In case you missed it tonight a big chance that we took about a month ago ended up paying off big time. Daniel is sixteen and came to HODR looking to volunteer after he had been turned down by many other orgs...his dad was willing to sign the waiver so no big deal I thought... but Daniel wanted to work with us everyday for a month and his dad wouldn't be around...dad was even leaving the state.
I met with father and son and everything felt right so I agreed to let Daniel volunteer on his own... did I mention Daniel brought his family pick up truck for the duration...I think that should become a requirement.
Daniel ended up being a great long-term volunteer and team leader for us here in Iowa. He is loved by his fellow volunteers and had a great experience overall.
Tonight Daniel was featured on ABC‚s World News as the Person of the Week and in the process gave HODR what we gave him, a big chance. I think this is the biggest press coverage we have ever received. It was a long piece that told Daniel's story and showed exactly what he and other volunteers do everyday here in Iowa with us. We all know that we could cast the Person of Week story for the next 3,000 weeks straight... Daniel got picked and he carried the HODR flame well.
It makes me very proud to be part of an organization, whether we get national news credit or not, that gives people like Daniel the chance to help and make such an impact. Thanks for all of your hard work and your support of me, Project Cedar Rapids, and this ever evolving thing we call HODR.
Today we finished our 151st house gutting, welcomed our 1,000th volunteer (1, 048 by days end) and were part of a positive national news broadcast... let's have more days like this. Keep it up! Keep building HODR!
Read article and watch video here
Thanks
Bill
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