A special message from our Chief Idea Officer Michael Maher.

The subject of giving is something we take seriously around here at Cartology. We give personally, as a team, as a company both in our own communities and internationally.

We believe it’s important to be impacting those around us positively.

If you aren’t giving your hard earned money to any specific cause, well, you’re missing out.

To give is to be alive and to inherit all that was intended for you.

Is it karma❓

Do unto others as you would have them do to you.

The Go Giver anyone❓

Give and it shall be given unto you…

It doesn’t matter what you want to call it, when you give, there is an exchange of energy and a creation of something new that can only happen be created when one gives and another receives.

I’m not talking reciprocity peoples.

I’m saying give because you can. Pay no mind to the return.

You are impacting someone immediately and creating a small spark that ignites the smallest fire, that when tended to properly turns into a fire that creates another spark. 🔥 🙌🏼 🙌🏾

Where you choose to give should be important. Don’t give without doing your research. Where does your money go❓

If more corporatized NGOs have majority of the money going to overhead and CEO’s salaries, your $1 may end up only being $0.03 of impact instead of $0.79.

And yet something else incredible happens when you give. You complete the circle. You too have received something without the necessity of merit in your life and it’s in part because of THAT why you must continue to build the fire of kindness in humanity.

I give to International Justice Mission.

Why❓

While there are a many great causes out there, I can’t stand to think of another person being sexually or physically abused, often due to a lack of perceived value on their lives.

IJM is taking women out of working 14 hour days 7 days a week at brick kilns in India. 🧱

IJM is saving young boys off Lake Volta from risking their lives working all day long and diving into murky waters to retrieve caught fishing nets, dives that sometimes end in that child never reaching the surface again. 🐠

IJM is stopping young children from being sexually abused online by buyers in western countries solely seeking their own personal gratification. 💻

Give a gift today. 💝

You can give the gift of aftercare to children rescued from trafficking, help a woman start her own business and become financially independent, or fund a rescue operation.

THE best part…

If you give to IJM TODAY, your gift will be doubled up to $250,000‼️

Now that’s completing the circle.

One of the most important things you could do in your giving with IJM is to become a Freedom Partner. Becoming a Freedom Partner means you partner with IJM monthly to give $25 or more so that they can continue to #endmodernslavery in our lifetime.

I myself am a Freedom Partner and I love giving to IJM knowing it’s going to be super impactful to help girls like Esther in Ghana leave Lake Volta, and boys like Maarko come out of hiding and be freed from OSEC (Online Sexual Exploitation of Children), and girls like Lyna remain free from sex trafficking in Cambodia.

If you don’t give to IJM, that’s fine.

But pick somewhere to ignite a fire of kindness and change.

Do it now. Tomorrow’s never promised and neither is your potential to impact.

About the Author

Article written by Michael Maher

Michael is the Chief Idea Officer of Cartology, a custom done-for-you services agency helping brands grow revenue and become profitable on the largest marketplace in North America. He loves hanging with his wife and daughter close to the beach, great bourbon, R&B music, good coffee, and hanging around a fire. 🔥