GCSS Community Events

by Eric Pudalov, Community Events Coordinator

Are you all familiar with "Causes" on Facebook? If so, you can skip the next paragraph. If not, read on:

"Causes," in a nutshell, are groups based on issues that people care about on Facebook. Among them are subjects like "Tibetan Freedom Movement," "Think Autism," and "Save Darfur." So it may come as no surprise that there is one called "Support Individuals with Developmental Disabilities," created by GCSS' own Evan Pearson.

Though this Cause has existed for awhile and has a number of members, it seems that it's been inactive as of late. Therefore, I'm working on attracting more people to the cause, as well as keeping it updated more frequently. At present, it has 551 members, which is great, but most are inactive or have only contributed once or twice at best.

If we all want to help this Cause to grow, you can assist in several ways:

1. Join using your Facebook account (assuming you have one)
2. Donate money to the Cause (if even just a few dollars)
3. Invite your other Facebook friends to join
4. Invite other people to join Facebook who might be interested

Granted, not everyone is going to donate money, and some people will be more active than others, but as we all know, that's the nature of the business. However, it seems that the more frequently a cause is updated, and the more awareness is created, the more active members become.

Please let me know if you have a Facebook account, so I can add you as a friend, for one, and hopefully get you to join the cause as well. In the long run, it will greatly benefit our jobs, as well as the clients we serve (if even in an indirect way).

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