hat you are in the top 8% of the world. Shocking right?! Another crazy fact: Americans spend 450 BILLION dollars a year on CHRISTMAS and it only costs 20 billion to give everyone in the world clean water to drink. Again, SHOCKING! We also spend 20 billion a year on ice cream and 20 billion a year on lipstick. There are so many people out there who are homeless, hungry, thirsty, cold, kids that have no toys, etc etc. These numbers made me want to make a difference. Hopefully it will make you want to make a difference too. We as a family are going to participate in "operation christmas child" this holiday season. You can read more about it at here and there is a link on the website to get involved if it's something you might be interested in. Happy giving!
November 2, 2008
GIVE
At church today we talked about people that influence us, the way we influence others and how to make the most of your one and only life by helping others. Some of the stuff that was mentioned opened my eyes to things I wasn't even aware of, and it made me want to make a difference. Did you know that if you have at least a 2 bedroom apartment and a car that you are in the top 8% of the world. Shocking right?! Another crazy fact: Americans spend 450 BILLION dollars a year on CHRISTMAS and it only costs 20 billion to give everyone in the world clean water to drink. Again, SHOCKING! We also spend 20 billion a year on ice cream and 20 billion a year on lipstick. There are so many people out there who are homeless, hungry, thirsty, cold, kids that have no toys, etc etc. These numbers made me want to make a difference. Hopefully it will make you want to make a difference too. We as a family are going to participate in "operation christmas child" this holiday season. You can read more about it at here and there is a link on the website to get involved if it's something you might be interested in. Happy giving!
hat you are in the top 8% of the world. Shocking right?! Another crazy fact: Americans spend 450 BILLION dollars a year on CHRISTMAS and it only costs 20 billion to give everyone in the world clean water to drink. Again, SHOCKING! We also spend 20 billion a year on ice cream and 20 billion a year on lipstick. There are so many people out there who are homeless, hungry, thirsty, cold, kids that have no toys, etc etc. These numbers made me want to make a difference. Hopefully it will make you want to make a difference too. We as a family are going to participate in "operation christmas child" this holiday season. You can read more about it at here and there is a link on the website to get involved if it's something you might be interested in. Happy giving!
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Love this post. I would rather give to those how are in greater need than get more things we really don't need. We are all running a 5K on Thanksgiving morning for the Utah Food Bank and LDS Humanitarina fund. I'll have to tell Steve about how much we waste in ice cream, we certainly are a very spoiled nation. Love ya!
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