Sunday, April 1, 2012

Hungary 

London



The Day we Shared the Book
That meant something to us!


On March 28th 2012 people around the globe gathered in 60 different locations at 4pm local time. Each with one single purpose to share a book which inspired them or some how touched their lives.  In the hope that they  would give someone they have never meet to have the opportunity to do the same. As means of paying it forward into somebody's life. This event was in initial only planed to take place in London's Trafalgar square as a presequal to another event. Until someone decided to be bold enough to see if they could make it global and sop the flagged the idea in a global facebook community called Pay It Forward and people around the world put up their hand to coordinated an flash mob locally in their town or city. In Brisbane, in Auckland, in Bristol, in Africa, in Hungary, in Chicago and me in Ipswich. As a result thousands of books around the world were shared and Pay It Forward bracelets too! ,   In public places, parks, libraries, schools and coffee shops people sat and read the books that meant something to them and helped shaped their lives in some way and then something happen. People began to stand and walk towards others and they began to exchange books and then there was no one, within 3 minutes people had gathered, read books, chatted,  swapped books and then gone about there daily lives as if nothing had happened at all . . . but something had happened, something had changed and it had happened around the world.  Thousands of people had shared, thousands of books! We had achieved our mission. 

Melbourne 
Brisbane

London




Belfast 










Union Station Tarntro 
Ipswich
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