Monday, July 30, 2007

Philanthropy

Philanthropy is beautiful, no matter what form it comes in. One of my favorites is of course monetary philanthropy. In Japan, some person or group of people are dropping off cash in peoples mail boxes, and in bathrooms, among other places. There may even be "copycat" philanthropy occurring around the area.

How neat!

A while ago I found an article about a man, Larry Stewart, who finally came in from the cold on his numerous acts of secret philanthropy. Over his years as a public servant, he is estimated to have given out millions to complete strangers. He explained it all started when he met a waitress who looked like he was having a bad day. He handed her a larger than average tip, and she began to cry and thank him, saying "sir, you have no idea what this means to me". You can read the full story here at wiki.