NEW BOOK, THE DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES, REVEALS SECRETS BEHIND ‘PHILANTHERAPY’ PHENOMENA
Karen M. Jones
P.R. Contact Monique Muhlenkamp

Secret Number 1 — You don’t need a checkbook

(Novato, CA) New World Library announced the February publication of a new book, entitled THE DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES: 365 Ways to Change Your World in Just 24 Hours by purposeful living pioneer, Karen M. Jones. Jones, the driving force behind what she calls philantherapy maintains, “We’ve spent decades consuming self-help advice to little or no avail, when actually it turns out selfless help is the key to fulfillment and inner peace,” she says. “You just can’t help but feel good once you start doing good.”

Emotionally bruised by devastating headline news – high school shootings, racially-motivated murders, domestic and global violence, increasing homelessness and a host of horrific newsmakers – Jones reacted not with a feeling of helplessness, but rather a powerful resolve. “I had to do something even though it seemed every volunteer coordinator wanted more time than I had available; every charity wanted a check that my bank balance wouldn’t support and every Web search overwhelmed me with more data and decisions than I could process. I just wanted to restore my faith in human kindness and I knew that doing something good didn’t need to be so hard!”

A compilation of 365 simple actions anyone can take to make an impact on their communities and around the world, THE DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES suggests easy efforts within 16 categories that can be started and finished in the course of a single day — some in as little as five minutes — without resorting to cash donations. Action-takers may choose to accomplish a different step each day of the year, employ the same tool every day, or implement the strategies in one particular chapter that address a personally favored issue. Categories include: homelessness, health issues, education and children, feeding the hungry, the environment, arts, honoring elders, animal welfare, pursuit of peace, informed consumerism, and the global village. Also included are helpful hints using web resources to find and support causes as well as reach and teach children and adults. Turning the conventional model of volunteering – a few advocates doing enormous amounts of work – on its ear, Jones’s message is clear – small changes on a mass scale are equally powerful.

About the Author — Karen M. Jones is a creative strategist and social entrepreneur. Her website, www.BenevolentPlanet.com, offers busy people simple strategies for everyday altruism. She lives with a cat named Jazz in Delaware.

THE DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES by Karen M. Jones
February 2005 • Personal Growth • Trade Paper • 5" x 8"
Price: $12.95 • ISBN 1-57731-475-1 • 272 Pages

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