My neice Amanda is five, she’ll turn six in October. There is a neighborhood garage sale coming up, and my sister Sandra sent this email to my family today. I was bursting with pride:
“The reason I am writing is that Amanda has been expressing interest in having a ‘water stand’ at the garage sale. Being inspired by Sharon and her new wonderful blog, I wanted to turn the water stand portion of the garage sale into a fundraiser for the St. Raymond’s emergency fund. I wanted to know if [our family] would be interested in matching any funds raised. I have no idea if we are talking $25 or $100, but thought either way, we won’t be breaking the bank here. Bill and I will donate the water, charge $1 per bottle and all the proceeds will go to the fund.”
If Amanda gets involved in this one project, I bet it will lead to a lot more. Kids get addicted to the feeling they get when they do something to help others.
I’m proud of my neice and I’m proud that this blog may have inspired her and her mom. Of course our family will match the donation–my dad even offered to drive up for the weekend and help work at the water stand!!
