Meet Burt Danet, Co-Founder, A Better Community For All

Youth for Change International Partner and Mentor

Interview:

1. What is ABC4All?

ABC4All is a new entity in the world. The short summary is in 75 words:

A Better Community For All (ABC4All) focuses on the betterment of citizenry and communities via a give-back model of conducting business in the world: “Maximizing Charitable Contributions on and off the Internet.”™ Support is offered for charitable causes worldwide. ABC4AllWorldSolutions!™ provide opportunities to reach unimagined “Health Heights™.” A healthier water and application of advanced energy technologies bring the potential for humanitarian relief wherever it is needed throughout the world in emergent/non-emergent situations.

More here: http://abc4all.net/welcome.htm

2. How did you think about starting ABC4ALL - do you remember the first time it occurred to you and what you thought about initially?

It all started with “Partnerships for a Better Community (PBC).” We worked with nonprofits in the community raising funds such as for Easter Seal Society. This was in association with a monthly health publication. Then I was introduced to Bob Chew who made the suggestion it is better to be near the beginning of the alphabet. So the name was changed to, “A Better Community for All (ABC4All),” and the rest is history. Bob Chew later became “Co-Founder” as well as Vice President of Business Development http://abc4all.net/bc.htm

3. Did the original idea(s) take hold or did they change and evolve over time into what is now ABC4ALL?

Everything changed from PBC to be geared to the Internet. At first the mission was, “Maximizing Charitable Contributions on the Internet.” Then it became, “Maximizing Charitable Contributions on and off the Internet.” From the beginning, I sensed the Internet and technology offered an unequaled opportunity to help expand the potential of nonprofit groups to benefit. This has since developed into the concept of SELF-FUNDING for individuals, groups and nonprofits/NGOs.

4. What are your hopes for ABC4ALL?

The ABC4All Dream has been realized in this lifetime, quite unexpectedly:

http://abc4all.net/dreamrealized.htm

and

http://abc4all.net/fulfillment.htm

The challenge has become bringing the dream into reality across the world, thereby putting into place “The ABC4All Legacy” which will go on, into perpetuity, regardless of who founded and developed the organization.

5. What are you personally doing to Make A Difference?

So many things, but one focus has been to read the book, “Making a Difference,” and then creating a local “Make a Difference Plan:” http://abc4all.net/madp.htm

This can be done anywhere in the world, and I believe the book could be translated into many languages and adapted with versions for different areas/regions of the world.

6. How did you find out about YFCI?

YFCI was one of the youth organizations on TakingITGlobal website. We joined in 01/2006. Zach Komes, Founder, joined ABC4All and has been totally supportive, always volunteering ways to help. As I learned more about YFCI, it became very clear that goals and mission were consonant, and the possibility existed to work together. That seemed to evolve quite naturally. There seemed to be a genuine mutual spirit – desire – to enter into mutual support.

7. Why did you join YFCI?

It quickly became apparent that Zach as Founder was more than ready to offer support for ABC4All. It was logical to join and see how we could continue such developments.

8. What is your involvement with YFCI so far?

Through various means, we have been exchanging information and posting on the respective websites. This has led to the agreement to develop a Memo of Understanding (MOU) making it official how we intended to cooperate mutually. After this was signed and in place, we decided to work on these interviews and create a joint press release. More coming.

9. How do you think YFCI and ABC4ALL can work together?

There are many possibilities. There can be exchanges of information. There can be cooperation in facilitating short and long-term goals. There can be a cooperative and collaborative theme among the members of both organizations that can lead to improved intercultural relationships in the world. TIG appears to have a strong unifying influence among its participants, that can extend to both YFCI and ABC4All, with a basic message coming through that people, regardless of persuasion and background, can find common ground to work together and help make it a better world for all. That is what ABC4All is trying to facilitate.

10. How do you see ABC4ALL and YFCI making a difference in the world, separately and together?

While YFCI is clearly youth oriented, ABC4All deals with “children of all ages.” This includes youth! It seems likely that young generation will resonate to helping improve communities. It is known that young and old people get along well. Now perhaps both organizations will create possibilities for all generations to learn that it is possible to make a difference in the world.

11. What personal goals do you have that will be better met if you participate with YFCI?

YFCI permits us to reach many young people that otherwise might not be the case. The importance of such work cannot be overemphasized.

12. What activities/programs/improvements are you hoping to facilitate in your country? elsewhere?

ABC4All has been in development for 8.5+ years, and soon it will be 9 years. We have much information to convey to the world, but the challenge is to do it in an organized, FUN, and easy way for people to learn and benefit. There is great effort being made to build in rewards every step of the way.

A major program upcoming will be “Dual Global Citizens (DGC)” which is a story in and of itself in terms of how it got started. More here: http://abc4all.net/dgc.htm and http://abc4all.net/by.htm

13. If you could sum up your experience as Co-Founder of ABC4ALL so far in one or two sentences, what would you say?

ABC4All has been created, in large part, because people care. The serendipitous nature of ABC4All has been summarized here:

http://abc4all.net/serendipity.htm