One thing I’ve always tried to instill in Alea as she grows up is the importance of giving back to others and giving back to our community as well. I try my best to show her that it doesn’t take a ton of money to make a difference in someones life and I have to say, judging by Alea’s love of giving, we’re doing a pretty good job of it! We’re always getting reports from her teacher that she’s always so willing to help her out in class and so willing to help the other kids as well.
Recently, for a homework assignment for school, Alea had to think of 1 random act of kindness to do and share with the class. We did some serious brainstorming and finally decided to bake chocolate chip cookies and put them in the mailbox with a thank you card for the mail man! It completely made her day to plan and do this and we sure hope it made our mail carrier smile!
Medtronic has created a worldwide program entitled “The Bakken Invitation Program” that recognizes and celebrates those who are helping others in their community and beyond each year. Named after the co-founder of Medtronic, Earl Bakken, this campaign only helps enforce Medtronic’s beliefs of quality and affordable healthcare. Just take a look at how 2015’s Honorees have chose to Live on Give on!
Giveaway:
What: $100 Visa Gift Card to go towards doing good in your community.
Follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter below. Visit the appropriate pages and follow the social media pages if desired. You must complete the initial entry by telling me what you’re doing to do more good! Giveaway runs from 3/2/16 to 3/18/16. Winner will be announced on this page and gift card will be provided by Bakken. Good luck!
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How do you plan on doing good in your community?
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I always pay it forward, buy coffee, donate to great causes and spreasd love
I will be donating my time to help in the soup kitchen and to help with donation of blankets and coats this year!
I started a yearly event to raise awareness about human trafficking… (https://www.facebook.com/heartsshouldbefree/). Unfortunately, this year I couldn’t do it. I’m homeschooling my youngest and the responsibility of that meant I just didn’t have the time I have in the past. I may see about moving it to a better time in the year.
Also, I promote fair trade products, products that support charity, and giveways doing good (like this one) on my blog suchfuntogive.blogspot.com . I’m adding this giveaway to my giveaways for good link-up right after I finish this comment.
I try and give back to our community garden program.
We help out with soup kitchens feeding the needy often and donate as much as possible. My kids all enjoy doing this with their church
I give back to our community by buying food for the homeless, the food bank, and donating to our hospices for the elderly.
I give back to my community by volunteering at the Food Bank by sorting out food and giving donations to help the hungry in my Community.
I do little things here and there. Yesterday, I rounded up my Goodwill total by a few cents to be donated. I bought the guy behind me’s coffee. If people aren’t behind me, I’ll buy a $5 giftcard & ask to leave it for the next person that comes in.
Oh, and I compliment people ALL the time! 🙂
I will donate items to my local food pantry.
I always donate clothing, hygiene items and food to local charities.
One thing I do to do good in my community is by small stuffed animals to donate to our local fire department stations for them to hand out to young children who are scared.
Every week, I donate food to our local food bank. Also, once a month, my family volunteers to serve dinner at our local shelter, along with donating clothes, toys etc 🙂
I donate to my local soup kitchen and animal shelter weekly.
I help out at meals on Wheels,donate to the homeless shelters
I volunteer at Salvation Army and Feeding America.
I donate clothes to people in need!
My daughter and I take my grandkids to the neighborhood park and we clean up litter. We also donate household items to charity.
I donate to local shelters and food bank to help.
This is such a beautiful idea for a giveaway! I love what you and your daughter did for the mail carrier. That is so sweet! There are so many different ways to do good in your community and I think it’s amazing that you’re trying to spread the good with this giveaway. <3
I donate food to our local food pantry
I used to be able to help out cooking at my old church for the soup kitchen, now I can’t get there anymore, no car. But I make craft items for disadvantaged kids and homeless. I make fabric flower accessories, cute pillows from t-shirts that have pictures/words or heart pillows, double fleece mittens and hats, I used to make dresses for mothers and babies (also bonnets & diapers) in Haiti. I like to wrap up the little presents and give them to people not expecting anything, they are things that you don’t really “need,” but are fun. Some teen girls would rather have a flower for their hair than a pair of shoes they really need.
