Welcome to the Tweed Trends podcast. Hey, Evette, what's trending today? Hey, I'm Evette, hey girl. And you are tuned in to Tweed Trends.
It's the quickest way to find out what's trending today. Welcome back to Tweed Trends, friends. Today is National Disabilities Day, or also known as National Persons with Disabilities Day, and it's also Giving Tuesday. So both of these are just as deserving.
So what I decided to do was to do a mashup of both. So I'm gonna have one segment about National Disabilities Day and the other's gonna be about Giving Tuesday. And then the third segment is going to be a little bit of both. So you know how this goes.
Let's get started. You have got to check out this website. It's givingtuesday.org. It is absolutely my favorite website now as of today.
So Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world, right? And so Giving Tuesday, the actual holiday, I guess you can call it, was started to encourage people to do good. So why not have a website out there to put you in direct contact with groups and organizations that are out there making a difference? So now get this.
The website has a what's happening near MeLink. Now I put in my location and found 27 opportunities to volunteer or donate in my city alone. So it's not even including the surrounding areas, just within my city. I found 27 opportunities, which I thought was absolutely awesome.
It also has resources, ideas, a complete toolkit for organizations. And if you share your story and their hashtag, my Giving Story Contest, you could win up to $10,000 to give to your favorite nonprofit. But you got to get in soon because I think that ends today. But you know, everyone has something that they can give.
Yes, even you have something that you can give. It doesn't have to be money. It can be time, your voice as an advocate. If you have goods that you can supply, your kindness, your talents.
Hey, you can even do some little things on your own, just buy yourself like leave kind notes on car doors at the hospital. Now, our recommendation for that would be like a sticky note, that you can go buy real quick and just stick it on the window and keep it moving. Don't get creepy with it, okay? Nothing long.
A smiley face, have a great day, hope you're feeling well, you know, nothing big. But outside of that, you can clip coupons from the newspaper and like tape them to the shelves where those items are in the store. Takes nothing to do that. And I've actually seen that before.
And I don't know what I thought. I was just kind of like, oh, look, it must be my lucky day. And think about the fact that somebody actually had to clip that coupon. But you can give a flower to a stranger or give a local business an honest review.
You can paint rocks with positive quotes on it, leave them in cool places for people to discover or do something like go out to eat and then tip your server like generously. Like give them a 30% tip. You know, just little tiny things, tiny little tidbits here and there. All add up to something huge when we all get together and support and do good in our community.
True or false, depression, bipolar disorder, and dementia are all categorized as disabilities. True, a disability can be a broad range of physical conditions, chronic health problems, and mental health issues. Some disabilities are clearly visible while others cannot be seen or detected at all. So with that in mind, let's assume that everyone we come in contact with is a disabled person.
Honestly, I feel that in one way or another we all are. So seriously, work with me with this. So being mindful of everyone's disability, let's go over some housekeeping rules on how to talk to and interact with one another. Number one, it is not okay to say that someone suffers from their disability.
They live with their disability or have said condition, but they don't necessarily suffer from it. Because that's a really bad image that you put in your head if you say someone is suffering from something. So rather than that, they just need the appropriate adjustments or the right support to be able to thrive, which is why we have things like the ADA in place. They tell us, hey, fix this so that people in wheelchairs can gain access to your building.
Do this so that this can help someone actually get around and be able to do things like everyone else. Number two, it can be very patronizing to look at someone who has a disability and say that they are amazing or so inspirational. And really, they're just like you and me. They're getting along in the world.
So the next time you consider saying something like that, ask yourself why? Why are you saying that? And if you don't have an answer, then don't say it. Third, ask for permission to pet service animals.
When you see them, those animals are working. Sure, he's a cute fluffy furry dog and you just want to just rub your face all over him. But that dog is working. Let him do his job.
Just like it's in poor taste to caress the UPS driver when he or she drops off your packages. I don't care how cute they look in those little brown shorts. They do tend to look a little cute, but you can't just go rubbing up on them just like you should not go rubbing up on a service animal. Ask for permission.
To sum it up, just treat people how you would want to be treated. Stop and think. It's about respect for fellow human beings. Bottom line.
Last but not least is my mashup between international day of persons with disabilities and Giving Tuesday. And that middle ground is Mr. Rogers. He talked about feelings and kindness.
He talked about differences among people, anger, abandonment, isolation and pain. He gave comfort. He was an honest voice who considered the darkness and met it with hope. He recognized self-hatred and met it with compassion.
As a child, I didn't pick up on all of those things. But as an adult, I now understand why I loved watching Mr. Rogers so much. He inspired a world of kindness.
It's souls like that that we need now more than ever. Well, that's today's episode of Tweet Trends. Now that last segment, I kept it pretty short because I struggled to record that one. I cried a lot during that between singing some of the old songs for Mr.
Rogers and just reminiscing on the, oh gosh, I'm gonna cry again. So I'm gonna keep on moving. Do me a favor, head on over to Twitter and follow me at Hey Event. That's at HEY, E-V-E-T-T-E, or just look for the hashtag Tweet Trends.
Now, today what I need you to do is go to the website givingtuesday.org and check them out. Find some locations or organizations in your area that you can give back to. Another thing, check out the movie, A Beautiful Day in a Neighborhood with Tom Hanks. You know, and if you did already, do it again.
Why not? Just get out there and do good. Not just today though, every day. Get out there and be your best, do your best.
And even when your best isn't good enough for that day, know that if you wake up next, you have a chance to do it all over again. All right guys, have a good one, and I'll see you again on Thursday.