eBay Seller Wants To Make A Difference In The Lives Of Others with the Pepsi Refresh Project
Giving a helping hand with eBay and Pepsi
Pepsi recently launched their Pepsi Refresh Project®, a new initiative that is looking for people, business, and non-profits with ideas that may have a positive impact in their communities, helping them overcome their issues and build a better world.
eBay entrepreneur Dianna Warner (eBayID: alleyappleauctions) from Topeka, Kansas and her husband have been eBay sellers since 1998 – and have been going full speed ever since. Recently, Dianna became a candidate to obtain the $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant to help those around her grow and develop – especially those that need it the most. Voting ends on August 31 so do not wait! PLEASE Go to http://www.refresheverything.com/onlineegeneration and vote for Dianna Warner’s project!
Here’s a brief interview with her where she discusses her background, her dreams and her future projects.
Q: So, tells us a little bit about yourself.
A: I was born and raised in Philadelphia and then I got married to my husband Chris and we moved to Brooklyn, NY. We spent 15 wonderful years there. A few members of our family fell sick and we eventually relocated in Topeka, during that time I started experimenting with eBay. It took me by surprise, because it kept bringing me amazing results even though I had done very little research on it, and 11 years later we are still using it as our source of income for both our homes. Since 2005 I’ve been formally teaching eBay at various local colleges and a local vocational school; I’m three credits away from completing my Bachelor’s Degree in Integrated Studies from Washburn University, I’ve taken a year of Mandarin, two years of Arabic as well and I’m an interpreter for the deaf since the late 1970′s.
Q: What is your Pepsi Refresh Grant project about? How are you planning to help your community out?
A: My idea is to help those around me by offering eBay classes to target groups, such as unemployed individuals, displaced workers, seniors, low income, single parents, Spanish, Deaf Communities and most of all those who have to stay at home whether to take care of their family members or their children. I would like them to tell them my story, how it’s possible to keep going on and make their dreams come true; I’d like to teach them my whereabouts, my journey and give them the tools they may need to start their own.
Q: What are some of the biggest challenges you’ve had with your project so far?
A: Well, I’ve tried for months to get my submission in so that I could offer the eBay courses to those in need, I was beyond excited once I got in, but now, I’ve found it hard to get recognition from those around me. I haven’t been able to get in the radio or television, and I’ve found it hard to get out there. So, I would like to ask to all of your readers out there to help us out. Topeka is wonderful town, with very welcoming people, great dreams, so any help that I can get will be much appreciated, not only by me but by all of those who want to move ahead in life and have that entrepreneurship, and I’m pretty sure that many of you out there relate to this!
Q: So, how can we help you? What do we do to help your community with this project?
A: Well you can go to http://www.refresheverything.com/onlineegeneration and vote for it, or you can go to the http://www.refresheverything.com page and look for the 50K category and use the keywords Dianna Warner or E-generation and vote for us.
You’ve heard the story, guys, all you have to do now is give out a helping hand! Voting ends on August 31 so do not wait! PLEASE Go to http://www.refresheverything.com/onlineegeneration and vote for Dianna Warner’s project: “Teach the unemployed and low income how to create an online business”.
Dianna’s Contact info:
Name: Dianna Warner
e: dwarner45@cox.net
p: 785-633-6492
twitter: @egeneducation
eBay ID: alleyappleauctions
