Creating a Culture of Giving

My whole life I’ve been taught to give. And I well remember the first time I began doing so without my parents prompting. I’d been watching a World Vision infomercial and was bawling my eyes out. I couldn’t resist the temptation to make a difference in a child’s life and I’ve been supporting children around the globe ever since.

While I give a percentage from my earnings to various charities, there came a point where I began to feel compelled to be more intentional about what I’m giving, as well as more purposeful in creating the income that will enable me to give more and more.

What I noticed one day was that I hadn’t invited my kids to do the same. I had not created a culture of giving and generosity within my family. I decided that now was the time to be a whole lot more vocal about what my earning goals and contribution goals were so that we could begin to celebrate as a family, every time donations were made.

I drew up a big thermometer on poster board and wrote our giving goals for that year, which were admittedly a bit stretchy for us. This created an element of fun for our family especially when the kids got to colour in the thermometer and write out the amount given.

We’ve talked about the importance of giving every time we earn money, whether it’s birthday money or money from a baby-sitting job. The kids are totally on board now and I’m loving the conversations we’re having around who benefits from our giving.

My vision began to expand to include my business partners. I began to get curious about what it would be like if we had a culture of generosity and giving within our team. What would the ripple effect be if we committed to our giving goals and then set out to earn the money to make that possible? How much more motivated would we be to create more income, when we knew that every penny we earned and percentage we gave, would make an impact globally?

We have only just begun to envision what this will look like over the long term. Perhaps the ripple effect of creating a culture of giving will reach well beyond our current imaginations. We're sure open to that!

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Looking forward to connecting with you,

Kimberley, and The Holistic Life & Biz tribe