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A tradition I started seven years ago was to donate a percentage of profits from Birch Landing Home at year-end to Charity. This year we were able to help support The Lustgarten Foundation - I chose to support this charity because Pancreatic Cancer has one of the lowest long-term survival rates and hopefully progress will be made soon towards better treatments and a cure.
Thank you so much for all your support this past year - I am thankful for my Wholesale Accounts and continued traffic on my blog to make these donations happen. I hope to continue to grow Birch Landing Home and be able to give back more each year in return. Thank you all!
Did you know I donate a percentage of profits from Birch Landing Home at year-end? So everytime you place an order or visit my blog that donation gets the chance to grow!
Last year I was able to donate to Amazima Ministries and Disabled American Veterans - I haven’t decided where this year’s donation is going yet so if you have a favorite charity please share!
After having helped with Hurricane Relief work after Katrina, I encourage anyone who wants to help with donations to give monetarily to charities, instead of donating supplies and "stuff." Unfortunately the generosity of stuff tends to overwhelm distribution centers and so much ends up going to waste.
A few months after Katrina we threw away dumpsters-full of food, clothing, and school supplies - not because it wasn't wanted or needed but because the distribution center was overwhelmed with too much random stuff to organize and distribute in a timely fashion and sadly all these donations were quickly ruined by mice and water damage.
Please donate money instead so they can buy and coordinate what they essentially need right now and don't overwhelm them further logistically.
Just a quick reminder that today is Giving Tuesday - a great day to remember to give back to charities and community, not only today but everyday. Earlier this year, I decided that I wanted to make the effort to give back more too - after all, every little bit helps and we want to be a part of it!
Starting this year, we will be donating a percentage of our profits at year-end to charity(ies) of our choice. The charities will be chosen at the end of each year. We all need to remember (myself included) to give back more when we can, and I hope we can inspire other businesses and individuals to do the same.
More information about how we plan to give back can be found here.
