Dear Friends,
Recently a friend sent me a book titled Infectious Generosity by Chris Anderson with a note saying “there’s no getting around it, if we are lucky enough to have a surplus, we are going to have to decide what we are going to do with our money – self indulge, help others, which others, and how much? How do you choose? We all have our own abilities and our own ways”.
I quickly opened the book and began to read. I want to share some quotes from the introduction as they reflect Band Central perspectives:
"You wouldn’t think that a cluster of atoms weighing less than one-trillionth of a gram could amount to much. Yet one such cluster, following a tiny tweak to its shape, entered a human body in late 2019, sparking a chain of events that killed more than seven million people and shut down the world economy.
Among the many lessons of Covid-19, one of the most profound is this: You don’t need to be big to be powerful. You just need to be infectious.
I want to persuade you that one such possible contagion could actually transform the world for the better. Its name? Generosity. If we figured out how to make generosity truly infectious, it could turn the tide on the growing divisiveness in our world and usher in a new era of hope.
Any generous act can have an extraordinary impact if it can make the leap from isolated to infectious. With a few little tweaks to their shape, acts of generosity can become explosively powerful. This book is devoted to showing you how."
I hope you are intrigued by this idea of infectious generosity and feel the same sense of urgency about this topic that we do at Band Central.
Let me close with some news that caught my eye: at 114 years and 217 days old, Elizabeth Francis recently became the oldest living American and the fifth-oldest person on Earth. With that in mind, it is interesting to hear her longevity advice – “Try to do the best thing you can to everybody. Love everybody.”
I hope you find our communications entertaining, informative and useful and will join us by attending our live music events, listening to Band Central Radio on WPKN at 12 noon the 4th Monday of every month, or via the Podcasts App on WPKN Podcasts and following us on Facebook.
Peace and love,
Rob & The Band Central Team
NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT
Connecticut is lucky to have an organization in our state, The Center for Family Justice, (led by the dynamic Deb Greenwood) that provides free and confidential trauma-informed services and care coordination for any victim or survivor of domestic and sexual violence, human trafficking, and child abuse.
May 9 at Park City Music Hall Band Central will gather to play music and celebrate The Center for Family Justice. We have a great funk and soul line up including Carole Sylvan, Anthony Gadaleta, Eric Kalb, Marcos Torres Jr, Pat Marafiote, Chelsea Baratz, John Torres and Rob Fried.
TAKE A BREATH
Connecticut is lucky to have an organization in our state, The Center for Family Justice, (led by the dynamic Deb Greenwood) that provides free and confidential trauma-informed services and care coordination for any victim or survivor of domestic and sexual violence, human trafficking, and child abuse.
May 9 at Park City Music Hall Band Central will gather to play music and celebrate The Center for Family Justice. We have a great funk and soul line up including Carole Sylvan, Anthony Gadaleta, Eric Kalb, Marcos Torres Jr, Pat Marafiote, Chelsea Baratz, John Torres and Rob Fried.
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