Dreams. We all have them.

Your dream might be Heli Hiking, or a South American Extravaganza. Maybe even attending the Gold Medal Games at the 2010 Olympics.

When it comes to gift giving season, we often get stuff. Useless trinkety gadgets that people “think” we’ll like. Yes, it’s “the thought that counts,” but why not put the thought into helping fulfill a dream?

Who needs another vase? Who needs placemats, that might match, but really don’t? Oh, and what about a tie – who doesn’t need a new tie?

The point of DreamBank.org is to take money that would be tossed at stuff that will be tossed away and to put it towards a dream. Something meaningful, something important. Help your friend, or family achieve a life goal and you’re accomplishing something.

My current dream is to raise $10 000 for Team Diabetes. So I’ve made an entry at DreamBank.org.

I’ve asked you many times to donate through this page, and the button on the side of my website. Now I’d like it if you used DreamBank, because there’s a great little catch that helps pay your donation forward.

every time a contributor supports a dream, life gets a little better for someone else on the planet. That’s because DreamBank contributions are pooled into one big fund and the interest it generates is distributed to international charities and non profit organizations. Dreamers are given a choice of organizations to associate with their dream. This acts as a vote and tells us how to divvy up the charity pot according to our Dreamers’ wishes. [DreamBank]

I’ve chosen Kiva as my secondary charity in my DreamBank. It’s an organization that loans money to entrepreneurs in 3rd world countries. It’s not a gift, it’s a loan they repay. They use the money to start or grow a business and make a better life for themselves and their family. Once the money is repaid, it is loaned to a different entrepreneur. One gift can get reloaned dozens, hundreds, thousands of times. It’s the ultimate in paying it forward.

Is it wrong for me to borrow from Martin Luther King? I have a dream. I do. Help me fulfill it.

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