The 15 Minute Challenge

My husband and I were discussing this sort of thing last night.  Sometimes we want to help and feel like we can't do "enough" to help.  What is "enough" really?  Every year that I have raised money for Relay, Race for the Cure and so on I have kept 1 solid mentality......Every single $1 helps!  I had $2 donations one year, guess what?  I was just as grateful and it all added up in the end just the same!

There are 774 friends on my facebook page.  We can add on top of that Twitter and Instagram as well.  Wow.....Imagine if each person donated ONLY One Single $1.  That would be HUGE!

When I was a little girl my mom saved pennies.  Just pennies.  Mom took all 5 of us to the movies with drinks and popcorn with her bucket of pennies.  It was a lesson (although I am not so sure it was the intention) but none the less a lesson I will never forget.

We all have our own struggles and needs and that is totally understandable.  A girl I went to school with reposted a page to a gal raising money for medical treatment a few weeks ago.  No clue who the girl was or anything like that.  Here I am trying to help this family so dear to me raise money for medical expenses with all the have been going through as well but I stopped, followed the link and donated $10.  That is a trip to Starbucks for most people.  My nephew actually works there now PT while going to Nursing College and he was talking about the $$ people throw down on coffee.....lol  It is very true though!

So there is a 15 minute challenge I came across online......

Set a timer for 15 minutes and run around your house, your garage, your car and round up as much spare change as you can find. Check pockets, purses, sofa cushions

I was on work break so I only spent about 6 minutes to be honest and let me show you in the pictures below what I found.....Well over $1 in just 6 minutes.

So, for just a few minutes a day you can help this family get their child the help she needs and a little reassurance that they will be able to focus all their time and attention on getting her better rather than the every day things that we so often take for granted ourselves.

Just a thought and a Reminder that EVERY Single $1 Helps more than we even know.

Do you have a few minutes of your day to take the challenge?

http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/angels-needed-for-starla-and-joshua/82589