I donate everything from clothes, to personal needs, to art supplies, and I feel good knowing that what I donate is used by the children at the center. Look here for a list of their current needs.
Today’s post isn’t about the Home of the Innocents, though. It’s about a post I saw while blog surfing on my sick day. Yes, the teacher finally took a sick day. I’m actually on day two of being out of school, having been sick all weekend.
Cara over at CaraQuilts, has a great post HERE about her pull to donate to a local shelter. I can’t write it better than her, so please read her post.
As I read her post, I thought about how often I donate to HOTI, and how often I don’t donate to other locations. There is a shelter very near my school that serves many families, including some of my own students. I volunteered at the shelter on a community-wide volunteering day a few years ago, but I had never donated anything there. CHANGE THAT! This is an organization that helps my own students and their families. How can I not help them? I promptly sent a donation through their web site and will have a donation of wish-list items for them as soon as I get over this bug that’s hanging on.
I’m offering you the same challenge. Drive past a local shelter. Check their web site. Give them a call. Find out what they need. Donate something. Help those around us. You can do it, and I bet you’ll have fun doing it.
Happy Giving,
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