Larry’s Merry Christmas – Part I

Between my friends, family, clients and my awesome readers I was able to collect $340 for Larry’s Christmas fund.  Keep in mind that this was a totally spur of the moment, last minute thing.  You all gave that much between 9am and 5pm EST with no warning whatsoever.  That is really cool, you all deserve an applause.

Here’s what Larry got:

• $310 Gift Certificate to Target – he’ll be able to get far more than just socks
• $25 Gift Certificate to Barnes and Nobles – once the feet are good, we have to take care of the mind
• A copy of Rich Dad, Poor Dad for Teens – in addition to giving fish I wanted to do at least a little something to teach Larry to fish as he is pretty much on his own

My friend and client Steve brought Larry over to my house last night and we gave him the gifts. The look on his face was the greatest gift I could get.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.  You rock!

Oh, and just a few cool things about the collection process:

#1.  The VERY first person to send money via PayPal was my mentor Alwyn Cosgrove who lives in LA.  What a class act.  A lot of people think that you get to the top (he’s got a very successful gym, 2 mainstream books, dozens of other info products, and a whole lot of other businesses) by being mean to people or being selfish.  Alwyn is living proof that you do well by doing well.

#2.  A lot of times when I ask single people with full time jobs and no kids in their early 30’s for donations to various charities they say stuff like, “oh, let me see… No, I don’t have the money to help out.”

But when I ask my buddy Jon, who is a full time law student he ALWAYS says “yes” and puts his money where his mouth and heart are.  By the way, Law School is Expensive and tough!  Its not something you can do while you work full time.

To all my readers, thank you again.  Have a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, or non-holiday.  I’ll write to you soon.

P.S. We actually got a lot more money after the fact.  Mike Robertson gave a bunch himself and put it up on his blog, and decided to give out free hats and t-shirt to anyone who donated ANY amount of money via his blog.  What a guy!  I’ll talk to Steve to see how we can best put this to good use for Larry.

Josef Brandenburg is also the author of The Body You Want, and a Washington, DC based nominee for 2009 Personal Trainer of the Year from Personal Fitness Professional Magazine. Click here to find out more.