Every now and then you meet a person that would give their last dollar to someone else that needed it just a little bit more. That person is inspiring to others because it’s not a thought that every person has or will go through with. When I think of those types of people in my life, the one that comes to mind first is Dominick Evans.
Over the years, I have learned a lot from Dominick. He has taught me that having a gift and a dream are special and that it’s your obligation to do everything you can to make those dreams become reality. He is creative, amazingly talented, and he has a gift for social media. He inspires people and makes them want to do good things. I only wish I could do half the things that he does without an apparent effort.
In the years I have known him I have been proud to say that he is my best friend. I would give him everything I could and I wouldn’t think twice. There is one thing that Dominick needs more than anything that I can’t give him though and that is an accessible van.
Dominick is in a wheelchair due to a form of Muscular Dystrophy. Despite being one of the most intelligent and creative people I know, Dominick has been unable to travel or really even get out of our house in five years. Can you imagine not being able to go to a store or the movies, even to the gas station for five years? Dominick can and the funny thing is, I never hear him complain. He wakes up every single day trying to think of ways to help other people.
Accessible vans cost more than $30,000.00 and if I had it I would write a check tomorrow, but I don’t. In all honesty, it breaks my heart that I don’t. So, I thought long and hard about what I could do to see that his dreams of going back to college come true, and I am calling on the power of social media to help me.
I might not have the $30,000.00 and I am sure that you don’t either. You might have $5 though or more. If everyone that could give managed to spare a few dollars, and everyone that couldn’t posted this on their own blogs or Twitter than Dominick would be well on his way to enrolling in the University of Michigan like he has planned. He’d be able to go out and do things that everyone, including myself, takes for granted.
This small deed could change a man’s life.
I am not one to ask for money, but I know how much this means to him and because of that, it means a lot to me. Please consider helping Dominick out and if you can’t please post this somewhere, in hopes that someone else will see it that can help him in his time of need.
It would mean the world to him and I know that he would be incredibly humbled and work even harder to help others that need more than he does.
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