An amazing thing happened last night. Less than 12 hours ago, Dave Armano posted a simple plea: help he and his wife help a friend of theirs land on her feet.

The friend is named Daniela, a mother of three beautiful kids, and a victim of domestic violence who found herself homeless and near penniless. Dave and his wife opened their home to Daniela and her kids, but all of them knew it wasn't a long term solution. So Dave did what Dave does so well: he blogged about it, asking the community to help him help Daniela. And then he posted this to Twitter:

OK, here's the favor. It's a big one. For big hearts. Please help. http://is.gd/eKbo Please retweet.

In the past 12 hours, Dave's plea has raised over $11,000 from an unknown but presumably very large number of people who cared enough to read his posts and Tweets (or any of the countless ReTweets and comments). Dave's blown away. Daniela is blown away. Everyone is pretty much blown away. This single act of compassion is proof positive of the power of community. Our community.

Thanks to all who read about it, posted about it and contributed. In less than 12 hours, you've given Daniela hope. What a great way to start the year.