http://sacramentoscoop.com/2010/04/28/pay-it-forward-day-is-april-29-2010/

International Pay It Forward Day is April 29, 2010.  This worldwide movement started in Australia and has rocketed around the world. On this day, be extra vigilant to find a favor you can do for another person. Operating on the premise that we all have it in our power to help another, one individual truly can change the world.

“Together we can change the world, one good deed at a time.”

Here’s how it works (an excerpt from the book “Pay It Forward”):  “You see, I do something real good for three people.  And then when they ask how they can pay it back, I say they have to Pay It Forward.  To three more people.  Each.  So nine people get helped.  Then those people have to do twenty-seven.”  He turned on the calculator, punched in a few numbers.  ”Then it sort of spreads out, see.  To eighty-one.  Then two hundred forty-three.  Then seven hundred twenty-nine.  Then two thousand, one hundred eighty-seven.  See how big it gets?” 

I saw this movie at the theatre about ten years ago when it first came out and I thought at the time that someone should make this official.  The truth is we should pay it forward every day, but you have to start somewhere so now’s your chance on pay it forward day.