We introduced Amber MacArthur (a.k.a. Amber Mac) when she first joined Daily Challenge a few weeks back. And here she is today challenging you to, “Spend five minutes learning about the reality facing child soldiers & share this link: http://www.helpchildsoldiers.com.”

This challenge helps remind and inform us about the atrocities happening in the war-torn parts of the world. Many of our challenges on Daily Challenge focus on the little things we can do every day to make a difference by acting in our own little world. But as a whole and with a tool like the Internet, we have power to affect the entire globe.

Take Amber Mac’s challenge and not only will it bring awareness, it also allows you to take action in several different ways. Choose your action and help make the world a better place!

If you caught the hit movie, The Secret, you may recognize today’s challenger! Once homeless himself, Dr. Joe Vitale is spokesman and living proof of the power of The Law of Attraction. He is challenging you to, “Do something for a homeless person today: www.operationyes.com.”

Dr. Vitale is author of several best-selling marketing books and is considered to be one of the five top marketing specialists in the world today. A few interesting and lesser known facts about today’s challenger:

…the world’s first hypnotic writer, Joe is also an ordained minister, a certified metaphysical practitioner, a certified hypnotherapist, and a certified Chi Kung healer. He also holds a doctorate degree in Metaphysical Science.

“Bene agendo nunquam defessus.” (Never weary of doing good.)

Wow, Joe! Not only is your resume extremely impressive, this Latin quote you use is the epitome for Daily Challenge. No wonder you signed up! You are an inspiration to Do Gooders around the world. Thank you for joining our burgeoning online social network.

Isn’t great when you hear celebrities do good? Maybe it’s because everyone on Daily Challenge can relate to a desire to make the world a better place. That’s why we’re happy to announce 5 new celebrity members to the Daily Challenge community! Please meet:

The Midway State

Known for their special blend of rock, piano and soulful music, The Midway State is an up-and-coming Toronto band who wants to play to the beat of the Do Gooding drum. Lucky us, we get four for the price of one! Nathan Ferraro (lead vocalist & piano), Daenen Bramberger (drums), Michael Wise (guitar), and Mike Kirsh (bass) have all joined Daily Challenge as The Midway State.

They’ve toured all over Canada and the U.S., opening for acts such as Avril Lavigne, Theory of a Deadman, MIKA, 54-40, Shiny Toy Guns, Evanescence, Rocco DeLuca, Collective Soul and Lifehouse. Among the positive music and concert reviews, one critic observed that The Midway State puts so much of themselves into each creation, their songs sound “anthemic in nature”.

To get to know these new Do Gooders better, check out their their Daily Challenge profile for links to videos, music, bios, events and news.

Amber MacArthur a.k.a “Amber Mac”

Recently voted Canada’s “Most Influential Woman in Social Media,” we are very pleased to welcome television and netcasting personality, Amber Mac!

You may recognize Amber from her video podcast, commandN.tv, or maybe you’ve seen her on G4techTV Canada’s Torrent or Gadgets and Gizmos. Amber has worked for Citytv’s CityNews and is now CTV-owned CP24 as New Media Specialist.

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“Time Magazine heralds Deepak Chopra as one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century, and credits him as `the poet-prophet of alternative medicine’.” Time Magazine, June 1999.

We are completely head over heels ecstatic about this morning’s news: Deepak Chopra, best selling author and world renowned physician, has joined Daily Challenge and will be participating as a Celebrity Challenger in the near future.

In addition, we’re very excited to join forces with Dr. Chopra in helping him complete his own mission to “Inspire 100 Million people across the world to take a vow of  non-violence in their thoughts, words and actions.”

Already 4777 people have taken this vow with Dr. Chopra. It all began November 7, 2008 when he took the vow personally. Since then, people continue to take this vow with him on a daily basis. Go to http://Itakethevow.com to “watch and support the dramatic effects this  tidal wave of shift in consciousness is going to create.”

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In response to a personalized video invite to check out Daily Challenge, Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz.org, a personal hero of our President, Darius, has signed up as a Do Gooder and is ready to challenge us all to do one good.

For those of you involved in the Search Industry, Rand needs no special introduction. You probably know him as the dude with the canary yellow shoes at all the Search Engine Optimization conventions. For the rest of you, Rand is a pioneer in his field and defies the stereotypical marketer. His positive attitude, altruistic actions and good intentions have placed him leagues ahead of the rest, allowing him to find success by doing what he loves.

It is these admirable characteristics that have persuaded us here at Daily Challenge to believe that Rand is an all-around good guy. He fights those who would use the Internet for their own selfish interests while working hard to enhance the true essence of what drives the Internet: collaboration and sharing.

Having someone like Rand in our Do Gooder network will definitely help us all in changing the world for the better. We warmly welcome him to Daily Challenge and we’re extremely honoured to have him star as Celebrity Challenger.

Make sure to check out the site for Tuesday, December 9th, and even better, to accept Rand’s challenge!

If you didn’t catch our President, Darius Bashar, on CFRB this past Sunday, you have a chance to hear him again this Saturday on The Ben Mercer Show! Darius will be there to share the Daily Challenge story with listeners and how Do Gooders around the world are uniting to Do One Good, Daily.

Catch Darius on the popular 1010 AM news talk show at 5pm this Saturday, December 6th.

And there’s MORE…

Flow 93.5 FM Producer to be Celebrity Challenger

Musiklee Inzane is DJ, Producer, Label Founder and Co-Founder of The Real Frequency, the first all Hip Hop show on Canada’s first commercial urban radio station, Flow 93.5 FM. He has graciously accepted our challenge to challenge you!

Check out Muskilee’s challenge on DailyChallenge.org next Thursday, December 11th. And if you’re looking to get your Hip Hop groove on, tune into The Real Frequency on Monday nights from 11PM to 1AM on Flow.

While we consider ALL of our challengers celebrities, many would suggest that the technical definition of “celebrity” is someone who can be found in the limelight but not so easily in person. Then there are local celebrities and heroes who may not make the news consistently, but they and their accomplishments have been publicized.

We’ve been working hard on getting in touch with celebrities about their interest in DailyChallenge.org since we launched September 19th. While we still have several hot leads to follow up with, it’s a challenge to connect with these people! To recap, here are a few that have already participated:

Robin Sharma - Best-Selling Author of “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”: click here to see his challenge.

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