As you may have read on here, Hasseman Marketing has put our name in on the Mission Main Street grant from Chase Bank. They are going to give $250,000 to 12 different businesses in order to bolster that small business. It would have a huge impact on our business, so we entered. We filled out the questions, fulfilled the requirements and then needed to get 250 people to vote for us in order to be "in the competition."
We were on our way, slow but sure. But with 10 days left in order to get the votes, we still had a ways to go. And I must admit I was starting to think of ways to make it happen.
Then in stepped Jon Walters.
Jon took an interest by sharing the links and commenting and supporting the cause. That was great. But then he took it a step further. He posted a new Facebook link and started to rally his friends to support this. He thanked those that said they voted and continued posting all day yesterday until we reached the goal of 250 votes after midnight. It was awesome.
Now I don't know if we will get the grant (I certainly hope so). But by taking an interest in our goal, Jon rallied an entire group of people in a short period of time in order to affect something positive for us. Jon doesn't work for us and has no affiliation with Hasseman Marketing. But we share a community and he felt this could have a positive impact on it.
Wow. Thanks Jon. And thanks to everyone who "takes an interest" to make a positive impact on their community as well!
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