Break Diving, Inc.

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Earlier volunteer and recruitment guide

Earlier program notes are preserved below for reference. Prices, availability, application requirements, staffing policies, and old platform instructions may have changed. Please contact us to confirm current details.

Positions Available

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  • Assistant to Executive Director
  • Volunteer Coordinator
  • RoR Coders--RoR, Javascript, AJAX, JSON, jQuery, etc.
  • Web Designers--HTML, CSS, Javascript, Bootstrap, etc.
  • Foreign Language Volunteers
  • Teachers, Coaches, and Advisors
  • And more!

- Employment -

We are a new startup, and everyone (even the executive director) is working on a strictly volunteer capacity until funds are raised to hire formal employees. If you are interested in one day working for us, all potential employees (except in very rare circumstances) must first donate their time as a volunteer. So, if you want to one day work here, first, show us that you really care about what we are doing. Once you've proven your mettle, and once we have the funds, we'll consider hiring you in a paid capacity.

To that end, we have a general requirement that anyone who would like to eventually work for us should first volunteer with us. Therefore, management will always, as a first step when seeking to fill available positions, seek to hire/employ qualified volunteers who have shown a dedication to our mission:

  • first through the most number of volunteer hours
  • then through accomplishment of the highest Break Diving level
  • and finally through attainment of the highest formal education

RECRUITMENT STEPS

Want to volunteer with us? Read ALL of this.

SELF-ELIMINATION NOTE: If we start with 100 potential applicants, approximately 30 of them refuse to read this and bail out at this point. 70 will remain! Are you one of them?

Break Diving, Inc. is a unique company. We are a not-for-profit, but we run our operation like the entrepreneurial tech startup it is. We have assembled an amazing team of over 15 people, including coders, marketers, accountants, and more. We have a well-oiled machine in place and we only bring on people who we believe will help us move even faster and more efficiently. In other words, we work best with people who are the opposite of lazy, the opposite of undependable, and the opposite of irresponsible. We are--we hope--looking for you!

True, some people are scared off by our professionalism and discipline. Others, like you, are inspired and driven by it. Volunteer work with us is not like you'd find at a traditional charity. Yes, it's part-time, and you make your own hours, but we all work hard. VERY hard. And we love it. Why? We each believe that we are a part of something that is already starting to change the face of the planet, and therefore we are each willing to spend much of our precious free time developing something the world has never seen.

Do you have to give up your social life? No. Do you have to abandon your friends and family? No. Do you have to push your hobbies and dreams to the side? Absolutely not! But, do you have to really believe in our mission and be ready to join an amazing team of amazing people who actually do really important work? Yes, yes you must.

If you're up for it, and are ready to contribute, we'd love you to apply by reading the steps below.

SELF-ELIMINATION NOTE: Approximately 20 more potential applicants bail out at this point, realizing that this is going to be a consistent commitment of time with a measure of responsibility. About 50 people of the original 100 will continue.

PHASE 0: Is this a right fit for you?

Before you start the application process, first ask yourself these questions. If you can answer 'Yes!' to each one, you'll be a great fit here:

  • Are you comfortable working in an online remote staff environment (Slack)?
  • Can you check in regularly in this environment (at least five days per week), working with people from around the world?
  • Can you multitask with ease, working on multiple projects at one time?
  • Are you capable of working on a team, hand-in-hand helping one another?
  • Are you ready to be a full contributing staff member from day one?
  • Are you good at following directions, and at the same time, capable of innovation and trying something new?
  • Can you learn new technologies quickly?
  • Are you responsible, dependable, and capable of finishing tasks assigned to you?
  • Are you looking forward to working hard?
  • Are you humble enough to ask for help when needed?
  • Are you ready to join a team that is going to change the world for the better?

If the answer to all these above questions is a resounding "YEAH BABY YEAH!", move on to Phase 1 below.

PHASE 1: Onboarding (1 - 2 weeks)

SELF-ELIMINATION NOTE: We started with 100. 50 bailed even before starting these 8 steps. Another 30 will bail when they see these 8 steps, leaving just 20 actual applicants. We are glad to see you are one of the brave few!

