Giving Steem needs help

If you are not aware of the Giving Steem initiative and you are interested, please check out these posts;

https://steemit.com/giving-steem/@benjojo/giving-steem

https://steemit.com/giving-steem/@benjojo/giving-steem-logo-competition

https://steemit.com/giving-steem/@benjojo/giving-steem-logo-competition-results

I am hoping that this initiative will grow because there is great abundance being created by Steem. Together, we have an opportunity to nurture a new kind of culture within the Steem economy. One based upon empathy and love. That is not to say that everyone deserves anything they want, or that someone successful must give everything away. Only that those who have abundance might choose to help others and recognise the incredible value in doing so.

If blockchains are teaching us anything about ourselves, surely it is that we are only as strong as our weakest link....so we must strengthen each other.

Part of this initiative is about helping Steemians, part of it is about showing us all what this technology is capable of. What the world might be in the future with networks like Steem is a vision so powerful, so awe inspiring, so beautiful, it takes the breath away.

So how can you help?

If you feel like doing so, commit some of your rewards to investing in Steemians who genuinely contribute to the Steem economy and need our support. If this is something you are interested in doing, feel free to contact me or just go right ahead and make a post about your intentions and insert the Giving Steem logo on all relevant post images.

If you are one of the great Steemit 'Readers,' have a solid reputation, a sound history of activity and you would be happy to alert me to any posts you think may be deserving of a donation from the Giving Steem initiative, I'd very much like to hear from you! I have some fairly obvious criteria that helps me to guide donation desicions;

1. Actively contributed to the Steem Economy for some time
2. Has made no direct contact
3. Has a relatively good reputation (taken in context with activity)
4. Has provided evidence of difficulty
5. Is vouched for by a reputable Steemian
6. Happy to update on progress, use of donation

The criteria are not set in stone, they are a guide and largely there to protect our precious Steem, the culture of Giving, the recipients to an extent and anyone involved in Giving Steem.

I wouldn't be able to manage a flood of posts to assess and I doubt my rewards would be able to keep pace, but three or four pointers a week would really help! I fear I'm missing Steemians who might benefit!

Let me know in the comments if you are a curator that may be able to help.

Thank you.

Happy Steeming