A community stand is an action you commit to that makes a positive difference in another’s life. It is something that is completely outside of and with no direct benefit to you. Your reward for a community stand is that you feel good in providing service to others. A community stand can benefit one person or many. It’s about creating positive change while viewing humanity as one family, all connected, all sharing a beautiful home called Earth.

Community Service generally refers to a group of people getting together to serve another group of people during a one-time event. A stand, on the other hand, represents the individual acts of kindness that happen in your home, your community, or across the world, on a regular basis. While Community Stands involve service to others, they are also about connecting with someone, heart-to-heart.

It’s true. The more information we have, the more disconnected we become. We are overwhelmed with the bad news of the world, and are left feeling helpless. People often think, “There’s no way I can fix the world’s problems, so why even try”? The answer is simple. Every random act of kindness we make gets us that much closer. If everyone is making those same efforts, together we can change the world for the better. Long gone are the days when we could turn the problems of the world over to someone else. Instead, let’s be open to the possibility that the people we are waiting for are the ones staring back at us in the mirror. You can make a difference. Choose to take a stand in your community today.