It would be hard to stroke a check?it just wouldn’t be enough. But I do have something that I can give: my gifts, my talents…my time.

I started to run down the list of my particular set of talents: writing, song-writing, marketing, editing. What could I give? Then it hit me! The little marketing business that I started last year could be of some use. It didn’t have to reside on a URL that I had long since abandoned. I could open up the little shop and help, especially in this economy.

I will donate 100% of any proceeds that I receive from anyone who needs his/her resume revised. And this is the kicker – there is no minimum charge. It’s whatever you can pay. It doesn’t matter whether it’s $1 or $100. I’ll send it all to Haiti.

So, whether you’re shopping for a new job, or you just want to dust that old resume off and get it updated, I’m your huckleberry. Just send your contact information through the contact form on my business website. We’ll discuss the payment that you can afford and 100% of those proceeds will go to Haiti disaster relief.

You can help others by helping yourself.

We started with nothing but an invitation. We came home with a new experience and a jewel that we had never known existed. That’s the beautiful thing about life:  there’s always something new. We just have to be willing to give AND receive.

I read a really fantastic article in today’s New York Times. A woman, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, received an interesting RX: give a gift a day for 29 days and live a healthier life. She didn’t have to spend money. Some of her gifts were just time, or a phone call, or a nice note to someone who needed it. She wasn’t cured, but her medical scans showed that her disease had stopped progressing. It appears that when we step outside of ourselves, we give our lives greater meaning. Studies show that altruism can be an antidote to stress.

The woman highlighted in the article now has written a book and also started a website: 29gifts.org. It seems like a simple principle and a very timely one, considering that the holidays are right around the corner.