Sara Johnson is a very creative friend. She has a passion for life and living. After her brother's tragic suicide, she decided to quit her job and started up Mad to Live foundation. The foundation is dedicated to suicide prevention and awareness. The organization focuses on the arts as a way to augment healing mental illness. It encourages individuals to capture and embrace life through creative expression as a therapeutic outlet. The mission of Mad to Live is to raise awareness about the epidemic of suicide and fight stigma of mental illness through events as well as sponsoring national funding for healing art activities. It is fascinating to observe the creativity and leverage Sara applies in using Free Internet IT based services to help launch her new foundation.
It is easy to get IT. What is not easy is to build the brand, the foundation, the volunteers, the products, and the overall creation strategy. I am so glad to see that instead of having to worry about IT and how we will manage IT infrastructure to communicate, plan, and build our network, we are free to focus on the business and IT is almost free!! Of course, I know this model is not fit for all organizations and for many security is still a barrier to entry and leverage of cloud computing! However, for a new entrepreneur and a none profit organization, free IT is an amazing gift.

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