I'M SO PROUD
I've always been proud of my grandchildren, but when my grands planned how to help families in need I almost burst with pride. On Thanksgiving day they sat around our dining room table and studied the World Vision, Smile Train, and Food for the Poor catalogs and leaflets.
Instead of giving Christmas gifts to each other, they used the money they would have spent for:
Adults were there to guide them should the children need assistance.
They did the same thing last year, spending at least two hours each year working on their Christmas gift.
Lessons learned? How to work together. How to speak up when you think something is important. Math, and the power of the dollar in third-world countries, that their money can make a difference in someone's life. How good they have it compared to millions of others, to be thankful for what they have. Compassion. Pride in themselves and each other.
Between them, they donated around $450.00 this year to help others have a better life. Yep. I'm so proud of my grandchildren.
Instead of giving Christmas gifts to each other, they used the money they would have spent for:
- job training for a woman
- a deep-water well for up to 300 people
- equipment and supplies to help mothers keep their newborns alive
- a share of a home for an orphan
- a year of school for an orphan
- mosquito netting
- sheep
- 5 fruit trees
- clothes
- medicine
- help for a disabled child
Adults were there to guide them should the children need assistance.
They did the same thing last year, spending at least two hours each year working on their Christmas gift.
Lessons learned? How to work together. How to speak up when you think something is important. Math, and the power of the dollar in third-world countries, that their money can make a difference in someone's life. How good they have it compared to millions of others, to be thankful for what they have. Compassion. Pride in themselves and each other.
Between them, they donated around $450.00 this year to help others have a better life. Yep. I'm so proud of my grandchildren.
Labels: grandchildren
posted by Sally Roseveare | 4:21 PM
2 Comments:
Sally,
I've never met your grandchildren but I'm proud of them, too. They are to be commended for being compassionate and caring of others.
Thanks, Mary Lib.
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