Bloggers Paying it Forward

Blogs provide a really powerful platform for reaching out to people - that's why I started this one. It's great to see people using this platform for a good cause just like Mama Laughlin is right now. She started a holiday "pay it forward" movement and has featured several families in need on her blog which you all can help! Christmas is less than one week away - what better time to spread some love to the less fortunate? You can go here to read about the holiday pay it forward and check out her blog for the stories of those whom you can help. 

And paying it forward won't stop with the holidays - she's going to be featuring one story per month in order to keep the love going all year - what an amazing way to use your blog to improve the lives of others!

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While I'm on the subject of Christmas coming up soon, I also wanted to bring some attention to Compassion's Christmas Gift Catalogue. Compassion International is described (according to their website) as "a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults." 

Their Christmas Gift Catalogue has so many options for donating and gives you a really wide price range - their options range from $4 to $5,000. For as little as $4 you can protect a child from parasites. Just $4. Ten dollars can provide a family in Africa with garden seeds, $13 can feed a malnourished child, etc. It's so affordable and so easy to do something for them. It seems like $4 isn't a lot, but if it can protect a child from parasites then it's value is a lot more than you'd think.

Those are just a few of the small gifts you can give - you can click here for the full catalogue. It's definitely something to feel good about this season.