STEP 1: EMBRACE OUR MISSION. Learn about our company and decide you LOVE our mission.
STEP 2: COMPLETE AN APPLICATION. Complete our simple application on Volunteer Match for an open position. Be sure to answer ALL of the onboarding questions. Those applications with blank answers may be discarded. Please wait for a response before proceeding to step 3.

STEP 3: JOIN & PARTICIPATE IN OUR COMMUNITY. Join our free community and for 3 days, prove you care about our community by interacting with our members. Nothing else happens with your application until this step is completed.
  1. Complete the onboarding checklist.
  2. Post a second message with the tag bd-volunteer-with-us and explain why you would like to volunteer with Break Diving.
  3. Show us you actually care by talking to members, helping out where you can, and working to engage our community.

STEP 4: COMPLETE BREAK DIVING 101 & SUBMIT REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
  1. Register and take our free Break Diving 101 course.
  2. Submit Your resume.
  3. Submit two letters of recommendation from anyone who knows you well, and who we can call or email for verification.

STEP 5: PASS TWO KNOWLEDGE CHALLENGE TESTS. If you have proven yourself so far, at this point, you will have to complete and pass two of our knowledge challenge tests (general staff (REQUIRED) and one of the following: coding challenge, marketing challenge, accounting challenge, admin challenge, etc. based on what position you are applying for). Each test has a basic, intermediate, and advanced section. You must attempt to answer every question in every section. Answers of "Don't know" is not accepable: you must TRY. Click here to view the knowledge tests.

STEP 6: REVIEW VOLUNTEER HANDBOOK. If you pass, you will given our latest volunteer handbook to look at, which explains all of our staff rules. If after reading our volunteer handbook, you are still interested in volunteering with us, we will set up your video interview.

STEP 7: VIDEO INTERVIEW. During this 1-hour video interview, you will be asked to explain the company's mission, why you want to be a part of the company, and how you are going to positively contribute to what we are doing. It's a chance for you to get to know us better, and us to get to know you better. If the interview goes well, you'll be offered a position as a probationary staff member, and asked to sign our volunteer agreement.

STEP 8: SIGN VOLUNTEER AGREEMENT. You have time to review and sign the volunteer agreement. Once signed, and returned, you will officially become a part of the team as a probationary staff member.

SELF-ELIMINATION NOTE: Of the 20 who started the 8 steps, about 5 end up finishing them and being invited onto the probationary staff. Good for you!

PHASE 2: Probation (Up to 4 weeks)

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  1. Join our Slack staff communications tool and download the Slack app for your phone and if on PC, desktop.
  2. Provide us with your GitHub username.
  3. Read all staff-rules and the welcome-file on our team StackOverflow.
  4. Join your primary and secondary team and become familiar.
  5. You will be observed during these four weeks and rated on:
    • Participation in the community
    • interaction with our members
    • dependability
    • creativity
    • ability to multi-task
    • teamwork
    • ability to work independently
    • how well you follow the staff rules
    • support and understanding of our mission
    • ability to increase productivity of team
    • general attitude and personality
    • overall fit with the team

SELF-ELIMINATION NOTE: Of the 5 new probationary staff, about 2 end up actually joining the full staff. We started with 100, and only 2 made it onto the team. We hope you are one of those two!

PHASE 3. Permanent Staff (Long-Term)

  1. Add the '- Staff' designation to your Slack name.
  2. Receive a breakdiving.org email address.
  3. Receive a breakdiving.org Stack Overflow account.
  4. Receive access to complimentary training materials donated by our sponsors.
  5. Officially join the team!

Why such an involved application process?

We don't want to invest in training someone who doesn't first invest in learning about the company and who does't first make a contribution to our important mission. By following the above steps, we learn whether you can follow instructions, whether you are serious about volunteering with us, and whether you feel you'd be a good fit at the company.

So, what are you waiting for? Get started already! Break Diving needs you! Incidentally, so does the world!

Earlier volunteer challenges

Earlier program notes are preserved below for reference. Prices, availability, application requirements, staffing policies, and old platform instructions may have changed. Please contact us to confirm current details.

Challenge Tests

- Employment -

We are a new startup, and everyone (even the executive director) is working on a strictly volunteer capacity until funds are raised to hire formal employees. If you are interested in one day working for us, all potential employees (except in very rare circumastances) must first donate their time as a volunteer. So, if you want to one day work here, first, show us that you really care about what we are doing. Once you've proven your mettle, and once we have the funds, we'll consider hiring you in a paid capacity.

