It was the weekly grocery shopping day. Saturday just works for us, because even though the stores are a little busier, Sunday's definitely a day for taking it a little slower. Walking in there was a person holding a donation bin for The Children's Wish Foundation. Jimmy loves to donate money to any sort of bin, so we gave him a couple of dollars to drop into the bin.
On the way out there was a table with raffle tickets for a contest, with all proceeds going to The Children's Miracle Network (or something similar, medical research for children). Jimmy got all excited again, so I gave him another couple of dollars to put into that one. We didn't take a ticket, just gave the donation.
So I donated to two worthwhile charities yesterday, and in the process saw how much my son is learning by example. He loves to help people whenever he can and often donates some of his allowance to charities like that. First he always has to have a conversation with the money taker to see what the charity is and how his or her day is going and tell him or her all about his latest video game or toy, of course. He always wants to donate though, and he understands where the money is going.
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