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Project 680

Revisiting goals I mentioned in January for 2013

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Let’s get real today. No appraisals, graphs or market trends. My first post this year listed out five business goals and five personal goals. So far I’m plugging away and aiming to meet all of them, though one in particular has not been going so well. If I do not do something right away, there is no way I am going to meet my goal to lose weight. In the beginning of the year I mentioned the need to drop 15 pounds (really it’s closer to 20), so now it’s time to take some action.

I posted this on Facebook two days ago:

my post on Facebook

I don’t know about you, but it seems much easier to meet goals when teaming up with others and making them public too. The response from my Facebook post was immediate and overwhelmingly positive, so there should be quite a few friends and business contacts joining up with this effort. Initially I did not want to manage another community emphasis, but I’m definitely game now that response has come through so strongly. Project 680 supports homeless students in the FCUSD, so it’s wonderful to be able to turn some fat into advocacy for local kids.

Charity Weight Loss: Does this resonate with anyone? Would you or your friends be interested to join? Maybe do this with your family, the office, church? This will begin September 1 and go through December 1, 2013. Visit the 90-Day Health Challenge on Project 680’s website.

By the way, how are your goals coming along this year so far? I’d love to hear about a goal you have already met or are close to meeting. Comments are welcome below.

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I support homeless students from “head to toe”

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I like what I do, but you’ll probably never catch me saying appraisals are my passion. What is my passion? Rooting for the underdog. That’s why I’m taking a break from real estate talk to announce Project 680’s “Head to Toe” drive for homeless students. Project 680 is a volunteer organization I help steer, and its work matters deeply to me. It’s sobering that local kids are living in some sketchy places right now and going without some of the basics – like adequate shoes and clothing. The “Head to Toe” drive is simply a response to help these students in relevant ways. It’s about the community finding a solution to a local problem.

I’ll donate $1 to Project 680 for every comment, Facebook share and tweet this post gets (up to $100). Thanks for spreading the word.

Check out a one-minute promo video below (or here) and read more about a few ways to get involved. It’s amazing what can happen when we get intentional as a community about responding to needs around us. Project 680 is looking for more people to get involved (churches, businesses, families, individuals, schools, etc…). What about you? Let’s join forces together.

Project 680

UPDATE: Thank you so much for spreading the news. This post was shared on Facebook about 30 times that I know of, tweeted 30-40 times (the button isn’t correct below) and fetched some comments too. I will cut a check for $100 at some point this week. It’s neat to see how we can share information and use social media to spread vision for a cause. Thank you everyone.

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Walking in a sense of vision by collecting socks

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Yesterday I took part in a big community event and I wanted to share with you the great joy of the results. After all the planning and networking for the Project 680 Foot Drive, I am very pleased to say we collected 2,706 pairs of new socks for homeless students in the Folsom Cordova Unified School District (FCUSD). The tally for financial contributions has not been calculated yet, and the number of socks will only rise in coming days too as donations trickle in (just like 150 pairs came in since I took a picture of the calculator app below).

This is great news for me to start the day and I am so pleased how the community came together to rally around a cause as basic as collecting new socks for homeless students. You can check out the Project 680 website or Facebook page for details and read some really great stories about community members making this happen.

We cannot easily solve some of the bigger problems we face in society, but when we put our hand to the plow we can often do small things to make a dent in real local issues. This is exactly what happened last night and this is often how change begins.

Have a wonderful day of life and business.

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2,983 pairs of underwear

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I’m elated to announce very successful results for the Project 680 Underwear Drive. Last night we had a finale BBQ and we counted 2,983 pairs of new underwear that were donated by the community for the sake of homeless students in the FCUSD. This effort was pulled off by a long list of so many community members, churches and businesses.

I’d like to personally thank Orange County Cellular, Coldwell Banker Steve Ostrom & Team, CTP Business & Personal Development Coaching,  Jenny Lundquist – Author, Market Small, Body Investment Studio, The Appraisal IQ, Janice McNally Appraiser & Vice-Mayor David Sander for responding to a specific vision from my company to team up to knock out a chunk of Project 680’s overall goal. It was so good to be a unified front for this vision and we did it together! Here is some footage from the finale BBQ last night. Enjoy.

“We can do no great things, only small things with great love” Mother Teresa

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