Birthday Donations
Most kids spend months thinking about their birthday and what gifts they want to ask for. However, your kid’s birthday can be one of the best opportunities to teach them about giving back.
Instead of telling your child to make a list of what gifts they want to ask for, sit down and talk to them about those people who are a little less fortunate than your family. Give them the option to ask everyone to donate to a charitable cause.
There are tons of ways that you can give back and Manna is one of them. There more than 15,000 food insecure households in the Conejo Valley and a lot of the households have children. Many of these children may be in the same schools as your child. What a great way to teach a child about caring and compassion.
Over the years there have been dozens of children who collected food at their birthday party instead of toys and I can say firsthand, not one of them regretted giving up the toys over giving food so that other children could eat.
The process is simple…when sending out your invitations, find a creative way to explain how fortunate your child feels, and how they want others to feel the same way. Make sure to provide Manna’s name and a little bit about us. Include our top ten list and directions on how they can donate. When you and your child drop off the donations we will be glad to give you a short tour of our facility and show just how important their kindness is and how it helps a child in need.
As an added bonus, you will not have to find more space to store all of the toys that your child would have gotten for their birthday.
For more information on how your child can donate to the Manna Conejo Valley Food Bank in Thousand Oaks, California to help those in need,
contact us today.