To that end, we have a general requirement that anyone who would like to eventually work for us should first volunteer with us. Therefore, management will always, as a first step when seeking to fill available positions, seek to hire/employ qualified volunteers who have shown a dedication to our mission:

  • first through the most number of volunteer hours
  • then through accomplishment of the highest Break Diving level
  • and finally through attainment of the highest formal education

THE CHALLENGES

  • Find your challenges below. Speak to staff to determine which ones you should complete.
  • Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are important. Proofread before submission.
  • Answer all questions in each section. Do not leave any blank, and do not say "I don't know" to any of the answers. You must try.
  • Submit answers via email to your staff contact as a google doc link. Please be sure it is a google doc.
  • In your answers, be sure to also include the challenge name, the section (basic, intermediate, advanced) and the questions!

⇩ GENERAL STAFF CHALLENGE ⇩

BASIC

  1. Please share in your own words why you want to volunteer here at Break Diving.
  2. Please share why you expect and want to volunteer here at Break Diving for the foreseeable long term.
  3. Explain why you can handle a sometimes high stress and usually fast paced environment.

INTERMEDIATE

  1. Briefly explain each tenet of the Diver's Code and why it's important.
  2. Briefly explain each of our "Member Expectations" and why each is important.

ADVANCED

  1. Are you prepared to work on a second team, where we need help? Note: entire coding team is ONE team. Explain why.
  2. Briefly explain each part of the Terms of Service, and why it's important.

⇩ CODING TEAM CHALLENGE ⇩

BASIC

  1. What is your GitHub?
  2. How many pull requests (PRs) have you made on GitHub? If none, say so. It doesn't disqualify you.
  3. What would you type to switch to a branch named 'development'?
  4. What would you type to create a new branch called "feature/message-board" and switch to it?
  5. What would you type to push that branch to GitHub?
  6. Once the branch is pushed, how to create a pull request and assign reviewers?
  7. What does this HTML/CSS do?
  8. What does this Javascript do?
  9. Why won't this HTML code work?
  10. Why won't this CSS code work?
  11. Why won't this Javascript code work?
  12. We want to create an ordered list. How would you do this?
  13. We want to use CSS to target a class named 'caption' and change the font to blue, and underline the text. How would you do this?
  14. Design a simple website with all proper HTML, head, body tags and a separate CSS file that has a big title "CODE TEST" that is centered, and use CSS to make the title change colors gradually as you hover over it. Include Javascript script tags, but leave empty.

INTERMEDIATE

  1. Do you currently have Git, Ruby, Rails, and Redis installed on your computer? If not, say so. It doesn't disqualify you.
  2. What is MVC and please explain how each is used in a Rails app?
  3. What would you type to start a Rails server?
  4. How would you start a Rails server on port 3100?
  5. How do you access the Rails console?
  6. How do you migrate the database in Rails?
  7. What is PostGreSQL and why is it different from MongoDB?
  8. What does this Ruby code do?
  9. What does this Ruby code do?
  10. What does this Rails code do?
  11. What might this error mean and how might you try to solve it? Where would you look?

ADVANCED

  1. Do you have Node.js installed? If no, say so. It's not a disqualifier.
  2. Let's say you are assigned a new coding task. It's something you don't know how to do. In general, how would you go about solving this issue?
  3. How are you going to help the coding team move faster, rather than slower?
  4. How are you going to help the entire Break Diving team move faster, rather than slower?

⇩ MARKETING TEAM CHALLENGE ⇩

BASIC

  1. Describe the similarities and differences between publicity, marketing, and advertising.
  2. If you wanted to create a Google ad to encourage people who want to volunteer how to find us, what keywords would you use, and what would the ad text, body, and display URL look like?

INTERMEDIATE

  1. What do you think our biggest marketing problem is right now?
  2. How do you recommend that we fix it?
  3. Do you know basic HTML and CSS? Git & GitHub? Ready to learn?

