How one tweet inspired 120 people to shovel snow for the elderly in a Chicago neighborhood

[applegrove]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/us/iyw-chicago-snow-shoveling-trnd/index.html

By Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN

"SNIP......


As a heavy snowstorm swept across the northern Midwest over the weekend, Cole started to get calls from seniors in the community who needed someone to shovel snow in front of their homes.

Some people had asthma conditions. Others had neuropathy in both wrists, and a few were carrying oxygen tanks. They were all overwhelmed and frightened to be stuck in their own house, according to Cole.

"After I received 30 calls I put the word out on social media that I needed help," he told CNN.

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The next morning, 120 people showed up, the majority of them from outside Chatham. In just a few hours, his tweet gathered more than 22,000 retweets and 64,000 likes, inspiring people to take action.


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[onecaliberal]

1. Hello human kindness. Thanks for sharing.

[efhmc]

2. You know there are a tons of peole who are ready and

willing and want to help others if only given the shout out.

[struggle4progress]

3. Moral: "150 retweets with 500 'likes' is worth less than a person with a shovel"

[sharedvalues]

4. Good for them. But the city doesn't give a shit about the South Side - it's a disgrace

Chicago only plows the rich areas of the city.

South of Roosevelt they just don't care about, while Lincoln Park is cleared early.

Chicago should get more state and federal dollars to keep their city running. Poor people are getting screwed. Our federal taxation system handicaps cities -- so cities should get more of the dollars their citizens pay in.

[Sophia4]

6. Maybe they are afraid to go into poorer areas because they think those areas have a lot of crime.

Is that possible?

I don't think it is that people don't care, but rather that people are afraid of poor areas in town.

[iluvtennis]

5. Love it that these young folks care about helping seniors...just wonderful.

[OhNo-Really]

7. This is who we really are

[applegrove]

8. Yes. A revolution of love will win in the end.

[OhNo-Really]

9. Starting tonight

a couple of my rants tonight. TOTALLY Fed up with the political slime and gossip grime


ONE NATION - Pictures
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We Are Interdependent, Not Independent - Kick the Lie
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Rx & Rehab for Your Politically Polluted Mind
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210227316

We can shift the negative ill-winds blowing from the rating hungry media.

The written word has saved more than one nation.

[applegrove]

10. Thank you for your ops and your attitude.

[OhNo-Really]

11. Defeat is NOT an option for our posterity, imho