Giving Gift Cards My Family Now Gets2Give

I was so excited the week before the event!  I have a team of seven women at the office that I purchased tickets to the event for.  As I handed out the tickets, the ladies got very excited that this was happening in their backyard and that they now got to be involved.

The night of the event was a blast.  I got to give twice.. once to share the message of GracePoint and to invite my team to a very special event.  The gifts they received that night are now being gifted throughout NWA.  The team was so excited, they have now decided that each quarter next year, they will hold a fundraiser, purchase gifts and have us go out into the community throughout the year into areas that are in need to distribute gifts.  They really are taking the message to heart about giving all year long.

The second gifts that iGet2Give are to those of my neices and nephews this year.  I have been trying to think of a way that I can get them to be less materialistic during this season and to understand there are families/children that are less fortunate then they are.  This year, after the event, I was motivated to find a way to get them involved in donating even though they are all in Chicago and I am in NWA.  Then it hit me…  Their presents this year included a present they must return to me.  I gave each child (all 9) cash gifts.  $50 of their gifts are for them to spend on themselves for what they want, and an additional $50 is for them to find someone in their community in need and either give them cash, purchase a present, or provide a gift card to that person.  They get to give!  I told them in my card to them with their gift, that their gift back to me this year must be an email, phone call or text on how they spent the monies and who and how did they impact someone else.

While I didn’t have bracelets for each of them, I think I have just started a new tradition in the Henry household and I am very excited to spread the message to my family up north.

Thank you for hosting this event, for a wonderful evening and for inspiring a community of women and a community of Christ to share such a wonderful message! – Tammy