Incredible "Pay if Forward" Attitude....

My name is Alicia, I am a 27 yr old female who is disabled and has a brain tumor. I struggle everyday with depression anxiety and panic attacks. I have little income coming in and had no car. One day I was searching for help on the internet about getting a prosthetic for my one hand. I came across a charity that helps gives cars away to those in dire need, At that time I needed medical attention had no way to the doctors or to get my health back on track, I signed up at the beginning of august last year on free charity cars. 3 days later I received the call from the charity that they had a car for me while in tears and total shock I was also joyful that I would have a way to the doctors and apts I needed to get too without any hassle. Well it's been over a year since that day and I have remained on the charity to help others talk with them and give them hope. It's amazing the kind words and thing's people say to me on there they call me an angel. Since a year ago I have done several things for this charity on my own without anyone telling me to I just feel passionate of helping others and passionate about helping the charity that helped me so since then I have pay it forward. Not only have a been one of the only few who have stayed after receiving my car to help others I have spread the word online and offline here is my blog I made for the charity http://babydoll0719.blogspot.com/ also to pay it forward I have a facebook page that is souly for helping the people on the charity and spreading the word about it in hopes to bring in recognition and awareness in which I hope happens as THE CEO Brian is my hero and the charity deserves it. They have given away 4,000 plus cars. You can also go to my story page on the charity itself to see what types of thing's I have done www.freecharitycars.org/babydoll0719 here is my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/aliciababydollang3l there you can also see my determination to make a difference to help others as much as I can. I also have went around to dealerships and promoted outside of the web in hopes to help others too. I truly believe I am paying it forward and love doing so. I would not change it for the world. I not only have met some wonderful people, members people I call my fcc angels/family. I am on a mission to pay it forward forever. Thank you for reading my pay it forward story hopefully my story will be selected thank you all so much! ~Alicia

Paying it Forward.... Join Me....

Charlie,

Great Mission Brother…Love the music…My FaceBook Page says “Paying It Forward…Join Me” which caught the eye of Melissa which suggested I look you up. I just Love the attitude that comes with paying it forward because it serves other people. I wanted to share my story which might be a little different than some. My motivation to pay it forward came from meeting 6 year old Brently Ginn. Brently had cancer and was to have a bone marrow transplant to save his life. His mother donated the bone marrow but the bone marrow rejected little Brent ( Graff verses Host Disease) shortly after, I met the little guy in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia South Carolina. I was introduced to young Brently by another young man named Troy Shaw, also fighting cancer. From the first day I met Brently, I knew we had a bond that couldn’t be beat. I was single at the time and hoped to adopt Brently when we had this whole cancer thing behind us. You see a sad part of this was, Brently’s mom and dad were not active in his life. Now he did have a grandmother that could not be matched…Peggy…wow what a grandmother. She had become Brently’s legal guardian. Over a nine month period I was able to visit him every day in the hospital experiencing both highs and lows with news we received. The news came that Brent may have used up his last hope…”there is nothing we can do” said the medical staff. Two weeks prior to losing Brently, he asked me one day in the sweetest southern accent possible, “Jimbo, what’s it gonna be like when I die?” As if I had to swallow a horse to speak…and I said…(visually looking at Brent you would see a swollen body, with multiple lines going in, and an ostomy bag.) Brent, do you remember playing at grandma’s house outside and she would call you for dinner? You would run up on the porch and she would take quick notice of your dirty body and hands. Grandma would tell to run and wash those hands before you could eat. After dinner you would settle in the Family room playing with toys where you might fall asleep. Grandma notices you’ve gone to sleep and taking a warm wash cloth begins removing all the dirt from your body. She takes off all your dirty cloths and puts clean pajamas and tucks you into your comfortable bed. Brent, when you were waking up the next morning you couldn’t believe you were in your bed, all of the dirt was gone, the dirty clothes were gone…everything seemed brand new. That’s what dieing is going to be like. When you wake up all of your lines will be gone, no more meds, no more itching, no more pain….you will be a healthy little boy again. Now the first person you will be meeting in Heaven is Mr. Jesus and be sure to hug Him because He gives great hugs. Now…I’m going to tell you a secret not many people know about Mr. Jesus, He’s the kid’s football coach in Heaven (Brently Loved Football). In fact Brent…just while we are talking, there is a game going on in Heaven right now. But something interesting just happened…Mr. Jesus stopped the game. Brent asked, “why did He stop the game?” Well the word from Heaven is He’s looking for a new player…Brent responded, “who me?” and I said yes.
Brent was so excited he turned to his grandmother and said…”grandma, you know we’ve been fighting this cancer together as a Team for a long time” and she responded, “yes, baby and we gonna continue to fight together. Brently with a soft voice said, “grandma I’m getting a little tired…do you think you could fight by yourself?” Brently and I had several conversations over the next two weeks until I lost him around lunch time one day. I told Brent for as long as I live, I will tell our story. My Goal is the whole world will find the Brently in them. I promised him I would see him one day and Heaven and I don’t want to let him down. What I received came from a little boy that died at 7years, 1 month, and 3 days…it was no monetary gift…it was a gift of life. My attitude of paying forward since early 1990’s has been influenced by the 9 months I spent with a little boy dieing of complications associated with cancer. I suggest you find your point of motivation and get busy…we are all going to die…how will you leave those that knew you? Life Is GOoD!

All This and Heaven Too!

Jim “Jimbo” Coutsos

Pay it Forward at it Best!

Not long ago, I met a guy at the dog park while our puppies were playing. We got to talking and I mentioned how much I loved photography but did not have the money for a decent camera and had been planning on giving up my dream of going to school for photography and graphic design in exchange for a business degree. My new dog park friend just happened to love photography as well. When we walked back to our cars, he reached in to his front seat and handed me a case with a Sony Alpha100 professional grade camera with memory card, lens, and extra batteries. I was in shock, but all he asked was that I promise to pay it forward and drove off. I am now headed to college in the fall for something I love doing, all because of this stranger that bumped in to me at a dog park and turned my whole world on end. I've made it my mission to do everything I can to live up to my promise.

Thank you all so much for everything you do. You truely are helping to make this world a better place.

-Claire

"PIF" at its Best!

Several years ago my husband and I were on a rare night out without the children. At the end of the evening we stopped in a burger bar for some food. As we sat at a table we noticed a man at the counter looking over at us. When we went to pay our bill we were told it had been paid by the man who had been looking at us. A few months later I saw the man who paid our bill in a shop. I asked why he had done it and he said "pay it forwards". He explained the concept and said I should watch the film. It has been in my mind since that time and I loved the concept of it. My husband and I finally had the chance to watch the film this week as it was on as part of our TV package. It stopped half way through as the rental time had run out! How frustrating!! I feel as though we waited years to see this film (it was in the back of my mind, we weren't actively looking) and when it turned up we only got to see half of it.I'm now trying to get hold of a copy to see the end of it and will definately be paying it forwards when I can.