A Christmas Gift for Readers
December 1, 2006 by kate baggott
Filed under Mental Health
Tis the season to be jolly.
And generous.
When I begin the preparations for Christmas, I think of other mothers. Mothers who can’t buy their children presents. Mothers who struggle to buy food. Mothers who lose their own lives or their children because they can’t afford medical care or transportation to the nearest clinic.
Naturally, I also think of a little baby who was born in a stable and the hope that one day, there may be peace on Earth.
And, I think of all of you reading this blog too.
So, I am going to give you a present that will go to a family in the developing world. If you ask your friends to visit this blog before the 24th, they can help choose one of these gifts.
If the read page views for December reach 25 000 by Christmas Eve, I’ll get you this for Christmas…
two chickens and a rooster!
OR
If 50 000 pages are read by humans by the 24th, I’ll get you something different. Something a little a bigger…
If you have lots and lots of friends who read many, many posts and we serve up 100 000 pages by the night before Christmas, I will get my readers this for Christmas instead:
All these presents come from the World Vision Gifts that Change Lives catalogue. I hope you like these gift ideas.
Love, love, love that catalogue!!!! It’s a great organization. Good thinking, Kate. I’ll try to help you reach your goal!!!! I’ll get as many humans as I can checking you out.
Awesome idea, Kate! I’ll be sure to push traffic your way.
Bald Man - You were part of the inspiration. I remembered your Light Up the Night campaign!
Kerri- Thanks. I think the sheep is the most symbolic for Christmas and would love to give it.
one snappy little link coming up. What an amazing idea. You’re pretty fantabulous but then, you already knew I was a big fan of yours, didn’t you?
Christina,
You know it’s mutual.
Thanks for helping me fill the stable.
Wonderful idea Kate! Will help!
Thanks Angela.
AWESOME! You are such a sweet giving soul. time to spread the word!
Hope this helps.
http://www.thriftymommy.com/christmas-generosity-at-its-best/
Kelly-I#m getting an error message…
Wow! what a great idea! You’ve got my assistance in this special mission!
Hey, I think that’s great! I will post about it on my blog and maybe that will send a little more traffic your way. I would love to see you be able to give the sheep.
Great idea, Kate. World Vision is a ministry that is definitely close to my heart! I am going to send a link to my friends.
Hey, Kate, I finally published my post linking to this page.
http://ourfamilyporch.blogspot.com/2006/12/special-gift-just-follow-link.html#links
Oops! That link will get you to the end of the post where you can view other links. If you want to delete it, please go ahead. Here’s the correct link.
http://ourfamilyporch.blogspot.com/2006/12/special-gift-just-follow-link.html
Hi
What a great and unusual idea for a gift. This is obviously a happy time of year but I think a lot of people forget that there are far too many people in the world that don’t actually look forward to Christmas for a multitude of reasons. It can be a very lonely and depressing time for many people and anything people can do to help those less fortunate only helps to make the world a better place!
Take care
Rik
How’s this post coming along? Are you having a lot of readers?
It’s fantastic!
Great idea. I gave you a link:
http://timeforfamily.blogspot.com/2006/12/gift-for-you.html
When will you post which gift you’re giving?
Lorraine, Thanks so much for the link. The announcement will be my Christmas morning post.
What a wonderful idea! I’ve also seen similar gifts in a catalogue called “Hiefer”. It’s a great way to help those in need to help themselves to a better future.
Beautiful, Kate. Have a great year.