Giving Thursday #5: Making Giving Boxes

After a short break due to a couple weeks of travel for work (although Jeff did do some activities with the kids, but I'll let him write about those), we continued our new tradition a few days ago with an activity that will hopefully encourage ongoing giving:  Making giving boxes/containers.  I got this idea from a fellow Big Hearted Families pilot family.

The idea is that they decorate the containers and put them in their closet to collect toys or clothes that they'd like to give to someone who needs them.  We started with a video to give them a bit more perspective about how many people throughout the world have so much less than them and closed with a reflection activity shared on the Big Hearted Families site. 

After the small protest that arose after I explained that they should go through their closets and play room to see if there was anything they'd like to donate, I was very surprised when I went upstairs and saw quite a bit in each of the containers.  I was also happy to see Ty's reflection below.

Ty's picture of himself taking items out of the closet and putting them in his donation box.