We all get hit up for school sales of cookie dough to gift wrap and support those as we can. Did you ever think of donating as a way of engaging the grandchildren?
As a long distance grandparent, if you support other missions or causes that would be of interest to grandchildren - donating goats or school supplies or soccer balls to kids the same age - easy to honor them in the gift memo! Then take a picture and send or post it.
Every year St. Mark's sends a team to Appalachia for Habitat with Humanity. One of their fund raisers is building a house - people buy shingles, windows, plants by contributing.
Once a year pay for the church flowers in thanks for the children - by name in the bulletin if possible.
If you walk or run races, have a T shirt screened with names for pictures or wear a button honoring them.
If children are local you have unlimited possibilities for donating food to pantries, cleaning up on Earth day, and baking cookies for charity events. Attention spans are short, but even a glimpse of a situation of need will help balance lives of affluence.
In these ways you model selfless living in our abundant world.
As a long distance grandparent, if you support other missions or causes that would be of interest to grandchildren - donating goats or school supplies or soccer balls to kids the same age - easy to honor them in the gift memo! Then take a picture and send or post it.
Every year St. Mark's sends a team to Appalachia for Habitat with Humanity. One of their fund raisers is building a house - people buy shingles, windows, plants by contributing. Once a year pay for the church flowers in thanks for the children - by name in the bulletin if possible.
If you walk or run races, have a T shirt screened with names for pictures or wear a button honoring them.
If children are local you have unlimited possibilities for donating food to pantries, cleaning up on Earth day, and baking cookies for charity events. Attention spans are short, but even a glimpse of a situation of need will help balance lives of affluence.
In these ways you model selfless living in our abundant world.
