M.F. He secretly wants to be an internet celebrity.
I’m two for two!
Jerry, on Parks and Recreation is rocking his Operation Playground tee from the Pawnee, IN KaBOOM! playground build.
I only have a short window of appeal here so I will always try to make the most of it.
Messages continue to come across my dash of “I’m bored!” and plenty of rants of boring classes and professors and awful job-related existences. Please go out into the world or the Internet and find what interests you, what inspires you, and VOLUNTEER.
There is so much work to be done.
As the founder/executive director of two nonprofit orgs I ask you to: Be a “real” volunteer, and not a “faux volunteer” made mandatory from a sorority or fraternity or because employers favor it on your resume.
Be a PART of life. Volunteer. Make a difference. Volunteer…Because you CARE. Because you CAN.
Thank you.
notforpublicconsumption
Why not try building a playground? Find a playground project in your hood.
This happens at KaBOOM! at least once a year. Last year, a little girl raised $1,000 selling paper fans to people in her church and donated it to KaBOOM!. Kids are a-m-a-z-i-n-g.
Children can be amazing.
jen22201:Definitely awesome
One of the greatest donations we’ve ever received.This is so awesome.
Thanks to everyone who already has, but voting ends tomorrow on my SXSWi panel. Get the deets and vote here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/5017. Its a hot panel! Literally, its trending in the top 60.
This is your chance to get on the ground floor of my rising star! You can say you knew me when I was just a kid with a Tumblr, a national non-profit that envisions a great place to play within walking distance of every child, and a dream!
Or you can blame me for helping SXSWi jump the shark— either way, go vote now!
The panel is called Can Double-Clicking Change The World? Slacktivism 101 and it addresses whether particpating in social media and communities is “true activism”.
Its an important debate and I’m really proud to have been invited to speak on behalf of KaBOOM!.
First Lady Michelle Obama Teams Up With KaBOOM! (via kaboomplay)
President Obama’s call to service
Volunteer this summer. A few ideas to get you started:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit
To look for other volunteer opportunities or to organize service projects, visit serve.gov or volunteermatch.org
May I also add unitedweserve.kaboom.org?
Really proud at how this video turned out for a major campaign my work is running for the next few weeks. Check it out and then go to kaboom.org/100000 (via kaboomplay)
