Do you have that one person in your family that has everything? Is shopping for a Christmas gift becoming a chore? Tired of just getting them a gift card? Here a big secret: shopping World Vision’s Gift Catalog offers gifts that have a multiplier effect—positively impacting the giver, receiver and those in need. You can help tackle poverty and injustice around the world, while helping children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential. It's simple -- shop the World … [Read more...]
What is World Water Day?
What is World Water Day? Founded in 1993, the World Water Day brings attention to the plight of the 660 million-plus people living without a safe water supply close to home. As a result, many are forced to devote hours to trekking to distant sources, or waiting for their turn to collect some, and face the health challenges of using contaminated water. Six kilometers (approximately 3.7 miles) is the average distance that people in the developing world – often women and young girls – walk for … [Read more...]
Give Poverty Fighting Gifts: World Vision Gift Catalog
In 2015, Americans gave over $373 billion to charitable organizations, a 4.1 percent increase from 2014 (National Philanthropic Trust). As charitable giving continues to grow, I want to encourage you to place your trust in the World Vision Gift Catalog this holiday season. The 2016 World Vision Gift Catalog contains more than 250 poverty-fighting gifts, ranging in price from $16 to $39,000, that improve the quality of life for struggling children and families in the U.S. and around the … [Read more...]
Teaching Kids to Give Help for Families in Need
We live in a great big world. The population now exceeds 7 billion people! There are thousands of diverse ethnic, religious and linguistic groups. What's truly amazing, is that in this diversity, the Internet is transforming how we connect to each other. It is now easier than ever to embrace global citizenship from an early age. I'd like to share with you details about World Vision child sponsorship and also ways that parents can teach children to give help and be global citizens. Thank you … [Read more...]
Don’t Forget Giving Tuesday This Year
Have you heard of Giving Tuesday? In the midst of the retail frenzy following Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday provides an opportunity to make an actual difference in the lives of others by focusing on charitable giving. On Dec. 1, 2015 – the 4th annual #GivingTuesday – World Vision will partner with Thirty-One Gifts to help charitable donations make twice the impact. Giving Tuesday is a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, charities, families, businesses, … [Read more...]
8 Things You Can Do For World Water Day
You know that water is a necessary resource for us all to be alive, right? Sadly, 748 million people lack access to clean water! {That number is the equivalent of nearly two and a half times the United States population.} That should break your heart. It breaks mine. To address this crisis and to acknowledge water’s essential presence on the earth, the United Nations General Assembly declared March 22 as World Water Day in 1993. [Tweet "A child dies every minute from diarrhea caused by … [Read more...]
Participate in Giving Tuesday this Year
Are you heading out on Black Friday to do some shopping? What about Cyber Monday? Why don't you take a break from the retail frenzy following Thanksgiving and join with others across the country for #Giving Tuesday? What is #GivingTuesday you ask? ...A global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give. [Tweet "Dec. 2 - … [Read more...]
