A MESSAGE FROM CATHERINE RYAN HYDE, AUTHOR OF PAY IT FORWARD

The Pay It Forward Movement is the real-life reaction to the release of my novel in early 2000, followed by the creation of the Pay It Forward Foundation, followed by the Warner Brothers movie. I didn't write the novel expecting a social movement, but it's certainly been exciting to watch it grow.

The purpose of the Pay It Forward Movement website is to bring together, in one place, as many real stories as we can. This serves several purposes. It helps the cynics see that Pay It Forward really is working, not just around the United States but around the world. It brings much-deserved recognition to those doing the work, and puts the results of their efforts out in the open so others can be inspired. It's also a source of some good news for a change, a way to renew your faith in human nature.

Bear in mind that I only know the Pay It Forward stories that someone took the time to report. I'm guessing that's somewhere in the neighborhood of one in a hundred spontaneous acts of kindness. What you see on this site is barely the tip of an iceberg.

70,000 BRACELETS SPONSORED FROM PAY IT FORWARD
WEB-A-THON ON NOVEMBER 18, 2008!

The Pay It Forward Foundation would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to
Brady Hughs for Hosting and promoting the Pay It Forward 12-Hour
Web-A-Thon, Kenny Turck for Co-Hosting the Web-A-Thon and for
 his vocal and musical talents, Hello World for Sponsoring the
 Webcast (www.helloworld.com), our Board Member, Charley Johnson
 of SnugZUSA for promoting the Web-A-Thon and Donovan Nichols’
 contribution from one of his attendees!  The Foundation is very grateful
 to have such enthusiasm and inspiration from these individuals.  We also
 want to thank Greg Winters of Microsoft, who helped a viewer with a
 technical problem.  The Web-A-Thon raised approximately 70,000
 bracelets for the Foundation!  The broadcast has been archived
 and will be available for viewing until another broadcast replaces
 it ~ if you missed it or just want to view it again, please go to
 www.PIFwebcast.com.  Thank you
 to all who have supported the Foundation, for calling in and donating
 to the bracelet cause.  We are closer to our goal of circulating
 1,000,000 bracelets all over the world!  If you would like to help us
reach our goal by making a donation for our
 Pay It Forward Bracelets, please click here!