We donate time and items to a local woman and children center.
we support needy women and children in other countries.
I volunteer at the local schools and help out as much as I can!
I always try to donate, my time, energy and money to worthwhile charities.
I regularly donate clothes, toys and food.
I always participate in volunteer work in our community garden, and I teach my students through example to do Random Acts of Kindness.
I always donate clothing
I donate toys at Christmas time and I give to several charities throughout the year.
I give back to my community by volunteering at a local animal shelter as well as at various running races.
I will be donating time to help with the soup kitchen(:
I will pay it forward by continuing my annual tradition of Blessings Bags for the homeless!
I volunteer at a shelter and with an organization that offers tutoring services to low income families
I donate money to a few charities.
I’ve been surprising my coworkers with treats like dunkin donuts and coffee. They love it!
I set aside a budget each month for small charitable donations, (or even just making someone’s day by donating to their Gofundme campaign)!
I buy my friends and family gifts from stores that donate all proceeds to charities.
I am volunteering for our food shelf and clothing program.
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I volunteer my time to historical preservation online.
I haven’t volunteered this year but my family and I usually volunteer at shelters during the Holidays.
I volunteer several times a month at a local food shelter.
I donate clothing to women heading back into the work force as well as donate cash and food to local community causes.
I am helping students with disabillities create some art that will be sent to africa through the grandmother connection, it will be for those living in poverty to raise money.
Donate items and time at our church when they house the homeless for a week.
I Go On Mission Trips To Reach/ Help Those Who Our In Need.
I plan on complementing people more!
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I run errands for my elderly neighbors.
We donate to the local food pantry as well as the local animal shelter 🙂
I donate gently used clothing and toys to our local shelter.
It starts with the little ones….especially by showing by example. My son’s school does a volunteering project each quarter and I love going with him on these. We just went this past Christmas to help pack up toys for those less fortunate.
I will volunteer at schools and work with children who need help with reading, speaking and writing english 🙂
We donate to our local food shelter when we are able to!
I donate from time to time some money for sick children in need of donations
I try to give back by volunteering and by donating our clothing and household items to those in need
I like to donate blood, and reading these comments are giving me great ideas of other things I can do to help!
I serve on occasion at church and donate things.
I currently work as a nurse and in my free time I volunteer at shelters and do service trips with my friends.
I donate some of the extra beauty and body products that I receive to a local women’s shelter. Thanks for the giveaway girl! xo
I donate clothes to the needy.
I donate clothing.
I like to do random small acts of kindness like treating my friends with coffee, dinner or buying them some small gift 🙂
I donate food items all the time.
I help out my family whenever I can
Although my job is all about helping others , I additionally love helping those who cannot reach or afford quality care for any reason and shorten the time of waiting for accessing it
I do good by providing friends with healthy home cooked meals.
My mom and I help donate clothes and furniture to our local Kidney Foundation. We also send monthly donations to help support a few great charities we believe strongly in.
I always pay it forward. This last Christmas I adopted a family with kids to help out
I am a very active part of our local council against the abuse and neglect of children. We do a lot of activities throughout the year to support child victims and to prevent abuse in our community.
I’m helping spread awareness of Cerebral Palsy, March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month and the 25th is Awareness Day. #WearAGreenRibbon #ProudOfMySon
https://www.facebook.com/MarchIsCerebralPalsyAwarenessMonth/
We are part of the Food Ministry from our Church.
I drink coffee , i’m very optimist and i donate for help other people.
I donate shawls and lapghans to our local nursing home since most of the elderly patients are forgotten. It helps brighten up their day and they know they aren’t forgotten.
I try to be courteous when i drive. Hold doors open for strangers and give everyone a smile.
