My friend Vinod Savanth is an animal lover with a heart as big as Texas. He treats his three dogs well and is a responsible pet owner.
He has a long commute, as many of us do. And on that commute, he frequently sees dogs and cats injured by cars.
Traffic is so heavy where he lives that no one stops to help.
If Vinod lived in my city, he could call animal control and a truck would come by and take the animal to the local pound or humane society.
Animals that don’t survive would be collected for sanitary disposal.
Vinod doesn’t live in my city, though. He lives in Bangalore in Southern India.
He took last week off from work to file paperwork to start a non-profit animal rescue service for his city, the first of its kind. WWW.K9CareService.org
He purchased and modified vehicles using savings and is implementing a plan that he put together over the course of several years.
Vinod is fulfilling a dream… and meeting a need uniquely suited to his gifts and passions.
What need do you see that is uniquely yours to fill?
Write a list of needs that you are passionate about.
Find an organization that services that need and give one week’s “coffee money” to that cause.
Ask that organization what volunteer opportunities are available where you could help.
www.volunteermatch.org is a great place to match your interests with needs.
Is there an unmet need that you have a huge passion about that no one else seems to be meeting?
Ask a related non-profit what it would take to help them expand their services.
What would it take to meet that need that your heart is connected with?
It may mean starting your own non-profit!
www.wikihow.com/Start-a-501c3-Nonprofit-Organization is an article that discusses the steps to create a non-profit.
By James Todd
