Social Movement Dedicated To Keeping Promises: These Inspirational Stories Will Make You Smile

One man’s non-profit organization dedicated to keeping promises offers up some rather inspirational stories as he makes it his priority to be dedicated to the betterment of humanity through promises made and kept.

Many of you that read about the man that offered rides home to people that had been drinking at a local bar found the story to be an inspiration.

However, it left some of you asking exactly what the non-profit in the story, “Because I Said I Would,” was all about.

For those unaware, we posted about a man who offered rides home to those in need at a local bar and chronicled his journey throughout the night to honor a the one year anniversary of a drunk driving victim.

Well the man behind the organization has taken to Reddit to clarify exactly what “Because I Said I Would” is all about.

Check out his explanation below, along with a few examples of people that have chosen to follow through with their promises because of this organization.

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Because I said I would is a social movement and nonprofit dedicated to the betterment of humanity through promises made and kept. You may know us from the drunk driver confession video that we filmed and released last year, but we aren’t about confessions. And we aren’t about drinking and driving. We are about making a promise to do what’s right… and there is a lot to do.

This is from a 14 year old girl in Ohio. On the surface, this just seems like a nice gesture. But what you don’t know is that a two kids in her school system recently committed suicide. Sometimes in life we don’t know what to do. We don’t know how to make it stop, so we make a promise and do what we can.

Sometimes it’s a promise to remember what’s important in life.

“In 2013 I was stopped 0.6 miles from the finish line due to the explosions. My family was waiting for me at the finish line when the bombs went off and luckily made it to safety although it was hours before we reunited. I ran to raise money for Children’s Hospital Boston, and with the help of my family have raised $10,000 over the last two years! Anyway, nothing was going to stop me from finishing my race in 2014. It has been my dream to run the Boston Marathon and that dream was stolen last year. I made a ‘Because I Said I Would’ running shirt to wear in the race, with my family and girlfriends name and a Boston heart on the back.”

As a baker, Paige wanted to use her talent to help someone in need. Through a nonprofit organization, she was connected with a family that was requesting a cake for their little boy’s first birthday. Their son has been diagnosed with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, a serious and chronic lung condition affecting newborn babies. Paige was told that they were hoping for something “half vanilla, half chocolate and jungle themed.” Paige did her best to make a cake they would like. She then boxed it up for a 2.5 hour drive. ”The last photo is the cake in its box buckled up for safety because I’m a nervous wreck when it comes to delivering cakes. My fiancé drove the whole way down and I watched the cake.” – Paige