ADVANCED

  1. Write a sample press release in three paragraphs for the release of our new community app. The mission: help people succeed in life.
  2. Explain why sales is essentially a part of marketing, and how they are related.
  3. How are you going to help the marketing team move faster, rather than slower?
  4. How are you going to help the entire Break Diving team move faster, rather than slower?

⇩ ADMIN/MANAGEMENT STAFF CHALLENGE ⇩

BASIC

  1. Find all the grammar and formatting issues in this email. Make it perfect.
  2. Explain how you can help us as an administrative assistant.
  3. What leadership and management experience have you had.

INTERMEDIATE

  1. Write an email from scratch to a vendor about: explain our mission, then ask if they offer discounts for charities, get their mailing address, inquire about countries in which they operate, and find out the best way to reach them: phone, email, or text message.
  2. Explain why when you are asked to do something, you finish it, without forgetting. What is your system, and how can we know to depend on you?
  3. Describe a situation when you took charge of a project with multiple people and took it successfully to completion.

ADVANCED

  1. How are you going to help the admin/management team move faster, rather than slower?
  2. How are you going to help the entire Break Diving team move faster, rather than slower?

⇩ FINANCE STAFF CHALLENGE ⇩

BASIC

  1. Explain the difference between an income statement and a balance sheet.
  2. What is an endowment, and why does Break Diving have one?
  3. How much income tax does Break Diving pay per year?
  4. According to the IRS, up to what amount of a membership fee can a not-for-profit charge that remains 100% tax-deductible for the member?

INTERMEDIATE

  1. Explain all the different types of Form 770 and the benefits of each.
  2. Have you used Quickbooks, Wave Accounting, or any other type of online bookkeeping software? When? Where? Thoughts?
  3. Explain why positive cash-flow is crucial to our business, and based on a review of our website, explain the different ways you think we currently make money.

ADVANCED

  1. If we had to raise $100 in donations in 30 days, what would you suggest we do?
  2. How are you going to help the finance team move faster, rather than slower?
  3. How are you going to help the entire Break Diving team move faster, rather than slower?

⇩ FLUENCY PROJECT LINGUIST STAFF CHALLENGE ⇩

BASIC

  1. What language(s) are you interested most in helping out with?
  2. What are your truly native languages?
  3. What are your 'second' languages and at what level can you speak, read, write, and understand?
  4. What is the Break Diving Fluency Project?
  5. Are you prepared to help out in our language channels on a consistent basis?
  6. Are you prepared to patiently help the company grow, find more Fluency Project students, and brainstorm ideas for improvement?

INTERMEDIATE

  1. Do you have any teaching certifications? If none, say so. It's not a disqualifier.
  2. Explain a time when you led others to success.
  3. Explain a time when you showed patience with students or colleagues when trying to explain something to someone who didn't understand.
  4. Write a short one paragraph essay about who you are in the languages you want to help with, and translate to English.

ADVANCED

  1. Are you interested in leading a particular language as a 'group leader', organizing events, classes, meetings, etc. and helping it to grow worldwide?
  2. How are you going to help the Fluency Project team move faster, rather than slower?
  3. How are you going to help the entire Break Diving team move faster, rather than slower?

Our supporters

Thank you to the people and organizations who have supported Break Diving. The acknowledgments below are historical and do not assert that a sponsorship is still active.

Sponsor acknowledgments

Earlier program notes are preserved below for reference. Prices, availability, application requirements, staffing policies, and old platform instructions may have changed. Please contact us to confirm current details.

Zapier.com

Zapier logo

Zapier has graciously provided us with a totally free account to help us zap our daily membership subscribers from Slack to Mailjet, seamlessly, and automatically! Thanks to the support of Zapier, we not only are able to save a tremendous amount of money, but Zapier is also allowing us to save an incredible amount of time. And with a short-staffed organization like ours, both time and money come in short supply. Thank you Zapier for believing in Break Diving!


Google.com

Google logo

Google has graciously approved us for their Google Grant program, offering a full GSuite account for our entire staff, breakdiving.org email addresses, and a whopping $120,000/year in google ads in support of our mission. We thank Google tremendously for making it possible for our staff to communicate professionally with others, and to give us a means to advertise our programs and services worldwide to those who are in need of support, friendship, and encouragement. Thank you Google for believing in Break Diving!


