Small Change vs. Big Change

By Paul Latour On July 26, 2010 ·

Want to make small change? Do something by yourself. Want to make BIG change? Do something in community. Do something with a team.

Motivated teams provide leverage, creativity, various points of view (and therefore unforeseen insights), plus wider networks and resources. Teamwork is where it’s at.

Hero Work’s newest team is our Fundraising Mastermind Group. We had our first gathering this past Tuesday night. Together we came up with some great initiatives. Very exciting!

But look around. Where you see change you see teams of people working with common vision. Another Victoria example is the Oaklands Community Association. This is a long-standing team that is currently working hard to bring 30 to 40 new childcare spaces by the fall for people who desperately need them. They are doing a volunteer painting party this weekend. Check them out here!

If you want to be part of BIG change, make a team, or join a team.

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About Paul

Paul Latour is the founder of Hero Work, a program that inspires all sectors of community to come together and complete extreme renovations for non-profits who've been making a difference for years.
Never in his wildest dreams had he thought he'd be organizing extreme home makeovers. "The first one was done almost on a whim," he says. "I did it to help a friend in need." Then the power of friendship and community took hold. When the one-day event was over, a $25,000 reno was done.
It was as if his life had been orchestrated for the event. His skills as a waiter, writer, artist, editor, and speaker all coalesced into the ability to create a movement of inspired people and companies.
Ignited by making a radical difference, he did another makeover--this one five times bigger. A nongovernment funded charity--the Casa Maria Emergency Housing Society, who shelters refugee families--received a weekend extreme renovation worth upwards of a $100K.
A few of Hero Work's one hundred-plus business partners include: Castle Building Supply, Rona Home and Garden, Thrifty Foods, Six Mile Furniture, Garden City Landscaping, Maclean Lighting, and the Kitchen Technician. The program has been seen on Chek TV, A-Channel, the Times Colonist, Black Press, and Global TV.
"To make a radical difference doesn't take loads of money," Paul says. "It takes a good plan, inspired action, people-to-people connections, and a solid story."

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