Giving Back to Others

Shane and Nigel with Angel from Mansfield Methodist .

For the past three years Shane and Nigel have been taking toys to our local United Methodist Hospital.   The hospital distributes the toys to children who find themselves at Mansfield Methodist either by illness, abuse situations or accident related incidents.  

The Giving Back to Others project originated in 2009, when I was trying to figure out a way to teach my children about giving and being grateful for all they have.  The original thought may have been mine, but the boys took the ideal and ran with it.  I gave them a few options and they where gone ho on helping other children.  What is so exciting about this project is that the boys get to reflect on helping others all year long, not just Christmas time when most focus on being giving.   Shane and Nigel work on collecting toys all year long, by saving their money, selling their used toys and even reserving some of their fast food toys for the project.   Over the past three years they have donated over a 100 toys to Mansfield Methodist.

Me and boys with Mansfield Methodist representatives.