Comments on: Who Writes the Compassion Blog? A Bunch of Marketing Cheerleaders?

By: Terri K

Terri K — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:31:04 +0000

I think a lot of us aren’t commenting here because we are posting on OurCompassion. I love reading here, but I have know people and can carry on conversations with them on OC. Before OC started, I went back and read all the old blogs on here, and all the comments and it was very helpful for me. I think the two sites complement each other nicely.

By: Jeannette Peterson

Jeannette Peterson — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:06:09 +0000

hi, I’m a reasonably new sponsor from Australia.
My background is sales and marketing, and I have seen the hard sells.
This might sound strange but I got turned off Compassion 15 years ago by something somebody did at a large conference. I do not want to go into details, but you remember the negatives more than positive. Last year I finished a child sponsorship with another organisation and I was not quite happy with the whole process, so I was praying about the direction that God wanted me to Go.
I read something about Compassion and the high ethics that they have which took me to Charity Navigator (I think it was) which had a link to this blog.
From August 2009 to October 2009, I did some serious reading of the back issues of this blog. October 2009 I sponsored my first child through the australian Compassion site and in January 2010, I have sponsored my second child.
This is the power of the internet, we need to value what positive influence we can have.

By: Amy Smelley

Amy Smelley — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:24:42 +0000

The truth is you can’t please everyone. There are always people that are going to whine and complain. You just have to learn how to ignore them. You are doing a great job. I love this blog. I am so excited to hear all of the “cheerleading”.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:13:28 +0000

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By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:12:49 +0000

Hi Chris! Ouch. This month has been sort of crazy and I got lost along the way… So sorry I didn’t respond. I’m glad I started your week off nicely. )

There are days when I don’t feel like typing and only read the blog too. So I understand why not everyone writes and comments. I’m just glad the ones who do comment are there! I’ve been inspired and helped by many on here. Not sure how helpful or inspiring I’ll be… but I know this blog has made a difference for my life.

So THANK YOU Chris, and all who write/read this blog for being there!

By: Chris Giovagnoni

Chris Giovagnoni — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:12:30 +0000

Michelle,

Don’t hold back on your comments. They’re not annoying. In fact, it’s great to be able to share your excitement.

Your feedback is valuable and very much appreciated. It helps us choose what we publish now, among other things.

Hearing about how the blog has affected you has started this week off very nicely for me. You, and your desire to catch up on everything here, makes all the effort worthwhile. Thanks.

Plus, you never know how your comments may inspire, excite or help someone else.

As far as the number of people here, we have more than twice as many monthly visitors to the blog now as compared to March and April of 2008. It’s just that many of them aren’t chiming in.

Welcome to the blog!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:14:33 +0000

I think this blog is wonderful. In fact, it has changed the way that I sponsor. Anyone looking at my writing history with my sponsored child can see a definite moment when I went from barely writing at all (sadly) to the current level of correspondence I’m doing. (and I’m even holding back….)

I chalk it up to discovering this blog. Really, I don’t even know why I didn’t check out the blog before… But one day I saw the link on the homepage and got curious.

Until I checked this blog out, I had NO IDEA how important the letters and small gifts were to my little girl. I had no idea how Compassion operated and the travels my mail took on the way to her…

I’ve gotten a lot of new ideas on things to send her. I’ve had my heart broken while looking at photos and reading stories of children in need. I’ve had hope restored when I read the success stories and blog posts where it is evident we are making a difference.

In fact, I’ve taken to going back and reading the blog posts from the start. I’m currently three months in and I’m having to hold back my desire to comment on every post! (don’t want to be annoying..)

It seems like there aren’t that many people on here now versus when the blog first started… and that makes me sad. I agree with what someone said above: current sponsors CAN make a difference via this blog. We can steer family and friends here to see what they can do for children.

I’m not sure I’m making any sense. I’m home sick and my thoughts are muddled.

All I want to say is that this blog energizes me and makes me want to do SOMETHING, immediately, to help end the suffering. If that is due to “cheerleading,” then RAH RAH. )

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:26:36 +0000

I like the blog b/c it helps me understand some things that are going on and I decide how I can help and what I can do based on that.

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By: Llama Momma

Llama Momma — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:34:23 +0000

I see the blogosphere as a community. For me, reading the compassion blogs brings a different perspective to that community.

I click on my favorite Mom blogs and read about mothering and toddler tantrums and which school to send my kids to. And then I come here and read about children living in poverty.

When I read these stories, something in my perspective changes. And it’s a good change.

My husband and I have been sponsoring compassion children for a long time now. Actually, my husband started as a single guy, and it’s been some twenty years now. Two of our compassion “children” have grown up in the program and moved on. It’s humbling that something as small as a check every month has any impact on this world at all — but for those kids? There’s no doubt in my mind that it has.

Reading this blog reminds me that our last few checks have gone into the “general fund” and we need to pick more kids to sponsor. Nothing wrong with the general fund, of course, but reading these blogs makes the whole thing personal. It makes me feel like I am contributing something important — more than just a check.

And I don’t want this to sound like I’m saying, “Oh, I’ll write a check and do my bit and not worry any more about global poverty.” Not at all.

I don’t know if I’m making any sense at all, but there you go!