"How Steemit Is Impacting The Lives Of Those Who Need It Most." - Being The Change I Want To See In The World! (2)

Some of you may remember that about five or six weeks ago I wrote a post titled, 'Being The Change I Want To See In The World!!' The intention of the post was to demonstrate that each and every one of us has the ability to use the steemit platform to make a positive difference in someone else's life.

It was a very simple idea.

I would wake up early every morning, go out into my local city and collect the litter from the streets and roads that others had ignorantly discarded with no regard for anyone else or the environment we all share. Having done this and documented my doing so by taking before and after photos, I would then make a post for steemit and all of the liquid rewards I managed to get from the post would be used to help someone less fortunate than myself and not in a position to help themselves.

If you would like to read the original post you can click on the link below.

https://steemit.com/steemit/@tonyr/being-the-change-i-want-to-see-in-the-world

As you can see from the screenshot above, the post did pretty well, though a big part of its success came from the fact that it was posted just before hardfork 19 and as such was fortunate to receive a greater reward than it might have otherwise.
The post received just under 70 SBD in liquid rewards which, when sold for BTC and then GBP, came to around £100.

So what did I do with this £100??

I would like to introduce you all to my new friend, Casper!

Casper has been homeless for about nine months, since before Christmas 2016.

Since then, he has been living life on a day to day basis trying to come up with the £15 per night it costs him to stay in a homeless shelter. He does this not by sitting there with his hand out or an outstretched arm with a cardboard cup at the end of it but by doing what he enjoys, creating art for others.

Rather than simply begging, as many homeless and not so homeless people do, he tries to provide value to others who would try to help him by creating little works of art which he then sells or offers in exchange for a small donation. I think this is an extremely admirable way of supporting himself through what I'm sure is a very difficult and lonely time in his life and that is why I have chosen him to receive the rewards that I received from my post.

With your help, I would very much like to help Casper get back on his feet.

Today I spoke with my new friend and explained to him a little bit about steemit and how I felt that it would be a very good idea for him to join the site and start posting some of his artworks as well as anything else he might want to share, such as the story of how he came to be homeless or his experiences of being so. I assured him that everyone on steemit was very friendly and supportive and I assured him that he would have my support 100% if he chose to sign up but it is not my place to force anyone to do anything or make demands of someone that I am trying to help.

I gave him the £100 that I had from the rewards of the post and suggested that he invest in a cheap smartphone from which he could join steemit and make posts via esteem if needed.

I told him about my own contest, #ltdwf and suggested he take part in it as a way of earning some rewards. I introduced him to the colorchallenge and let him know that this was something he would be able to start posting with straight away as well as his own art. I gave him my phone number and told him that I planned to continue helping him for as long as is I could but that help will ultimately depend on how much he wants to help himself..

I have no idea whether Casper will choose to join steemit or not. I sincerely hope that he does as I feel that the platform has the potential to change his life in a positive and considerable way. At the end of the day though, it will be his decision and regardless of whether he signs up or not, I will continue to support him in any way I can and for as long as is needed. Tomorrow morning, I will resume my litter picking and will be posting my before and after photos for everyone to see. If you feel like what I am doing is valuable and worthwhile and you would like to help my friend Casper get his life back on track then I would ask you to consider upvoting (at 100% if possible) and resteeming this post and future posts to all of your followers. All of the liquid rewards from this post and from this series of posts which will all be titled 'Being The Change I Want To see In The World!' will go to Casper until such time as he is able to take back control of his life and at that time I will focus my attention on someone else who is in need of help.

I would like to finish by thanking everyone who voted on the original post over a month ago now, both from myself and on behalf of Casper. As I said in my original post, I would also be very happy to help and support anyone else with a similar plan to help others using steemit so if you have one, please let me know.

I usually let the banner at the botton of my page do the asking for me but on this occasion I feel no embarrassment in asking you to 'upvote' and 'resteem' this post if you believe it is something that your followers would be interested in supporting.

Thank you all so much for your time. Have an excellent day!!

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