I am a single girl almost a year back from seminary. My first cousin’s husband had a single brother in shidduchim. I really didn’t know much about him at all- never laid eyes on him, didn’t know which yeshivos he went to, his personality, etc. I just knew that he was similar to his brother who is married to my cousin. One night I was in the car with a friend schmoozing about shidduchim, and we were saying how we need to think of someone for this boy- she knew him also because they are distant family friends. Suddenly, I said, how about this girl we both know? She said, “that’s a really good idea!!” She encouraged me that it really was a good idea, so I asked my friend to send me her resume, and I called up my cousin and suggested the shidduch. The rest is history! They are so happy!
I am constantly seeing the ads promoting 10K Batay Yisroel, so I think making shidduchim just became more of a subconscious focus in my mind. I definitely feel like this program had a part in encouraging me to try to think of shidduchim and to actually suggest them.