Tis the season for giving and every parent can to attest to
the importance of instilling this in our children.
Check out some ideas I found on different ways to teach
charity to our kids.
1. Donate Clothes – so easy, we all do it! We just let the kids know why it’s done.
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2. Help Neighbours – our kids love this. During tax season, I have a few clients that
are in nursing homes and are older than 80.
I offer to pick up and drop off their taxes free of charge and I almost
always find the time when I have some kids.
They love the trip and the seniors love the kids and the extra service.
3. Give Blood – It’s been awhile since we have done
this, better put that on my “to do” list.
We try to bring a couple kids along for this trip, but it’s tough with
impatient nurses and excited kids! Maybe
they need some volunteers to entertain the kids for a bit, wonder if that would
increase their donations.
4.
Make Birthday’s Charitable – Lauren had a little
buddy that did this. She asked for
donations to the food bank instead of gifts!
5.
Donate to the pets – Humane Society is always
looking for donations and it gives the kids some time to mingle with the
inhabitants for a bit
6.
Food Bank – Of course, we do this so often with
the school but it’s important.
Interesting fact, the Food Bank takes opened bags of pet food, found
this out just after I found out that Mila has food allergies :D
7.
Change for Difference – This is fun, create a
little change jar to collect spare change.
Use that change to buy something for someone else!
8.
Community pitch in – This is just as easy as
picking up garbage at the park with the kids – with a goal in mind.
9.
Pick your favorite charity and get the kids
involved in making a change – We pick the MS Society because my brother was
diagnosed a ways back. A personal
connection makes it so sentimental and worth-while. We have done a walk in Barrie every year for
4 years now. The kids love it.
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