Less Than Four
Submitted by JoshSundquist on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 20:29.
Last updated on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 10:23.
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Money Raised: GameStop Grant WinnerSee It
As an amputee with a website (www.JoshSundquist.com), I frequently recieve emails from people looking for help. They write me to say they just lost a leg, or their friend just lost an arm, and were wondering what advice and information I can give them. Emails like this have only increased in the last several years due to the hundreds of amputees returning from combat in Iraq.
In an effort to provide these people with better support than what I can give in an email, last year I launched a website called LessThanFour.org. (Get it?) Modeled loosely on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, LessThanFour.org is a place where amputees can ask questions, get answers, and meet others with similar disabilities.
DoSomething recently selected me as a GameStop Grant winner. I used some of the money to buy search-based advertising on Google for search terms like "amputee community." Membership on the site as more than doubled since I started advertising. Thanks GameStop and DoSomething!
Visit Less Than Four here:
(www.LessThanFour.org)
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Your idea might inspire others to realize that they can do even more to help their friends with a disability. A friend of mine left the USA for Europe and started a business there. Because he is an amputee he promised to hire only people that have the same problem, offering them a chance to a new fresh start. He's domain is dezvoltare software so his employees are offered trainings for programming and other related courses. I am very proud of him and I really do hope that everyone will consider doing something for the ones in need.