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Guerrilla Giving

POSTED September 25, 2009 BY Bob Kronbauer
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I came across the most incredible thing last week. Oh man, this is good…

There’s a local family dedicated to giving away 10% of their modest income to random Vancouverites in an almost sneaky sort of way. A modern day tithe, in early September of 2009 they started this experiment in “guerrilla marketing for a life of connection—between ourselves, our neighbours, and the transcendent (God, Universe, Spirit, whatever name you choose)” and it is on fire!

Basically, they take 10% of their earnings and they dole that out creatively in little surprise parcels around the city, with the simple hope of brightening people’s days. They take photos of the places they left them and then post them on THIS SITE for you to check out and, if you were incredibly lucky to receive one of them, so that you can send them a message.

They do dropoffs every couple/few days and they’ve done a few so far. This one below was one they recently did at crosswalks…

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And this one is similar except that they left them on people’s bikes for when they returned…

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Visit their site at guerrillagiving.org to learn more, we’ll be bringing you more from these incredibly awesome folks in the coming months.

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  • http://www.guerrillagiving.org Guerrilla Giving

    Greatly appreciate your profile. We love your website and the work you do–and not just because of your kind props ;). Look forward to keeping in touch. Judging by your showing in the Straight’s best of Vancouver09, it’s clear V.I.A. is becoming THE goto source for good vibes in Vancouver. Three cheers!

  • http://www.peanutbutterandbanana.com Alej

    Thank you so much for sharing this! I have been glued to Guerilla Giving for the last 20 minutes now!
    Without VIA I am not sure I would have ever known such cool an giving family existed ;)

  • Tina Ok

    This is SO amazing.

  • kk

    beyond awesome!

  • http://fairwaysandflips.blogspot.com/ Keith

    That is so cool!

  • Natasha

    Thank you VIA for sharing and THANK YOU Guerrilla Giving for being so amazing.

  • http://talesfromabarstool.wordpress.com Tales From a Bar Stool

    This makes me smile. It’s awesome to know that this kind of thing goes on in Vancouver. There really are some truly genuine people out there.

  • Christina T

    Found one today, wouldn’t have noticed it if not for the site, picture here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrissyshome/3956822321/

  • http://www.bobkronbauer.com Bob K

    Christina T,
    That is so awesome!!!!!!!!



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