I do fund raising for a local woman who has started a charity that makes food for families of cancer patients in the community.
I try to infect very one I see with a great attitude.
I try and give back to our community garden program.
I would have to say donating clothing
I’ve made it a point,to help out an elderly lady,who has no one around,to help her whatever she needs! We met about a year ago and since then,I’ve felt very close to her!
give back to buying food
I donate money to organizations. It is really nice to help people.
I regularly donate both physical items and money to charity. I hope to do even more this year!
My grandkids and I collect new toys throughout the year and donate them to toy drives at Christmas. This GC would go towards that effort.
by abiding the law and helping friends when in need
I try to be nice
I am very inspired by Twinkle’s story because I cannot imagine having to live with chronic pain. She not only has had to deal with this symptom of her medical condition, but she has used her life to raise awareness for CRPS/RSD and neuropathic pain diseases and disorders. Wow!
I give back to my community by donating clothing and personal needs to our local womens shelter. I do this because I know how fortunate I am to have more than I really need, and want to do what I can to help others.
Fortunately, at this time I am not living with medical technology.
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Right now I’m helping a family member who just lost her husband as much as I possibly can
we donate items to local child center.
I work for a small nonprofit health clinic that specializes in being a primary care provider for the uninsured and underinsured.
I donate clothes, bedding, extra to a donation center in my home town where I used to work. It is a great place!
We donate to the local food pantry and this past weekend we donated money for research in battling childhood cancer.
I volunteer at my local food pantry and donate items to Goodwill.
One thing I’ve been doing at is helping out is cleaning our local park, and we’re also getting ready to add some plants. 🙂
every December my children each fill a box of their books and toys and we donate them to a local womens shelter.
I volunteer at several soup kitchens and also at a local women’s shelter when i have spare time.
I always leave the quarter in the grocery cart to pay it forward for the next person
I donate our unneeded items to charity.
We donate to Greendrop,volunteer for our local food bank and I coupon for our local women and children shelter
We work in the Senior Center with sight-impared seniors and the local Botanical Garden docent with kids.
I support my local community, pay it forward, volunteer, donate, and I help a local group of seniors by collecting coupons and samples for them.
I will continue volunteering to help newly arrived refugees have access to literacy programs here in Canada
I regularly donate clothes, toys and food.
I donate money to charities to help my community.
My Children and I help anyone we can whenever we can. Kindness is a universal language 🙂
I do good in my community through my job as a children’s librarian. Besides their parents, I am often the first person to read to a child, and that is SO important!
I donate clothing, food to local charities.
I spend time volunteering at a food bank and donate clothing items that my children have outgrown.
I donate my time to charities for people in mental crisis. I chat with them so they have a friend and an ear. I also donate products and food to homeless vet programs.
I cler out my closet twice a year, each time getting rid of upwards of six large garbage bags of clothing and other goods. Each time, I try to pick a different charity to donate it to – BBBS, Diabetes Associated, Women’s shelters, etc.
I regularly donate to the goodwill and foodbank
We bring toys and art supplies and household items to our local Ronald McDonald House.
I volunteer at my local food bank.
I donate to non profits all year long, we give back to our community and recycle as much as we can to save the earth!
i donate as much of my stuff as I can and encourage my neighbors to do the same.
I will start looking to volunteer my time to the food bank and the local shelter.
we’re always running food and clothes drives at our church
I compliment people when i see them all the time
we run food drives and i volunteer with a children’s group in dc.
I try to pay it forward whenever I can, especially at the drive-thru, I will pay for the order behind me as well as mine.
I participate in food drives in my area
I donate to the local food bank and wish I could do more.
I volunteer at my local homeless shelter every 2 weeks. I also participate in local clean up/ gardening for the community!
I am so inspired by Lisa Visser’s story, she is amazing and I love that she gives back to the homeless. I give back to the community by donating to local charity organizations and also to local animal shelters.