Oren Miller has spent years tirelessly helping fathers online, but, due to a medical crisis, now he’s the one who needs assistance. Here’s why you should help.
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Oren Miller is many things. A husband, a father, a community organizer, a friend, a hell of a good writer. The list of things that Oren Miller IS—it’s a long list. One thing that Oren Miller IS NOT is a bystander.
Oren is a man who makes things happen.
Oren has written beautifully over the years about the importance of being dad, both on a personal level and on a societal level, and he has actively sought out other like-minded writers to start a thriving online community of father-writers, dad bloggers…WHATEVER you call them, it’s a group of good men who are passionate about sharing their stories about being active, engaged parents and Oren Miller is the man who brought them together.
Oren once wrote that, “I do my part in adding to a worthy cause, which is bigger than any individual blogger: featuring the voices of involved, loving, sometimes confused but always eager fathers. We have a multitude of voices, religions, political views, and parenting techniques, but the goal is the same: creating a better world for our kids while embracing our identities as fathers.”
Oren could’ve sat back, kept his head down, shared his own stories, and not paid any attention to the multitude of other dad voices online. Oren didn’t do that. For years, Oren has actively sought out fathers writing online, introduced himself, welcomed them, shared their writing, invited them to join online groups that would help them network and interact with their peers. And Oren did all that, tirelessly, even though there was no real tangible benefit for himself.
Oren Miller is a good man.
Oren Miller has cancer.
Recently, Oren’s family was hit with devastating news. At the end of May, Oren was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, a diagnosis that carries an average life expectancy of one year. Oren has a wife and two beautiful children.
If you want to read something beautiful, you can read Oren’s thoughts about his diagnosis and living life to the fullest HERE.
Oren needs your help.
A group online, made up of friends and colleagues, all people who’ve been helped by Oren in the past, are trying to raise money to help Oren. To help with medical bills, to put some savings aside for his kids, to make the next year as carefree as possible.
You can donate to the GiveForward campaign—a campaign called “Give Back to Oren”—HERE.
The campaign has already exceeded its initial goals, an accomplishment that’s not surprising given the amount of good karma that Oren has put out into the world.
But we can do better.
Oren Miller is a man who refuses to sit on the sidelines. He helps before he’s asked. And it’s time we returned the favor.
Any contribution you can make to the “Give Back to Oren” would make a huge difference to his family. It would ease a burden, it would lighten a load. It would help show Oren that it’s OK to ask for help sometimes, particularly when you’ve spent so much time being the person who helps others.
It’s one small thing you could do today—one small action—that would actively make the world a better place. The campaign is called “Give Back to Oren,” but it could just as easily be called “Be More Like Oren.” And, trust us, being more like Oren is a wonderful, aspirational thing.
Thank you.