Happy New Year!
Hope you’re taking especially good care of yourselves during this tough and tender time.
Thanks again for all you did to make the 2021 YMM a huge success. Over 55,000 people from 54 countries shared over 1,754,000 You Matter cards! It was a record year for the You Matter Marathon.
Below are some highlights from the 2021 YMM Feedback Survey. Click here if you want to see the entire survey.
Top 3 reasons why people signed up for the YMM
- To express kindness in a new way
- To share the words, “You Matter” with others
- To express gratitude in a new way
Top 4 reported gains from participating in the YMM
- A greater sense of gratitude in my life
- Increased compassion for others
- Increased level of happiness
- Enhanced connections with other people
Stories & Comments Part 1
We received 7 pages of stories and comments! We’re sharing a few here now and will send some others in an email later this month.
- I love it, my congregation loves it! In the world today, we need to keep making a difference and this marathon does that!
- I LOVE giving You Matter cards to absolutely anyone! I always keep a dozen in my wallet.
- I’ve ordered 1,000 cards so I can hand them out to my students when I am teaching about generosity in the spring. I will end the class earlier and send them on a mission to distribute cards to fellow students on campus.
- I met a man who runs a nonprofit for sexually abused children. You matter is what they preach. I gave him 1,000 cards. These cards change people’s lives.
Three Ways to Continue Sharing You Matter Cards
- Order more You Matter cards from our store: https://squareup.com/store/minuteman-press-13
- Print more You Matter cards here by clicking this link
- Download our Digital You Matter card
Please continue posting your You Matter experiences and photos on our website or FB page.
You matter.
Cheryl Rice, Founder
https://youmattermarathon.org/