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Showing posts with label wishful wednesday. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Wishful Wednesday: Charitable Giving



'I wish' .... I had never-ending funds to donate to ______ charity!

I would donate to World Vision and/or Compassion International.

World Vision is close to my heart because my husband's band supports World Vision through some of their t-shirt sales. WV has a program where you can actually buy farm animals to give to families in impoverished villages. Find the 01 (the band's name) comes from Luke 15:4, where Jesus is telling about the shepherd who will leave the 99 sheep to go Find the One lost sheep. It was a natural fit for the guys to decide to donate proceeds from their t-shirt sales to World Vision to help buy sheep for families in these villages. World Vision is also a program for child-sponsorship, much like Compassion.

And if you don't read Kristen's blog, you need to! Kristen traveled to Africa last month with Compassion, and it changed her life. I can't help but want to support a ministry that makes such a big impact on people's lives.

Both of these charities allow families to spend a small amount of money each month (less than $40) to provide food, shelter, clothing and education for children in some of the poorest parts of the world. Sponsors also write letters and send small gifts to their "kids," and many times, a life-long relationship is born of the sponsorship role. If I had never-ending funds, I would most certainly support these two organizations endlessly.

Head on over to The Seattle Smith's to link up!
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Wishful Wednesday: Handbag!



Kelsey is speaking my language with Wishful Wednesday this week!

'I wish' .... I could afford this handbag without putting a dent in my pocketbook!

I love me some Vera Bradley, but if I could have any handbag, without the giant wallet dent...I'd be rocking this bag from Coach:

Yes, please!

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Wishful Wednesday: Lottery



This week I'm playing along with Kelsey at the Seattle Smith's for Wishful Wednesday!

This week's topic:

'I wish' .... I could win the lottery REAL soon, and I would hope to ________.

**The real question is would you
1.) quit your job/career
2.) continue working

My answer is easy: YES! If the jackpot were big enough (like the $200 million it was this weekend in Tennessee), I'd quit my job in a heartbeat. I enjoy my job, but I could think of about 200 million other things I'd do if I didn't need the paycheck...

Other ways we'd use the money:
  1. Pay off my student loans
  2. Start looking for/eventually buy a house
  3. Start a small business, mostly print design, with some photography thrown in
  4. Some new music toys for Carter
  5. Invest the rest so we could live off of it / fund college for our future children / retire early / travel often
  6. Charitable giving in some (and probably many) form or fashion

Anyone got $200 million they want to give me? Please?

Hop on over to Kelsey's to play, too!
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