25 Days of Giving
In 2011 I got this idea. To give once a day every day for the 25 days leading up to and including Christmas Day. I would dub it “25 Days of Giving” and blog about it daily (a feat in itself if you’ve been following this here ol’ blog).
I thought blogging about my adventure might inspire others to give where they can, but admittedly it was mostly a selfish thing to motivate me and me alone to give more. And to hold me accountable to accomplishing my goal.
But I wasn’t sure where to start. I even thought about chickening out because it seemed like an awful big commitment to make and I just wasn’t sure I’d be able to do it. That was until I received news that an old friend from high school had lost her battle with cancer. She was only 29.
Now I knew where to start. My first day of giving came in the form of a donation to honor an old friend that had a gorgeous smile and a kind and gentle way that will never be forgotten. I donated to one of her charities of choice: St Jude’s Children’s Hospital and the Harford County Humane Society.
And then I did it again. And again and again and again. I donated (and blogged about donating) every day for 25 days. I attempted to get a little creative, like the time I added some of my favorite local businesses to Google and gave them good reviews here. But there were also days when all I could do was drop off a clothing donation.
I created this page in order to list all of the days here. I also created it to let you know, if you want to join me, I will link to your blog from here. (You don’t have to blog to participate! My cousin is posting her giving on her Facebook page.)
Fellow 25 Days of Giving Bloggers:
- Laura (aka the BFFE)
- Janelle from The20What
25 Days of Giving (2012):
- Day 1: Donation to St. Jude’s
- Day 2: Operation Beautiful Notes
- Day 3: Help a Neighbor
- Day 4: Thank You Notes to Military Members
- Day 5: Donation to Adopt a Family
- Day 6: Sign a Change.org Petition
- Day 7: Volunteered to take pictures for Downtown Inc.
- Day 8: Donated to Bell Ringers
- Day 9: Be a Santa to a Senior
- Day 10: Recycled Card to St. Jude’s
- Day 11: Cat Food Donation
- Day 12: SPCA Donation
- Day 13: Toys for Tots
- Day 14: Become a Big Sister
- Day 15: Jingle Bell 5k
- Day 16: Donation to AT Children’s project
- Day 17: Clothing Donation
- Day 18: Candlelight Vigil
- Day 19: Purple Heart Pickup
- Day 20: Notes to Neighbors
- Day 21: Make a Casserole for a Soup Kitchen
- Day 22: Cookie Day
- Day 23: Quadruple Tip
- Day 24: Volunteer Gift Wrapping
- Day 25: Christmas!
25 Days of Giving (2011):
- Day 1: Monetary Donation to St. Jude’s
- Day 2: Donated/Recycled Greeting Cards
- Day 3: Donation of Household Goods to Resource York
- Day 4: Marketing Feedback/Hershey Bear’s Teddy Bear Toss
- Day 5: Clothing Donation to Planet Aid
- Day 6: Food Donation
- Day 7: Coats for Kids
- Day 8: Donation to York County SPCA
- Day 9: Gift Wrapping for UCP
- Day 10: Transferred my co gift to a Donation to the ATCP instead
- Day 11: Cookie Day
- Day 12: Thank You notes to Military and Fam
- Day 13: Toys for Tots
- Day 14: Purple Heart Pickup
- Day 15: Donated old Eyeglasses
- Day 16: Donated Clothing
- Day 17: Jingle Bell Run
- Day 18: Church Donation/Bizarre
- Day 19: Good Search
- Day 20: Local Business Reviews
- Day 21: Cell Phone Drive for York YWCA
- Day 22: Thank You notes to Neighbors
- Day 23: Gift Card to a Stranger
- Day 24: More Gift Wrapping for the UCP
- Day 25: Christmas Gifts! (some benefited non-profits)
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