TODAY IS THE GLOBAL DAY FOR GIVING BACK. LAST YEAR, PEOPLE DONATED MORE THAN 19-MILLION DOLLARS TO CHARITY ON THAT DATE ALONE.
THIS YEAR, THE HEALTH DATA-SHARING WEBSITE “PATIENTSLIKEME” IS ASKING FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF DONATION – OF HEALTH INFORMATION.
THE IDEA IS FOR PATIENTS TO SHARE THEIR DATA SO THAT OTHERS CAN BENEFIT.
JOINING US IS GARTH CALLAGHAN, THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK CALLED “NAPKIN NOTES.”
TELL US ABOUT YOUR OWN DIAGNOSIS, THE NAPKIN NOTES CONCEPT, AND WHAT MESSAGE YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS NOTE-WRITING IDEA?
WHAT IS GIVING TUESDAY ALL ABOUT, AND WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR?
TELL US WHAT THE “24 DAYS OF GIVING” CAMPAIGN HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH?
HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED?
FOR PATIENTS AND OTHERS WHO WANT TO GET INVOLVED – WHAT SHOULD THEY KNOW?
Garth Callaghan Biography
W. Garth Callaghan has been diagnosed with cancer four times since November 2011 and doctors recently gave him five years to live. So Garth set out with a mission: to write 826 napkin notes for his 14-year-old daughter, Emma; one for each day until she graduates from high school. When Emma was in kindergarten, Garth began packing the handwritten napkins with personal notes and famous quotes inside her lunchbox.
Garth compiled the notes in a self-published e-book, Napkin Notes. With a passionate social media fan base, he shares the daily napkin inspiration on his blog, Twitter and Facebook. His story has gained national attention and he and Emma have appeared on The Today Show and Fox & Friends.