Name: 【TEDx】TEDxSantaCruz: Lori Butterworth - Sustaining Compassion: A Nonprofit Story
Uploaded: 2014-06-17T06:47:37.000Z
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beautiful friend of mine was getting married.

So I was going to the wedding and I had to buy a wedding gift.

But what do you buy for someone who has everything?

So instead of buying something that I couldn't afford and they didn't need,

instead I sent them a card committing to volunteering 1,000 hours

at the Children's Hospital in honor of their marriage.

I thought that was pretty cool. I was feeling like a real good person.

Looking for a bumper sticker for my Mom's car

So I went to the first day of training and one of the very first things we did

We went up this elevator to the children's cancer floor

and when that elevator door opened and I saw the children

those cancer patients, my throat started to hurt

I didn't have the emotional capacity to handle it

And then about 3 years later I came home from work

and our answering machine was flashing full of messages.

Saying that Jacob, the fun vibrant 5 year old son

of our dear friends had been diagnosed with a very deadly form of cancer.

And he was being admitted to that same children's hospital.

So I went back and went up that elevator again

but this time when those doors opened what I saw was not a cancer patient

I saw a little boy, a little boy that I loved.

And I saw a Mom, another Mom, so I sat down and I said

"What are you immediate concerns?" And she said

"I cannot leave him alone to go through this by himself in the hospital.

we will lose our insurance and we won't be able to pay our bills.

So I thought and I decided then that I would use the one skill

that I learned really, really well in college

And everybody came because everybody was look for a way to help

we raised enough money for her to quit her job

and be with him for the entire year of his treatment.

But there was a little piece left and that was the payment

and she and her new husband anonymously wrote a personal check

That day at that party Jacob's mother stood up

and said words that would change my life and the lives of thousands.

I remembered someone saying that God never

And I never thought I could believe that again.

But what I've learned is you can handle anything

I left that party so inspired by what she said

and thinking about the other children, the other parents on that floor

This was a woman, she had lots of degrees

and she had a big business suit with big shoulder pads

the paperwork alone would overwhelm you."

serving hundreds of families of children with cancer every year.

And I've got to to tell you, the medical experts

and he just graduated from High School last week.

and I've gone on to start two other nonprofits.

Because in spite of our imperfections - and there are many -

than any corporate social venture or government program can possibly do.

And each of 1.6 million nonprofits in this country

started with a story very similar to the story I just told you.

A story that defined a mission and engaged a community's generosity

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【TEDx】TEDxSantaCruz: Lori Butterworth - Sustaining Compassion: A Nonprofit Story

applause

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compassion

inspire