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What are we?
How we started
Who are we?
Russian Orphanage Helped
What are we?
Challenge2Society has a very simple mission:  Inspire and Motivate the world to donate 1 Billion community service hours.

And while our vision is simple, it will take work to achieve it.  This site is a work in progress; it will allow us to gather as a community and find those causes that we are passionate about.

Please log on and get started, your time is valuable.
How we started The idea for Challenge2Society to inspire and motivate people has it roots in the USMC's Toys-For-Tots (T4T) program. For the years 1995-7, Steve Gardner (GySgt Gardner) was running the T4T program for roughly 1/3 of Virginia, and was able to partner with radio DJ Slam Duncan.

In the photo you see a RV suspended by a crane, where Slam and Steve broadcasted 24 hours a day asking the people of Roanoke to donate bikes; and Steve, Slam and Neil standing in the sea of donated bikes.
Who are we? Challenge2Society- is simply put, everyday people; It is you, me, your neighbor, your Neighbor's 15 year old child, and the retired school teacher that lives next to you.

Challenge2Society is all of us that still feel the desire to help; Although sometimes we simply don't know how to..

Chalenge2Society is without boundaries; we embrace the world's causes as easily as we help with the local book drive.
Russian Orphanage Helped Orphanage receives toys and hope... In July 2007, I had a chance to help a friend-  On this particular occasion I was studying Russian at Moscow state university (Moscow, Russian Federation) and a friend's son (who with his two brothers, was adopted from a Russian Orphanage about two hours drive of Moscow) wanted to try and find his birth-mother after ten years. So I offered to help any way that I could. Little did I know that this would be the catalyst to start the Challenge2Society Site.  

How do I start? (click the links below)

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We have been working so hard and need caffeine to survive, if you like our services then please buy us a cuppa coffee to keep things going.

Challenge2Society - A work in progress

Hey,Its Feb 6, 2010.  Snow is covering much of Virginia as I type this... { Really think this should end up being a blog section of the site, Vs main page material; however the site statistics are showing quite a few new members to the site} Thought I'd reach out to them...

So, the vision I had when I set up this site was to have a place where the world can come and find ways to help others, based on how a person would like to volunteer his/her time.  I.e. If your the type of person who wants to go walking on a beach picking up trash or finding ways to help tutor people in Math, or wanted to find a volunteer opportunity in the place you are planning on taking your vacation; then this is the site for you. (its just taking quite a while to get it fully up and running).

 

So, what i would like for people to do is send me an email, letting me know what you thing would be good additions to the site (my first priority is to finish up the volunteer by location and job type sections first)-

Would love to read about all your ideas as well.

Now, I'm off to get a coffee, and start finishing some of those items...

To greater success,


Steve

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