"Secret Millionaire"

Have you seen the show? It comes on Monday nights 8/7c on ABC.

In case you haven't seen it; it's about millionaires that live in some of the poorest areas of certain cities/towns for one week. During that week they are not allowed to bring any money with them. They and are given the equivilant of what welfare would give a single man/woman to live on for one week. They are to go out (without revealing their wealth) and find people in the community that are making a difference, volunteer with them and find out what they're doing to make a difference in their community. After the week is up they decide how much (of their own money) they want to donate and to whom.

I cry every time I watch this show.

A young man's father was shot 6 times and he watched as his father died in his mother's arm on the stoop off the sidewalk. He was a young child at the time. No one saw anything. He is now part of a neighborhood patroll to keep this from happening to someone else.
A set of 80+ year old twins opened Love Kitchen to feed the homeless. They go to work there every day.
A man who gets chemo/radiation  treatments for cancer quit his job as a limo driver and started a charity to drive people to and from their chemo/radiation treatments because he couldn't bear to wach people sitting in the lobby for hours after their treatment because they had no one to bring them home.
A woman started decorating rooms for children with terminal diseases because 7 years ago she heard a little girl had the choice of having her room redone or going to Disney. The little girl couldn't decide so the lady said she would decorate the room for her and she could go to Disney. She's been creating dream rooms for children ever since (using donated furniture).
The list goes on...

What I get out of it:
- It shows that you don't have to have money to make a difference. All you need is some time and love
- I appreciate what I have, where I live, my health, my friends and family
- It reminds me that there are so many forgotten or given up on people out there and all they want is for someone to care
- That I can make a difference - everyone can make a difference
- All I have to do is ask and I will find someone in need
- There are many programs out there to help people that I've never heard of but can easliy find if I just look
- Warmth in my heart when I see the people's faces and reactions and tears when they're given money to help their cause

I'm not a big fan of reality shows, but this is one of the best I've ever seen.

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