Helping Kids and Others In Need
~ Everyone Can Use More Hygiene Products ~
All my readers know how important the Champions for Kids SIMPLE Service projects are to me and my family. My kids and I have helped donating cereal to people in need, dental products, and school supplies just to name a few. You can see most of them in the “charity” tab on my site! We just absolutely love helping others and this project was no exception. Our mission this time was to help with getting hygiene products for kids and other people that might need it. It’s called Dial Into Giving! We usually donate to our local town, but this time we thought we would donate somewhere different.
My friend works at the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless in Providence, RI. She is always telling me how people (kids and adults) are in need of any donations. I decided that this place would love to receive a donation of hygiene products. People need these type of things.
My son came with me to Walmart to find some products. We looked around and really loved the Dial products because of their price and known quality. We could pick up bottles of liquid soap for 98 cents a piece! We also decided to grab some Dial bar soap, wet wipes, and deodorant for older kids and adults that might need it.
Since it’s so close to Halloween, we thought we would make our donation a little timely. We decided that we would give people in need a “treat” and hopefully make their Halloween a little bit happier!
We put all our donation items into two pumpkins and dropped them off at my friend’s house. She is going to take them to work and get the products to people that need them! My kids always love doing nice things for others. They liked the idea that instead of just giving out candy to people this holiday we could give out something even more important ~ hygiene products to people that need them.
What can you do to help out in your community? Can you find somewhere to donate a few hygiene products to? I bet you can! And at the prices of Dial products you can afford to give just a little. Every bit helps!
To learn more about Champions for Kids, visit their site, their Facebook Page, and follow their Twitter handle for great updates and to see other great SIMPLE Service projects. Also, check out Dial on Facebook and Twitter as well!
To see my entire shopping trip at Walmart to get Dial products, other hygiene products, and to prepare for Hurricane Sandy, check out my Google+ Album.
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What a wonderful way to give back!
That is such a good idea to give back!
I love seeing your kids giving back to the community.
You are simply awesome! It’s amazing too that your kids enjoy ‘giving’. This is what I teach my son as well: give and help whenever we can.
how much fun is that…and a great teaching moment for the kids!!!
What a cute idea to put the supplies into the pumpkins! And you were able to fit a lot in there. I’m sure that was MUCH better than candy for the recepients!
This is a creative way to give back and help those in need.
Wow, this is such a nice idea! We live in RI too, its nice to read about the good things going on around here! Thank you!
This is such a super program. I like how creative you got with this. You did a really great job!
What a great program. Love how you put all the Dial products in a pumpkin!! 🙂
Lovely, especially enjoy seeing how you are raising your children with the habit of helping others. This will be a Halloween they will remember above all others, I bet.
It is such a wonderful thing that you are teaching your kids to give back to the community. Thanks for sharing this!
How nice to give back to the community! I love to teach my kids to give as well 🙂
I love that you put your donations into pumpkins! What great idea!
Great idea to add a bit of Halloween flare to such a nice donation!
I think it’s so awesome to get the kids involved in charity young like that!! And!!! next time, hit me up… I’ll get you hooked up with the coupons and you can double what you give!!! Awesome job!
That is awesome! I love that you put them into trick or treat halloween buckets! That is so much fun! I think it is great that you can get your kids involved in such awesome service projects! I love doing simple service projects with Champions for kids when we have time. It really helps to teach my kids to think of others and their needs, instead of always thinking of themselves and what they want.
Such a great way to give back! Most people can get some help for food, but none for cleanliness, this is such a need in many families!
I love the way your kids are getting involved with helping out others, great idea with the halloween theme.
Great grins! A wonderful program.
mhoward
Your posts are always so fun and motivational. Thank you for being a person who is doing good in the world. Thank you for teaching your children to so the same. I always trust and use dial!
This is a special way to celebrate Halloween at the same time a good thing to engage your kids into such a wholesome and meaningful activity.
I love how you tied the donation into Halloween! Your kids look delighted to be involved!
This is fantastic!! Such a fun and inspirational thing for your kid to be a part of 🙂
I love Dial soap. That is generally what I use. 🙂
Dawn
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I love this idea! I think it is so important for kids to learn when they are young the importance of doing something for someone and not expect anything in return! I love doing this one: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/ for Christmas with my kids, they really enjoying putting a box together 🙂
Be proud Mom, your doing a service to your kids as well as the community teaching to give back, yah to you!
They look so cute ! Great job everyone ! More parents should involve their children like this
Melissa
I use my shopping with coupons to get cheap items to donate to a group that raises foster kids. I have always taught my kids the importance of giving to others. My oldest son is 15 and this year he came home and told me one of his new teachers said that “you should always ask what is in it for me and if the answer is nothing, then do not bother”. Let me tell you, this was the first time I ever scheduled a meeting with a teacher and principal the first day of school. I could not believe this teacher was setting that example. I love that I am not the only one teaching my children to give. Thanks for sharing.
Yet another great lesson on giving! You are such a good mom! 🙂
What a great lesson! You are always inspiring me to do service projects with my kids!
Good idea for kids to learn. That’s awesome
Awesome! Cute idea of putting them into pumpkins too 🙂
That is so great that you did that!
I had to comment. I know this comment is a little dated but I want you to know the little differences you make are so awesome and long lasting. Thanks for being a champ. We are luck to have you on team CFK! Just a little note to remind you that you are appreciated!!!!