Charity is NOT all about MONEY
Posted by: JustSmile
5th Feb 2011 02:59pm
As a young child I remember packing up the toys I had out grown and giving them to an organization that re-gifted them to children that didnt have toys...
this is a prime example of how even children can get into charity...and they are not giving up anything because its toys they dont play with...
In 2007 and 2008 I shaved my head for children fighting cancer, alot of people kept telling me how brave I was for doing it (in 2007 I was one of 2 girls, in 2008 I was the only girl that did it) but in reality its the children that are fighting cancer who are brave because they often dont have a choice in loosing their hair...but I had a chocie and decided to do it not just to raise money and awearness but to also to gain understanding of how being bald can affect a childs life.
During the 2008 headshave I met a little girl who had fought cancer, through talking to her family I learnt that just showing your support makes a pretty big impact...and money does not have to be involved.
I really believe that donating money has nothing on donating time and a helping hand...
liz
- 26th Jan 2014 02:28pm
Hello Chickclaire, thanks for your encouragement. Yes I'm still knitting blankets and am about to sew up number 12. Also have another 50 shoeboxes under way for this year, really get a lot of pleasure from this. Now I am on dialysis for kidney failure and hoping for a transplant some time soon.....live in hope!! We are still packing for Romania and have container number 7 3/4 full ready to send late March. At present collecting wheelchairs and wheely walkers for a man in Romania who deals with disabled children...and there are a lot of them. God has really blessed and provided for this ministry, so thank you for your comments. Bless you.
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