Giving on Your Birthday - Shoreline Cleanup
We've all heard the saying that "it's better to give than to receive." For my birthday this weekend, that's exactly what I did. In lieu of some party, I gathered a handful of friends and their kids and organized a site for the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. While we didn't give financially, we gave our time and efforts to clean up a park/beach here in Mississauga. Others will benefit from our efforts. I figure if I'm going to gather people in an area, I may as well put them to use. Ha!
I find this to be an extremely rewarding experience inasmuch as you do good on the day of the event, but you also teach your kids (and others, 'cause I don't have four kids as pictured above) to do good in the future. You can make it a bit of a game to see who can pick the most garbage, or who can find the biggest piece. It's all in how you sell it. Make it a friends and family event and it should sell itself to the little ones.
We did brunch afterwards, keeping it a social event beyond garbage picking, but the important part for me was getting some people out for the Shoreline Cleanup. It cost nothing and I got some time with friends and family. Is there a better birthday gift?
Coco out.
An acceptable form of child labour.
I find this to be an extremely rewarding experience inasmuch as you do good on the day of the event, but you also teach your kids (and others, 'cause I don't have four kids as pictured above) to do good in the future. You can make it a bit of a game to see who can pick the most garbage, or who can find the biggest piece. It's all in how you sell it. Make it a friends and family event and it should sell itself to the little ones.
We did brunch afterwards, keeping it a social event beyond garbage picking, but the important part for me was getting some people out for the Shoreline Cleanup. It cost nothing and I got some time with friends and family. Is there a better birthday gift?
Coco out.
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