feed the real need

May 9, 2016

Family Meeting = Family Meaning

I love Family Meetings. It's our opportunity to check in with everyone and make new goals and feel united in our priorities. We try to do one at least once a month but sometimes just pure playing gets in the way. Anyway at our last family meeting we finally decided where to donate the money we set aside this last go-around of Feed the Real Need. Our total was: (drumroll please)

$738.46!

Thanks to some generous donations we were able to hit a new record!

Every child got a vote as to where to put it. There should be a link to all of these charities on the side bar if you are interested in knowing why we chose them. We are excited to add House of Hope and First Desk to our line up of personal faves. Do you have a favorite charity? Please share!

Thank you, again, to everyone that helped us Feed the Real Need!

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THE EXPERIMENT

One day we went out for lunch. On the way home I was explaining to the kids why we don't eat out for every meal, that we had essentially paid an extra $15 or $20 for our lunch so that we didn't have to shop, prepare or clean it up -- and it hit me: I said, "That's enough money to buy a child in Africa a mosquito net." The kids took that and ran with it. They wanted to know if it was enough to buy a pair of shoes (yes), a book (yes), a uniform (yes), water (yes), shampoo (yes), a soccer ball (starting to drift slightly but yes). We decided as a family that we would not eat out again until Christmas and that we would take all of the money we saved and give it to charity (At this point I needed to explain that charity was the word we use when we are talking about organizations that help people in need and not just a girl in Milo's grade with that name). As a family we only really eat out a few times a month, but my husband and I usually eat out on dates and the kids and I will grab lunch every once in a while, so this is not going to end with piles of money but it will teach the kids a little about sacrifice and a lot about others' needs....I hope...... This blog is to journal our little experiment and maybe convince any of you to join us :) We are heading into our 5th year and plan to do it every September - December.

take the feed the real need challenge

Want a fun teaching experience for the kids? Join us and take the feed the real need challenge! Substitute one trip to a restaurant with one home-cooked meal and donate the money you saved to a charity of your choice - we have some suggestions on the left column of this page OR you can add to our Feed the Real Need Fund if you'd like to contribute to an animal via Heifer International. Send us your experience and we will post it on our blog! It doesn't have to be fancy - have your 4 year old write the post, don't take pictures (or do), and you don't have to disclose what amount you donated - we would really just love to hear about your experience!

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