You have just embarked on a mission to change your world and universe. Ask yourself “What can I do to make a change?” The answer is Bottle Missions! What is a ‘Bottle Mission’? A ‘Bottle Mission’ is a task that an individual or group will take on to create a positive change for the future.
As you ponder the magnitude of taking on your world to make a change, you also must consider many things. There are many cultures and points of view on the tiny planet called Earth. The actual population in any culture is very small. There are hundreds of cultures with thousands of ideas and ways of looking at life. There is one thing for sure everyone on earth has in common: we all love our families and would like the world to be here for generations to come. As with our past families it is our responsibility to ensure that our future families have a good home and a better future.
Bottle Missions are considerate to others. Remember the world consists of different cultures, ethnicities and genders.
Bottle Missions are acts of goodwill towards positive change.
Bottle Missions always grant freedom of choice and opinion to others.
Change begins with acts of random kindness. Acts of kindness spread quickly. Listed are samples of bottle missions by level of challenge. Anyone can launch a Bottle Mission whether you are a child or 150 years old. Remember to give us your ideas and stories of success in The Goodwill Dispatch Reporter.
Basic Bottle Missions
(Bottle Missions are updated regularly from submissions on the Goodwill Dispatch Reporter)
Level One Bottle Missions can be done at home, school, work or around your neighborhood. These missions are directed towards people close to you. Get your creative juices flowing and take a look at a few of the sample missions. The samples are here as a guideline. When starting a change it is always best to start with yourself and those around you first.
Get a group of friends together and start cleaning up any debris in your neighborhood and around your yard.
Teach your grandparents or elderly people how to use the internet.
Pick up groceries for a neighbor who is not feeling well
Collect lightly used books to donate to a local children’s hospital or mentally challenged group homes.
Shovel someone's snow before they wake up.
Volunteer to rake the elderly neighbor’s yard.
Start a pen-pal program in your class for soldiers sent abroad.
Start a peer-to-peer group in school and befriend the kids in your school that are lonely.
Start a movement where the kids that are usually picked last for the team are picked first.
Have all of your friends move to the table where a kid is sitting alone.
Collect returnable bottles for the neighbors.
Intermediate Bottle Missions
(Bottle Missions are updated regularly from submissions on the Goodwill Dispatch Reporter)
With this level Bottle Mission you begin to branch out and have an effect on others. As you review the examples below, think of ideas and ways that you can make a change. Your outreach will be greater and many people will feel the ripples of goodwill you create. At this level try and create a group so you can make a bigger impact.
Plant a vegetable garden and find a place to donate the vegetables to. For example as your vegetables ripen throughout the season, you can donate them to a a food pantry.
Get a group together to visit a nursing home and give the ladies manicures or paint their nails.
Bake a big batch of cookies and bring them to a homeless shelter.
Volunteer at an animal shelter. You can walk and socialize the animals so they will be more adoptable.
Start a hand-me-down program in your neighborhood to exchange lightly used clothing to benefit the less fortunate.
Start a free festival where everyone brings items they no longer use and want to exchange with each other or give to anyone that comes by. This is a form of recycling.
Find a park or a less maintained public place, & take responsibility for it by cleaning up litter and debris.
Create a choir and have mini concerts in children’s hospitals.
Volunteer to read to visually impaired individuals.
Start a “Toys for Tots” for the holiday program.
Get a group together and act out a play or movie at a nursing home.
Host a community car wash. Donate all the proceeds to Red-Cross or the Salvation Army.
Get a group together to collect canned goods for a food pantry.
Meet with local businesses and offer to wear a tee-shirt with the words BUY LOCAL – with their business name and number.
Call your local town or village official. Find out how you can start a program that would clean or repaint over bad graffiti from walls or public property.
Advanced Bottle Missions
(Bottle Missions are updated regularly from submissions on the Goodwill Dispatch Reporter)
With the Advanced Bottle Missions, the effect reaches out to the world. The impact of these missions will be stellar. Your voice will be heard by many who are ready for change. These changes will be felt throughout the cosmos. When you embark on an Advanced Bottle Mission, you are certainly an InterGalactic Messenger and an IGM Federation member. Reach out across the globe to find others ready to change the Universe.
Write messages in bottles to your congressmen or world leaders letting them know you would like to see a trend toward solar power, electric cars and other things that will help the environment.
Write, direct and film a movie about a world issue and how to solve it. Post it on Youtube and mail a copy to the President and world leaders.
Get together with your school's music department. Write a song about how you want to change the world. Have the school choir sing it. Send a copy to your local government, the news broadcasters and post it onto Youtube.
Find an area in the world where there is hardship. Find an organization that is helping that area. Send out holiday cards to that organization to give to the people affected.
Start a campaign to flood the world leaders with positive messages in a bottle that will inspire them to make change that will make them Great World Leaders for their country and the world.
Begin a nationwide reusable bag donation program that collects all of the reusable promotional bags and donates them to the local market. The bags will be given to people to use for free for their groceries. Begin a awareness program that promotes the benefit reducing the waste from plastic grocery bags.
Create a business model where water is sold in reusable personal-sized water containers that are collected, cleaned and resold. (Much like the 5 gallon bottles).
Create a business that promotes the idea of spreading goodwill through acts of kindness. Do this by using a child friendly, altruistic and fun format. Include gift-giving ideas and ways to communicate throughout the year.
Submit a world-changing Level 3 Bottle Mission - Go to the and click on Launch a Bottle Mission. Share and get acknowledged by uploading a video of your own Bottle Mission. Join us by sending us your stories, videos and photos about how the world is changing for the better. Find Good News and let everyone know the great things that happen in the world everyday. There are many organizations filled with people like you with hope and faith. Your Bottle Mission could be the one that changes the world for good, forever. Make an impact that will be felt by all.
Change begins with acts of random kindness. Acts of kindness spread quick. Listed are samples of bottle missions by level of challenge. Anyone can launch a Bottle Mission whether you are a child or a 150 years old. Remember to give us your ideas and stories of success in The Goodwill Dispatch Reporter.
So, here is your MISSION: become a messenger for the IGM Federation. Look around and find a special need to be completed. Use the above lists as a guideline to help you with your quest. You can also go to the Goodwill Dispatch Reporter for additional ideas. Launch your Bottle Missions by submitting them. Let us know how you plan to initiate it. Post your Bottle Mission updates as you complete them. Remember that the most important step in a mission is to do it. For added power, get your friends, classmates, co-workers or neighbors involved. Use the IGM website to help recruit them. Let them know what you are doing. Spread the message that it is a good idea to get involved with making a change. If you are already involved with another group with the same purpose, let us know how we can help or join with your group. Our purpose is to unite all groups for the greater good of the planet. Post your group activities on the Goodwill Dispatch Report and we will spread the word.
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