The Millers

We are so encouraged to see families joining Giving Up To Give and sacrificing together to connect themselves to children in the Congo. What a great lesson for our kids to not only see us Give Up for others, but to participate with us! This week the Miller familly is doing just that by eating rice and beans for dinner and donating their savings to Giving Back to Africa.

Why they are Giving Up To Give in their own words...

Our connection to the Congo comes in the form of a sweet little man who became a part of our lives when he joined the Brown family. We are giving up the cost of a week of dinners and are having rice and beans instead. Its a very little thing for us to do but hopefully it will help someone in the Congo live a better life. Giving up our normal dinners is also a great way to get our kids involved and show them a tangible form of giving that they can understand. The connection they have with Oliver helps to make it real for them as well. That is why we are Giving Up To Give.

 

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March Challenge: Coffee and Pop

March is just a few days away, so while we are thrilled to announce that each day in both January and February have been filled with people Giving Up To Give, we are also looking ahead to the 19 days in March left to fill. So many of you have been eating rice and beans, and giving up money you earned babysitting, and forgoing dinner out, and not renewing your magazine subscriptions, and on and on. We love all of your creative ideas and we can't thank you enough!

 

This next month we would like to emphasize the power of the small sacrifice. So our March challenge is to fill each remaining day on our Giving Up To Give calendar with people Giving Up a coffee or a pop (or a bottled water) for a day. This challenge is for everyone. Maybe you have already eaten rice and beans for a week or have made a larger sacrifice--here is an easy way to Give Up again. Maybe you haven't joined us at all and have been waiting for a small way you can jump in--here is your chance!

Let's assume that for 19 days, someone in our Giving Up To Give community Gives Up a coffee or pop, and let's guess the value of that drink to be around $2. That is $38, which would cover the salary for one of Giving Back To Africa's amazing teachers. See? A small sacrfice, when done in community, can make a big difference. You probably won't really miss going through the Starbucks drive-thru or running into the gas station for a pop, but the students at Centre Salisa will not forget the lessons of empowerment and servant leadership that their teachers are pouring into them.

Will you join us again, or for the first time, in March and Give Up your coffee or pop for the day? You won't regret being a part of this Giving Up To Give community!

 

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