I met an interesting American named Troy while in Delhi a few weeks back. He told me about an fun, easy, and exciting charity that he recently started. His group is in Amsterdam, but the idea is simple and could work practically anywhere. I thought it such a good idea that I wanted to share it with you! His group is called the AlphaBet Club and you can check out their website by clicking here...
The AlphaBet Club
The basic idea is as follows:
"The AlphaBet Club is a social group of like-minded international people that live in Amsterdam and meet every few weeks, in different locations around town. It provides an environment in which it is very easy for people to meet others in Amsterdam that have similar life/travel experiences. It is also a charity focused organization where funds are raised to help others in developing countries."
Even if you don't want to start this as a charity, it would be a fun summer-time idea to get everyone motivated about meeting up and going out. I'm a fan!
"The AlphaBet Club is a social group of like-minded international people that live in Amsterdam and meet every few weeks, in different locations around town. It provides an environment in which it is very easy for people to meet others in Amsterdam that have similar life/travel experiences. It is also a charity focused organization where funds are raised to help others in developing countries."
The ABC part comes from their list of activities- every few weeks the group gets together to have drinks and mingle at a different location. They first start with a location that has a name starting with an 'A'. Then the second event will be at a bar, club, or restaurant that starts with the letter 'B', the 'C' and so on and so on. So a make believe list of events may look like this: Amazon Club, then Brewers Bar, then Cafe Monet, etc.
At each event the group collects $5 from everyone and this money is put towards building schools in developing countries. It has been a huge success with as many as 200 people turning up for some events and it keeps growing thanks to social networks like Facebook. They have just completed building their first school in Laos!
At each event the group collects $5 from everyone and this money is put towards building schools in developing countries. It has been a huge success with as many as 200 people turning up for some events and it keeps growing thanks to social networks like Facebook. They have just completed building their first school in Laos!
Even if you don't want to start this as a charity, it would be a fun summer-time idea to get everyone motivated about meeting up and going out. I'm a fan!
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