I dedicated my 18th week on Steemit to supporting and promoting a wide range of user projects and communities here on the platform. Steemit brings a very unique opportunity in the way social media can be used to not only generate support, but also the funding to bring value to those efforts. Last Saturday we got to hear about so many of those projects in the BeyondBitcoin Whaletank, many of which were in support of various issues of child welfare. I have created the video of the recording you can watch below.

🎃 <strong>GET READY - MY JACK-O-LANTERN CONTEST STARTS ON MONDAY!</strong>
I am putting together the final details for my first contest in the spirit of Halloween. It will be a fun traditional pumpkin carving contest that will run <strong>the week before Halloween (Monday October 23-30)</strong>. The winners will be announced on Halloween Day (October 31). 

💸 **Prizes will include a *virtual pillowcae of crytpo treats*...** Steem Dollars (SBD), Bitsahres(BTS), BeyondBits, Whaleshares, TOPSOL, MARKER, LFNCoin, Hairshares, and SkillCoin Tokens.  *YUMMY!*

📅 <strong>Look for the official contest post on Monday October 23rd!</strong>
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<h3>BeyondBitcoin/Whaleshares Community</h3>
<p>Each week I will continue reach out to as many project and community leaders I can find on Steemit to help introduce them to the to the BeyondBitcoin/Whaleshares Communities. There are so many opportunities for people to find support, networking, promotion and funding from this great community once they understand what it's all about.</p>
<p>I take the time each week to edit the audios and create a presentation video for the BeyondBitcoin Whaletank hosted by <a href="/@officialfuzzy">@OfficialFuzzy</a>. I have posted the edited video presentaion from <strong>Whaletank Hangout #228 on Saturday October 14, 2017</strong> in my links below. I encourage you to listen to the projects presented and learn how the BeyondBitcoin and Whaleshares communities support them using tokens created on the Bitshares DEX.</p>

Please check out and support the projects presented, if you have a way to help them - feel free to contact them directly. 

Here are 2 of the projects I was happy to invite to the Whaletank this week:

👪 <a href="https://steemit.com/familyprotection/@familyprotection/become-part-of-the-familyprotection-team-we-need-your-stories-your-expertise-and-support">**The Family Protection Project**</a> 
@familyprotection @markwhittam @canadian-coconut
New program to provide support and funding to families confronted by state-sponsored child protection services.

📌 <a href="https://steemit.com/steemitworldmap/@steemitworldmap/how-to-add-your-post-to-the-steemit-worldmap-and-other-updates">**Steemit Worldmap**</a> 
@steemitworldmap @martibis
Project where users can add their travel/photography posts from Steemit to a global map for easy cataloging and viewing by others.

<p>Be a part of the discussion, <strong>join us LIVE every Saturday at 10:30AM EST on Mumble</strong>. I create a post every Saturday morning to announce the hangout and show you how to join in.</p>
<p><strong>These hangouts will now be STREAMED LIVE on Twitch.tv and YouTube.</strong><br />
www.BeyondBitcoin.club</p>
<p><strong>Learn more with all of us on Whaleshares Discord Here:</strong><br />
<a href="https://discord.gg/zsdWYQX" rel="noopener">https://discord.gg/zsdWYQX</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://bitshares.openledger.info/?r=steem-power-pics" rel="noopener">💸 If you don't have a Bitshares account yet to collect your tokens - you should!<br />
<strong>Create Your Account Now - It's FREE!</strong></a></p>
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<p>As I do every week, my <a href="/@kalemandra">@kalemandra</a> <a href="/trending/rainbowmontage"> #RainbowMontage</a> <a href="/@colorchallenge">@ColorChallenge</a> image explores the colors from some of my favorite posts and topics I submitted during the week. Please enjoy and follow along with me as I continue my journey here on Steemit.</p>

<h2>Here are my posts from this past week:</h2>

💼 <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@steempowerpics/free-steemit-promotional-business-cards-download-print-share-100-free">FREE Steemit Promotional Business Cards : Download > Print > Share - 100% Free!</a>

🎬 <a href="https://steemit.com/eos-project/@steempowerpics/video-presentation-of-beyondbitcoin-whaletank-hangout-228-on-october-14-2017-edited-by-steempowerpics">Video Presentation of BeyondBitcoin Whaletank Hangout #228 on October 14, 2017</a>

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<h4>Witness Voting is IMPORTANT for ALL OF US!</h4>
<p><a href="/@themarkymark">@TheMarkyMark</a> is one of the fastest growing witnesses on Steemit as he EARNs the respect and support of community leaders, developers,  and members for his unrelenting efforts to improve the platform <strong>for us all</strong>.</p>
<p>Scroll the bottom of the <a href="https://steemit.com/~witnesses">Witness Page</a> and type 'themarkymark' in the text box.<br />
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