Blessing Boxes

After we discussed what extreme poverty is and looks like, we talked about how we can make a difference and do something to help. We created "blessing boxes" the girls decorated with hearts and flowers; these boxes will serve as a place to collect "loose CHANGE" to help make a "CHANGE" in the lives of children who live in extreme poverty.

We are asking our Troop 9691 Girl Scout families give up “a treat” of some sort each day and save $1.00 a day for two weeks in your “blessing box” OR to collect “loose CHANGE” over the next two weeks in your Girl Scout’s “blessing box” to help make a positive “CHANGE”.

We ask each Girl Scout bring the contents of their “blessing box” to the next troop meeting. If you are not comfortable having your Girl Scout bring cash to school, you (parent) may leave your contribution with Mary at the front desk and I (Teri) will collect it prior to the troop meeting. From the proceeds collected, we will make a donation to UNICEF (Children’s Emergency Fund in Haiti) and bless them with what we collect.

FYI: Haiti is among the poorest countries in the Western hemisphere before the earthquake and even more devastated now after the earth quake.