My 7yo told me today that he wants to make a holiday where “we give money and do things for poor people.” I said we don’t need a holiday, we can do that every day. He said, “but then kids can do it, too,” meaning that we’d just all have a day of service to the poor.
I told him that in lieu of a national holiday, since I don’t have that kind of pull, we’ll put together a fundraiser. His dad and I will each double match whatever he gives from his own money. I gave him some topics as ideas — he immediately chose food for hungry kids.
I asked him how much of his chore-earned money from his wallet he wanted to give. “All of it,” he said, looking at me like it was kind of a dumb question.
We’re gonna choose foodbackpacks4kids.org since that’s semi-local to us and local to extended family.
