Hey y’all! Do you love personality quizzes? How about social change? How about — wait for it — a personality quiz about social change??? If yes, then you. Are. In. LUCK. Answer these six questions, and we’ll tell you the perfect DoSomething campaign for you. (Mine? Mirror Messages!)

 

Let’s Do This,
Ben, Editor-in-chief and Piglet (according to a “Which Disney Sidekick Are You?” quiz I took today)

Ricardo Has Spent His Teenage Years Overcoming Bullying. Now He’s Helping Others Do the Same.

“Everyone in this world matters because life is precious,” says the DoSomething member. “Bringing compassion to people with positive affirmation helps their self-esteem.”

 

Ricardo, who has high-functioning autism, has been teased. Called the R-word. Told he won’t finish college.

 

“[Those things] are painful to hear,” says the 19-year-old from Texas, “but it doesn’t mean they are true. I choose to believe that I am a great person that will succeed.”

 

Now Ricardo is giving that same confidence and courage to those around him. He plastered his school with our Cancel Bullying affirmation tear sheets, adding to the 21,555 sheets posted by DoSomething members across the country.

 

“Words make you a stronger person,” Ricardo told us. Well said.

Join Ricardo. Learn how to spread good vibes and Cancel Bullying with DoSomething and Hollister.

This DoSomething member has rocked several recent campaigns, from fighting bullying to supporting kids in the hospital to inspiring classmates to pursue STEM. Most recently, he made cards of appreciation for service members. Learn how you can show gratitude through NFL Huddle for 100. (In the meantime, thank you, Ashton!)

• The only thing I love more than DoSomething members… are DoSomething members’ dogs, so THANK YOU, Rebecca and Ryan and Elyse (twice!!).

 

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  The only thing I love more than DoSomething members’ dogs… are DoSomething members’ BABIES, so THANK YOU, Miranda!!

 

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  HBD… to DoSomething member and WYD super-reader Emmanuel from Zimbabwe, who turned 18 this past week!

 

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  “Prove boomers wrong!”... says DoSomething member Larissa, who challenged her generation to escape the vape.

 

• “Thank you, veterans, for walking the walk”... says DoSomething member Eric, who made 20 thank-you cards for those who served.

 

• Stars and stripes and smiles… from DoSomething member Sahib, who also made heartfelt cards of appreciation for service members.

 

• We celebrated National STEM Day (November 8)... by celebrating these teenage STEM superheroes.

 

• The internet is losing it… over a teacher and her lil’ students performing their own version of Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts.”

In addition to Black Friday (November 29) deals, plenty of retailers offer scholarships, giving away thousands of awards to high school, college and graduate students. Learn more!

More Amazing Impact From the DoSomething Community

 

Last week, we asked you to brag about amazing stuff you’re doing, and you did not disappoint. Here are some of our favorite answers from the DoSomething community. (And submit yours here!)

 

“We had a bunch of kids over at the local community center, and had them plant flowers in recycled water bottles to raise awareness about climate change, and taught them a lot about how it’s going to impact the world, and what they could do to help.”

 

- DoSomething member Poojah, from New Jersey, who recently founded her own org, Building Foundations.

“The Oberlin Do Something club decided to ‘smash the patriarchy’ by smashing a pumpkin (our teacher later took it home to compost it so nothing was wasted).”

 

- DoSomething member Ophelia, 16, Ohio

 

“I was nominated for my local community foundation award and a youth program to help create a better environment for kids in town.”

 

- DoSomething member Brenna, 17, Colorado

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