Here are some ideas, possibilities and wishes. You're invited to suggest other ideas by emailing me using the contact info in the footer.

FUTURE GROWTH STATISTICS I think that if we start to grow it will be powerful for people to know exactly how many people did the Heartbeat the previous week. It would be great if we could have a count of total hours, for the last three or four weeks, maybe on the homepage, so that people could see this growing, and to know that their hours were in the total hours. For this to happen, we need to have an easy way for people to "send in their hours." Maybe it would happen during their last support interaction of the week with their buddy. It would be by the honor system, but there needs to be a way to keep outsiders from randomly adding to the statistics. Right now, I'm not sure how to do this.

HEARTBEAT STREET MEETS Assuming this grows, I think it would be good for neighbors on the same street or in the same block to know who is doing the Heartbeat. So people who really love the program could sponsor "Heartbeat Street Meets" at their home, maybe offering coffee, tea, etc, and explaining the program and the benefits they've received.

A VERY SMALL YOUTUBE CHANNEL I'd like to create a YouTube channel and put on some video testimonials, assuming people have very positive experiences. Once we have some numbers, the comment section of one "Our Experiences Doing the Heartbeat" video could be an easy way for people to share their positive experiences with the public. If everyone views and comments on the same video it would become popular and gain more views.