SitePoint.com

Sitepoint logo

SitePoint has graciously offered each of our staff members a sponsored subscription to SitePoint premium, and truth be told, many of the features you see on BreakDiving.io were made possible in part due to books and tutorials provided by Sitepoint! Truly, if you are a coder or want to be, SitePoint is the place to be. Sitepoint has been curating, creating and publishing content for developers since 1999 with a monthly audience of now over 7 million web professionals worldwide. Bottom line, SitePoint Premium offers access to the best technology, design and development books and we love how they help coders worldwide. Go check them out!


Full Stack React

React Course logo

Fullstack React: The Complete Guide to ReactJS and Friends, from \newline, is an 800+ page book that will teach you React from the inside out. You'll learn core React concepts from building custom components, to implementing routing, managing application dataflow, unit testing and more. It covers best practices for code organization, testing, performance, and includes practical examples with a complete project in each chapter. Fullstack React, along with all \newline materials, are kept up-to-date so you never need to worry about an outdated resource. The team at Full Stack React has generously provided each member of our team access to this course. Thank you Full Stack React for believing in our mission and helping us help more people worldwide!


ClickUp

ClickUp

ClickUp is probably the best task and project management system on the web. Best part: it's free to use for anyone. We are especially grateful since the team at ClickUp has bumped us up to the professional tier at no cost, thanks to their support of our mission. Thank you ClickUp!

ClickUp is "the one app to replace them all. It's the future of work - where anyone can work on anything. More than just task management - ClickUp offers docs, reminders, goals, calendars, scheduling, and even an inbox. Fully customizable, ClickUp works for every type of team, so all teams can use the same app to plan, organize, and collaborate." We at Break Diving agree!


Scrimba

Scrimba

Scrimba is an incredible web development coding school, all online, that allows you to code while you learn. You literally watch the videos and then pause the video and code right on the video screen itself! It's one of the best web development schools on the internet.

We thank Scrimba and their incredible team for generously sponsoring the Break Diving coding team, giving us free pro access to all their courses. Thanks to Scrimba, we are able to more quickly improve our website. Thanks Scrimba!


YOUR COMPANY HERE?

We appreciate all the help we can get, and in return, we showcase our sponsors, i.e. those companies who go above and beyond to help us fulfill our mission. We'd to see your company name here too!

Hack Chinese

Hack Chinese logo

Daniel and the folks at Hack Chinese have graciously provided all Break Diving staff members with sponsored accounts to help us improve our Chinese so we can can better help our members who are learning Chinese. Hack Chinese helps students learn Chinese words as quickly as possible. Vocabulary lists from popular Chinese textbooks and proficiency exams make it easy to get started, and their advanced spacing repetition algorithms make learning and remembering easy. Thank you Daniel and Hack Chinese for believing in Break Diving!


Hey Taco

HeyTaco logo

HeyTaco has been providing monthly service virtually at no cost thanks to Blake Bos and the HeyTaco team. Thanks to HeyTaco, our staff can easily and effectively show appreciation, recognize accomplishment, and improve someone's mood, all with just a :taco: Without HeyTaco, our staff would not receive the recognition they deserve, and the world would in general be a much sadder place. Thank you Hey Taco for believing in Break Diving!


GoRails.com

GoRails logo

GoRails is the COOLEST and MOST EFFECTIVE place to max out your Rails coding skills. Every week or two, owner Chris Oliver shares a knowledge packed screen share that shows us how to do yet another awesomely cool thing in rails. Truth be told, many of the features on our upcoming new community site originate with GoRails videos, such as group chat with actioncable, real-time notifications, and in-box messaging! Best part: GoRails provides us with 15 seats... at no charge. Thank you GoRails for believing in Break Diving!


WesBos.com

Wes Bos logo

Wes Bos has been a leader in courses in javascript, react, and node for years, and anyone who is anyone in coding knows his name because... his courses are fantastic! And not just on those topics, but also CSS Grid (Totally free for everyone!), Sublime Text, Flexbox, Redux, and more! Thanks to Wes' generous support of our charitable mission, we now have 15 free seats to offer to our coding team to help them maximize their javascript, react, and node skills! Thank you Wes Bos for believing in Break Diving!


