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A recent article in the LA Times addressed the concerns about posting illness or crisis related news on blogs, Facebook, Twitter and sites like WhatFriendsDo.com. This is a topic we hear quite often from people trying to decide whether or not to set up a team for their friend or allowing someone set to up a team for them. Opinions range from thinking it is completely impersonal to thinking it is such a great way to bring together an entire community of support.
So how does a person decide?
Here are some of the 'positives' to setting up a WhatFriendsDo.com Team:
- Using one central location to gather all friends and family: those close by, neighbors, school friends, work friends, church friends, faraway family and friends
- Utilizing the blog feature is a good way to prevent the 'rumor mill' from ever getting started. As little or as much information can be shared as desired, and everyone gets the same accurate information.
- Allowing your friends and family to help and support you in a very vulnerable time is a gift to them as well as a wonderful help to you and your family. Hopefully your challenging time will be a short journey with a good outcome, but if the journey is long and difficult, having help and support will make a huge difference.
- Opening up a little and allowing friends to help can alleviate some of the small burdens of everyday life and can often bring unexpected surprises.
- Allowing friends to take care of some the of the practical things in everyday life (mowing the lawn, running errands, mopping the floor) allows you to concentrate on getting well.
- Check out our blog for more...
While there are many ways and sites available to set up a blog, a WhatFriendsDo.com team is so much more. It is a place to take action; a place to ask for the help needed and wanted, and for friends to be able to participate in helping you through your challenging time. Creating a WhatFriendsDo.com Team is an easy first step.
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