Step 1: Find a cause that interests them. For this group of girls, the cause was a local center that houses people traveling to Asheville, North Carolina to seek medical treatment.
Step 2: Brainstorm a tangible way in which kids can see the results of their giving actions. The girls loved the paintings they created (with a little help from a local artist!) for the new children's wing.
Step 3: Get out of the house and go see the where and why behind actions. It's easy to forget conversations. Experiences linger longer in little heads.
Step 4: Enlist the help of someone who knows more than you to explain why kid-sized help is important and needed.
Step 5: Celebrate small. Four paintings and a bin full of children's books and board games will not change the world, but I'm pretty sure it impacted little hearts.
Click here to view the video behind our involvement in this cause. Happy Saturday, friends. Hope you find ways to impact little hearts this weekend.
13 comments:
This is really helpful and concrete advice for me, Amy, as we take another look at our family's serving activities and figure out where we are going next.
yes, this is just good easy advice. I know I don't think of this kind of stuff often enough. Thank you for reminding me. Hope your weekend is full of wonder
xo
oh, such GREAT ideas!! love seeing posts about kids helping others and getting involved with projects! thanks for linking up to the party!!
For my nephew's 7th birthday, I got him a gift card to Kiva. We spent lots of time looking through all the people in developing countries who could benefit from the $25 he had to loan them. After much deliberation, he decided to loan his money to Gilbert in Kenya who is a farmer like Papa. Afterwards, he told me it made his heart feel full and he wanted to know if he could use his piggy bank money to make another loan.
Hi Amy,
As the mom to a 7, 5 and 4 yr old, I love these tips. I'd really like to get them involved with serving others, so this is something I should be thinking about.
Thanks so much for popping by my blog. :-)
What a great idea. Love to see children making a difference!
love, love, love this! it's all about intentionality, isn't it? thanks so much for your heart, Amy, and how you choose to share it.
I love the stories you share with us, Amy. This is wonderful stuff you are doing - thanks for being a steady voice for compassionate service in Jesus' name. Mostly I lurk here, but thought I'd creep out of the woodwork today just to encourage you in what you are doing so very well.
"experience lingers longer" I needed to be reminded of this! Great post, Amy. I miss ya girl....you really need to come visit me sometime.
Dear All,
Thanks for reading, your visits, and your constand encouragement. You guys are the ones that inspire me!
This is awesome. Love the pictures, and I love that you are always a bright light to all of us, stretching and pushing us to give and remember that small things matter, too. You're the best :)
This is fantastic. I SO want my kids to grow up knowing the JOY of serving. Not just doing it because it's "what we do" but doing it because they find joy in extending themselves to others and joy in pleasing the heart of God.....
I've been saying that I want my kids to serve in small ways since my oldest was three years old. We have here in there. Now that he is 7 1/2, I really want to hone in on how he can use his gifts to serve. Thank you for this great list to remind me and to pray about how with him (and for the three other siblings, too.)
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