Mastery.games

Mastery Games logo

Mastery Games is the brainchild of Dave Geddes, who has masterfully managed to combine fun games with incredible coding skill mastery. His first one (Flexbox Zombies) gives you a flexbox crossbow to use in defense of a zombie onslaught. It's truly amazing how quickly you learn flexbox through this FREE game. But Dave has gone a step further and provided each Break Diving staff member with a free subscription to his newest game Grid Critters, that uses the same funny story telling skills and game psychology to help our staff master CSS Grid as well. Thank you Dave Geddes and Mastery Games for believing in our mission and helping us help more people worldwide!


Thinkific

Thinkific logo

Thinkific’s powerful all-in-one platform makes it easy to share your knowledge, grow your audience, and scale the business you already love. Whether you’re educating 10 students or 10 million, feel confident that you’ve got the easiest technology and best support in the business.

Thank you to the folks at Thinkific who have agreed to help us grow!


Homelight.com

Homelight logo

HomeLight is the essential technology platform used by hundreds of thousands of homebuyers and sellers to partner with top real estate agents and win at any step of the real estate journey — whether that's finding a top agent, securing a competitive mortgage, or ensuring on-time, easy close. HomeLight facilitates billions of dollars of real estate on its platform every year. Their vision is a world where every real estate transaction is simple, certain, and satisfying for all.

We thank HomeLight for their generous financial sponsorship of Break Diving.

Wall of support

Earlier program notes are preserved below for reference. Prices, availability, application requirements, staffing policies, and old platform instructions may have changed. Please contact us to confirm current details.

Here is a list of all our donors. Our donors are divided into the following categories:

Break Diving Monthly Giving Club Members

Break Diving Corporate Sponsors

Break Diving Benefactors (Donated more than $100)

Break Diving Patrons (Donated more than $50)

Break Diving Contributors (Donated more than $25)

Break Diving Supporters (Donated more than $15)

Break Diving Friends (Donated more than $1)


Child welfare & adoption

Connect around adoption, foster parenting, and the wellbeing of children. Share experiences and encouragement with others.

Earlier child welfare program notes

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Welcome to our Child Welfare & Adoption Program!

Whether you recently adopted a child or would like to gain insight from people who have, this community can help you find what you're looking for.

We also want to do our part to help ensure no child is being treated in an inhumane manner.

We look forward to helping you bring joy not only to your life, but also that of another child.

Beginner Resources

  • Join our online child welfare and adoption community.
  • Take our basic self-study course, free and online: (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Read our blog post: The Basics of Child Adoption (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Read our blog post: What You Can Do To Prevent Child Abuse (Coming Winter 2018)

Intermediate/Advanced Resources

  • Read our blog post: The Differences Between Adoption and Foster Parenting (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Take our intermediate self-study course (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Take our advanced self-study course (Coming Winter 2018)

Animal welfare & adoption

Explore the role adoption and care can play in improving animals' lives, and connect with others who share that concern.

Earlier animal welfare program notes

Earlier program notes are preserved below for reference. Prices, availability, application requirements, staffing policies, and old platform instructions may have changed. Please contact us to confirm current details.

Welcome to our Animal Welfare & Adoption Community!

Whether you recently adopted a pet or would like to gain insight from people who have, this community can help you find what you're looking for.

We also want to do what we can to help prevent animal abuse and cruelty.

Beginner Resources

  • Join our online animal welfare and adoption community.
  • Take our basic self-study course, free and online: (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Read our blog post: The Basics of Animal Adoption (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Read our blog post: What You Can Do To Prevent Animal Abuse (Coming Winter 2018)

Intermediate/Advanced Resources

  • Read our blog post: The Differences Between Adoption and Purchasing (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Take our intermediate self-study course (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Take our advanced self-study course (Coming Winter 2018)

Homeless services

Learn about our interest in supporting people experiencing homelessness and ask how you can contribute.

Earlier homeless services notes

Earlier program notes are preserved below for reference. Prices, availability, application requirements, staffing policies, and old platform instructions may have changed. Please contact us to confirm current details.

Welcome to our Homeless Services Community!

Whether you are homeless or would like to help out someone who is, this community can help you find what you're looking for.

We believe (as is logical) that everyone deserves a place to call 'home'. Through this program, we hope to help do just that.

