Welcome to the new and improved DurhamCares site and blog!
 
In this space over the coming months and years, we (Henry, David, Mike and Heather) are going to look to share some of our ideas and thoughts on Durham and the concept of caring.   We’re far from authoritative, but are excited about the things that we see going on around us and want to share them along with some thoughts about what we might all do to play an active role in transforming this city that we work in, call home and have come to love.
 
From time to time, we’re going to ask others to write as well……and that others includes you!! (cue the old picture of Uncle Sam).  We surely don’t have a monopoly on the good ideas and perspectives and we want to provide you with a platform to get your ideas out on how we all might care as well.
 
You’ll see that we already have several folks, from several walks of life that have already written and we’d very much like to have you do the same.  If interested, please e-mail us at care@bandwidthcares.org .
 
We have a good idea of some of the things that we’d like to talk about over the coming weeks, and so here’s a quick preview:

1. Challenge grants……our application of the idea that folks will give more money if they can see the return they get and if their money is used to reward excellent performance just as they see in their jobs.
2. Volunteering…..as you hopefully know by now, we take our inspiration from the Parable of the Good Samaritan and it’s lesson on the broader definition of neighbor.  Well, there’s another application of this parable as well…..one of the example of physical love shown by the Samaritan (he just didn’t leave a bag of money with the guy on the road, or pay someone to take him to the inn)….in this blog we’ll look more at the call for volunteers and our program to lead to more successful volunteering

We hope that you’ll stay posted (no pun intended) on what we’re up to, that you will tell a friend, and that you (and your friend) will take us up on our offer to share your viewpoints, experiences and perspectives as well.
 
Your neighbor,
 
Henry