What Can You Do With $1?

During the summer, our children's pastor and SS coordinator gave all the children in our church (ages K-5) $1. They asked them to take that one dollar and do something to help someone else. Out of 89 children, over $600 was given back to the church for various ministries and causes that the church supports. Two little girls teamed up and used their $2 to make lemonade. They had a lemonade stand and raised $160. They split the money, and each child donated to the cause they were supporting. Some of the children donated their $1 to Operation Rowanda which our church supports. Operation Rowanda is an effort to raise about $12,000 to help reunite 2 parents with their children. Their parents left Africa for safety reasons, but their children have not been able to come over yet. There is the $12,000 cost and tons of legal documents that continue to hold them up. The children, 5 or 6 of them, are still in Africa staying with relatives. Drew was my only child to receive the $1 challenge. She took her $1 to The Dollar Tree....I love that store. Do you have one near you? If so, go there and go fast. Back on track....she went to The Dollar Tree and bought some cute computer paper. She then printed up fliers asking for monetary donations or clothing donations. She hand delivered these fliers to all of our neighbors, and by her deadline; she had received $40 in donations and 2 bags of clothes. Drew wanted to donate the clothes to The Slab which is a place, in a nearby town, for homeless people to worship. With the $40, she wanted to buy toiletries and deliver them to The Slab herself. We haven't made it to The Slab to do the delivery yet, but we will. The point of giving the children the $1 challenge is to help them take the focus off of themselves and to focus on what they could do to help someone else....even with as little as $1. What can you do with $1?