Beginner Resources

Intermediate/Advanced Resources

  • Read our blog post: What You Can Do To Prevent Homelessness. (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Take our intermediate self-study course (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Take our advanced self-study course (Coming Winter 2018)

Disaster relief

Explore ways to support people affected by disasters. Contact us about current opportunities before relying on older program notes.

Earlier disaster relief notes

Earlier program notes are preserved below for reference. Prices, availability, application requirements, staffing policies, and old platform instructions may have changed. Please contact us to confirm current details.

Welcome to our Disaster Relief Services Community!

Whether you were recently affected by a disaster or would like to assist people who were, this community can help you find what you're looking for.

Beginner Resources

  • Join our online disaster relief services community.
  • Take our basic self-study course, free and online: (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Read our blog post: The Basics of Disaster Relief (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Read our blog post: What You Can Do To Prevent A Disaster From Affecting You (Coming Winter 2018)

Intermediate/Advanced Resources

  • Read our blog post: International Disaster Relief Volunteering (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Take our intermediate self-study course (Coming Winter 2018)
  • Take our advanced self-study course (Coming Winter 2018)

Petitions

Learn about the causes and petitions previously shared by Break Diving.

Petitions and background

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SIGN OUR PETITIONS SO THAT OTHERS MAY SUCCEED: Anti-Suicide/Do Not Kill Yourself Petition Florida Anti-Texting/Driving Law Petition Ditch Daylight Savings Time Worldwide Petition Corporations of the World: Stop taking advantage of your online users! We support the TOS Fairness Bill of Rights! (Coming Soon) Anti-Drinking/Driving Petition (Coming Soon) God Loves You Petition (Coming Soon) Home Caregiver Support Petition (Coming Soon) Do Not Harm Yourself Petition (Coming Soon) Believe In Your Dreams Petition (Coming Soon) Pursue Your Dreams Petition (Coming Soon) Never Give Up/Try One More Time Petition (Coming Soon) Be Grateful Petition (Coming Soon) Get Our Of Debt Petition (Coming Soon) Call An Old Friend Petition (Coming Soon) Call A Family Member Petition (Coming Soon) Write A Letter Today Petition (Coming Soon) Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself Petition (Coming Soon) Get Off Your Ass Petition (Coming Soon) Your Heart is Broken so Time to Fix It Petition (Coming Soon) Learn to Invest & Manage Your Finances Petition (Coming Soon) Say I Love You Petition (Coming Soon) Adopt A Child Petition (Coming Soon) Adopt/Save an Animal Petition (Coming Soon) Donate to Charity Petition (Coming Soon) Travel the World Petition (Coming Soon) Help the Homeless in Your Town Petition (Coming Soon) Call A Family Member Petition (Coming Soon) You CAN Find a Job Petition (Coming Soon) Become an Actor Petition (Coming Soon) Shoot Your Movie Petition

Break Diving, Inc. is all about helping people succeed and find happiness.

Well, we have created various petitions on Change.org to do just that. Some are petitions to encourage change in the world. Others are petitions for the people of the world to read. For the depressed. For the hopeless. For those needing a friend. For the lazy. For those who are doing things they shouldn't be doing and need a nudge in the right direction.

Heck, these petitions are for ALL of us, because we ALL feel rotten sometimes, or don't have the confidence or courage or support we need to do what we know we must.

So these petitions are there for you to SIGN when you are feeling great, and have an inspiring or impactful story to share (in the comment section on each petition) and for you to READ when you are feeling low, and for you to SHARE with a friend or loved one when he or she is feeling less than great. When you read all the comments on the petitions that have been around for a while, you'll see what we mean.

Each petition has an accompanying story on our Break Diving Blog linking to that particular petition, and that blog post is in turn linked back to our google adwords account. In this way, we redirect web searches towards our blog, which then leads to one of our petitions that we hope will bring positive change to that person's life.

Well, what are you waiting for? Time to dive in! Choose some petitions to read, and choose some petitions to sign! If you do sign, PLEASE read the full petition, and then PLEASE write an inspiring paragraph in the comments section of the petition explaining why you signed and what words of wisdom you can share with the next person who finds the petition, reaching out for help.

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