Connecting to Vets

On my way in to work this morning I heard this story on NPR about a new website that is helping private citizens meet unmet needs of our veterans.  A new website www.usatogether.org allows veterans to upload a profile and indicate particular needs such as a new washing machine or toys for their kids. The vets  have to indicate a need, but once they do people like you or me can select their profile and choose to donate that thing to help meet the need.

In times like these I think new social media tools like this beg the question of how do we apply this not only to veterans or to farmers or artisans in the developing world like Kiva.org, but also to struggling members of our own community? What about the single mother across town that recently lost her job and can’t afford her son’s inhaler?

Leave a comment and let us know how you would most like to help. We all know that we’re gonna need you.