365 Days of Kindness – Day 84
So many AMAZING stories from the 365 Days of Kindness from last year and so far this year! If you would like to share your story, GO HERE!! It is so encouraging and exciting to watch God at work. THANK YOU JESUS!! I will start posting the night before so everyone can like and share with their friends and family. Let’s get everyone we know involved in this movement of the 365 Days of Kindness:)
**DAY 84 CHALLENGE**
Today, I challenge everyone to make up “food care packages” to take to the hospital waiting rooms or the Ronald McDonald House (For anyone in the Toledo Area the Ronald McDonald House is beyond thrilled to hear about this) Packages can be dropped off anytime day or night as they are opened 24 hours per Rachel). What prompted this challenge was an email from a follower who stated when her child was in the hospital, she had very limited money and really could not afford to go to the cafeteria and she suggested this idea and I LOVE it:)
We included Barilla Meals, Sara Lee Snacks, Hunt’s pudding snacks, Mojo bars, crystal light, fork and/or spoon. (All of these have been FREE/CHEAP within the last month at Kroger) We then enclosed a 365 Days of Kindness cards (YOU CAN PRINT THE CARDS ABOVE BY CLICKING HERE IF YOU’D LIKE) and put all the items in a gallon-size Hefty bag. This is such an easy way to show the love of Christ and really help a family out. Even if you can only make one care package, that is SIMPLY AMAZING, because one package will feed one person who might NOT have a meal otherwise. . . so it is a HUGE BLESSING!! Don’t discount the smallness of any deed, Jesus performed the miracle with 5 loaves and 2 fish and fed 5000 so he can do the same with ONE food care package!! My kids and Jamie and I prayed over every bag. We prayed for God’s blessings on whomever received it. Who’s in? I am praying that everyone gets involved in this. None of us can help everyone, but all of us can help someone, and when we do we serve Jesus. We can make an impact in our communities, one life at a time!!
GOD IS GOOD. . ALL THE TIME!!
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My name is Joni Meyer-Crothers and I run this couponing/money-saving blog along with my husband, Jamie. We love to show others how to save money in a BIG way! We do all the work for you. . we do the matchups and show you where to get the coupons, many FREE printable coupons. Sit back and follow the blog and watch your savings increase! Couponing is a ministry for our family as we we love to show others how to save and share from their couponing harvest!
Joni – I’ve been couponing for a year now, but just picked up your book for extra tips – THANK YOU! I saw this post, however and had to share. I run an IB Program in Florida and two weeks ago, my students planned and executed this same ‘snack pack’ idea for the local Ronald McDonald Houses in our area. Our program bought $175 of products to start out with (which was much more than I anticipated because of course, I couponed to get the items!), but every student who came donated food items as well. When all was said and done, our students had put together almost 900 snack packs for the two houses in our area. I delivered them just last week and the employees were so overwhelmed, they had no words. You are 100% correct that everyone should strive to give at least some of their couponing proceeds away. It’s an all around win.