I have a lot of friends on social media who participate in challenges like "30 days of thankfulness", where every day they post one, or three, things they are thankful for. I think that's really cool, a nice way to bring mindfulness to one's life. But one day after seeing my Facebook feed fill up with these kinds of posts, I thought, what if, instead of focusing on their own lives, my friends were taking a few minutes a day to publicly do something for someone else? Well, I thought, if I wanted someone else to do it, I certainly should try it! Which is when I decided that for the month of January, I'm going to make a donation to a different non-profit every day. Before you're like, "WHOA, expensive! Unreplicable!" I decided to donate $1 each day. Here are the main reasons why:
1. Many charities will not accept online donations of less than $10. While I understand why they might do this, I wanted to highlight organizations that will take any amount of money submitted online, so that someone who has $1 or $5 can do some good without having to search around.
2. Many non-profits get very few donations in January as people have 'charity fatigue' from the holidays. I thought it would be nice to shine a little light on some great organizations in a slow month, and possibly inspire some donations.
It will be interesting to see if I can find 30 charities that both allow mini donations and I also philsophically support. At the end of 30 days, I plan to make a one-time $30 donation to my favorite charity that I've found.
My sister Emily is going to join me in this challenge. I plan to post my daily donations here and on social media, and use the hashtag #30daysofcharity. I hope that you'll follow along, and I hope to inspire a little giving in the new year (pun intended!). If you want to actively participate, even if it's just one day's worth of mini-donations, shoot me a message and I'll post your chosen charity here!
Best wishes and happy holidays!
Allison
#30daysofcharity
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