Love the Action

The expression "pay it forward" is used to describe the concept of asking that a good turn be repaid by having it done to others instead. More specifically, the creditor offers the debtor the option of "paying" the debt forward by lending it to a third person instead of paying it back to the original creditor. Debt and payments can be monetary or by good deeds. In sociology, this concept is called "generalized reciprocity" or "generalized exchange". A related transaction, which starts with a gift instead of a loan, is alternative giving.
 
Benjamin Franklin described the action in a letter to Benjamin Webb over 220 years ago and we want the concept to continue on in assisting in others lives. 
 
“I do not pretend to give such a Sum; I only lend it to you. When you [...] meet with another honest Man in similar Distress, you must pay me by lending this Sum to him; enjoining him to discharge the Debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall meet with another opportunity. I hope it may thus go thro' many hands, before it meets with a Knave that will stop its Progress. This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money.”
 
Each week we will feature a new pool to continue our tradition of “Paying it Forward”…
If you have a charity that you would like to have featured, please send us information through the Contact Us link.  We will review it and maybe you will be able to have a pool featured for your organization or charity!

To visit our featured site for this little girl, please visit http://caringbridge.com/visit/challiabenaereed! 

Thanks for all of your support!