This weekend, we learned about an amazing example of much one person can impact the communities around them. We were up a winery in Sonoma seeing friends of of ours. In the tasting room of the winery, we met someone who heard about some who need a heart transplant. They never the met the person, but they were touched by the person's dilemma. Rather than do nothing, they sent out a request on Twitter to ask for donations to cover the cost. They raised enough money in a matter of days to cover the cost. I was amazed by what one person had achieved.
If they was ever an example about why we believe what we do on our San Francisco Tours, that is it. We believe that by shopping at the same kind of places they we visit on our San Francisco Food Tours, people can preserve the local artisans they have back home. Many places have the same kind of places we visit on our San Francisco Culinary Tours, the question is whether people will value them.
One person connecting with another can achieve amazing things. On our San Francisco Tours, we see that is what makes up a neighborhood. It is a series of people who decide that their local community is important. It is also realizing that the collective knowledge of people can achieve incredible things. For example, we started talking about working to preserve some open space in Sonoma County. I've previously done work in that area so I was able to pass along some ideas. Just like on San Francisco Food Tours, everyone specializes in different areas. One person on our San Francisco Culinary Tours specializes in coffee, another specializes in chocolate, another specializes in bread, and so on.
Collective knowledge can make major changes. For example, on our San Francisco Tours, we see how neighborhoods are a combination of people working toward the same goal. When the person who enlisted others to help another who needed a heart transplant, he created a neighborhood. On our San Francisco Food Tours, we see how those neighborhoods, can be a group of people who decide to think beyond their own narrow interests. As we see on our San Francisco Culinary Tours, we people working together they can achieve amazing things. Like getting someone a heart transplant.
