Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people. - Steve Jobs

YES. And if you partner up with amazing people, you're half way there!

With the Red Cross Lanzarote I've found more than a partner for my project. I've met the perfect match.

Here's to strong business partnerships and corporate success!

@surfermarly during the last surf event, wearing her new Steemit-branded shirt - ©️ picture taken by the President of the Red Cross Lanzarote

The Red Cross is on Steem fire!

Since I got in touch with the Red Cross Lanzarote to make my charity idea happen, they're completely enthused about everything that has to do with the Steem network.

Obviously I didn't miss a single opportunity to let them know where the fundings for our project came from. In the end they were the ones who started to take pictures of my Steemit-branded t-shirts, aiming to provide me with the corresponding promotion space in their own social media channels.

It's been a journey based on trust right from the start.

If people like you, they will listen to you. If they trust you, they'll do business with you. - Zig Ziglar

The fact that we share the very same idea of charitable, social commitment was the beginning of a wonderful cooperation.

Now listen: The President of the Red Cross Lanzarote told me that they'd showcase the Steemit initiative @dreamsoftheocean. From now on they will feature the Steem backed charity events in their future meetings with representatives from other associations of the Red Cross all over the world!

The Red Cross Lanzarote featuring my Steemfest presentation on their Facebook page

Transcription of the Facebook feature:

Our charity surf activities (where the blogger @surfermarly donated surf lessons to 48 kids from families that were selected by the Red Cross Lanzarote) broaden their horizon: on beginnings of November Marlene presented the project 'Dreams of the Ocean' (Sueños del Mar) at the conference Steemfest which took place in Lisbon, Portugal, and where she animated other people to do similar projects in their countries... About 300 bloggers, developers and investors that came from 38 different countries participated in the event. 1.900 users saw the presentation online since then. The presentation had a significant impact: since then the related account has received more donations to finance other social projects in the future.

On the pictures we can see @surfermarly during her presentation, some charts shown on the screen as well as Marlene posing with Ned Scott @ned (Co-Founder and CEO Steemit, Inc.). Thank you very much Marlene, our appreciation isn't much compared to the special moments you gave to these kids... 🏄‍♂️🏄‍♀️🏊‍♂️ 🚑 😘

The Steem backed initiative @dreamsoftheocean will be considered as a showcase on an international level.

That is surely much more I could have ever asked for!

Now the idea will be spread around the world and we'll be able to create a movement.

Under the umbrella of 'Dreams of the Ocean', we're planning to excecute multiple social events involving kids in need.

Talking about incredible people... I want to gratefully thank the people who have donated their valuable tokens to our wallet during the past days!

Thank you @jaybird, @pennsif, @voronoi, @juanmiguelsalas and @felander who even published another article about the initiative in his blog. You guys rock!!!

Also I'd like to thank everybody who has contributed to the cause by upvoting, commenting and sharing our content! Please don't stop doing it :-)

We've got already some great plans regarding our next activities. That's something we'll talk about in the next blog post. Stay tuned!

The dreamers

Thanks for your valuable time!
This blog aims to finance
the charity project
called "Dreams of the Ocean",
an initiative that supports kids in need
through water sports activities.
Let's make this world a better place!

Original content. Quote found on slideshare.net.