The mission of ItStartsWith.Us is to make a positive impact in the lives of the people around us. This blog is the most publicly visible part of that mission, but we also have a team of individuals who take a more hands-on approach. The members of our group work behind the scenes to touch people’s lives in unique and meaningful ways each and every week. We have a group of thousands of people in dozens of countries who do the following:

• Participate in small weekly “missions” to help people out and make a difference
• Communicate with me and other members of the team via a private forum on this site
• Contribute to this site by adding ideas and suggesting stories to feature
• Remain as anonymous or as public as they choose

The time commitment to being in this group adds up to about 15 minutes a week. Missions are assigned via email, and consist of cool little things we do both online and offline to make a noticeable difference in someone’s life. It’s a small investment, but when you add all our efforts together, the result is huge.

Imagine what will be possible when this group reaches 20,000 members, which is my goal for May. Think about what would happen if our mission for the week was to write a brief letter of encouragement to a terminally ill child. We pick the biggest special-needs hospital in the country . . . and every child in that hospital gets 50 letters. What will every postal worker say when they deliver 20,000 letters to that hospital in a single week? What will all the staff members say when they see the effect on all the kids? What will all the family members say when they’ve been touched with such a demonstration of love from strangers? None of these people will ever forget what happened to them that week, and they will tell the story to others for the rest of their lives. And what did it cost you? 15 minutes and the price of a stamp.

As we grow, the news will spread via word of mouth and through major media outlets that there are thousands of people out there who care about others, and show their kindess in amazing ways. People will realize that it’s not just someone doing a good deed . . . it is that, but it’s also so much more. It’s a movement. And people will join a movement, especially for a good cause. The beautiful thing about this is that as more people join, more lives are touched, and pretty soon its reach is global.

And you know what? We just changed the world.

If you’re passionate about helping others and having fun, we’d love to have you on the team. We’re going to change the world . . . all in just 15 minutes a week.

If you’re interested, please sign up below. Of course I’ll never sell this list, spam you, or take advantage of you in any way, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Thanks,
Nate

p.s. If you’d like to learn more about a very, very easy and fun subgroup that gets big results, you may want to join us in dropping a Love Bomb on somebody. You can learn more here.