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Keep on Giving…

by David on February 3rd, 2010

Hello All,
An update on my giving and a new post from Cami.
Day 9: I came across this on-line and loved the idea. I hope you’ll click the link below and join in. There is a young man in the UK with cystic fibrosis and he loves collecting key chains. [...]

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How are you gifting?

by David on January 28th, 2010

Hello All,
just an update on my giving and a new blog from Cami (very apropos as I had to start again).
day 7:  At the lunch line in our cafeteria the person in front of me discovered that they had forgotten their wallet when they got to the register.  I don’t personally know the person but  [...]

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Gift Giving con’t…

by David on January 27th, 2010

hello all,
   A quick update on my giving and I’ll have a new blog to post from author Cami Walker tomorrow.
day 4:  I was home all day today and while flipping through the channels came across the St Jude’s story.  Hard to watch that program without being moved to give.  So I made the call and pledged.
day [...]

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The gift of trying again…

by David on January 23rd, 2010

Hello All,
   Things have been pretty chaotic lately and my giving slipped, so according to the book, you should start over.  The purpose for starting over is to “release the energy that is building and allow it to build again”.  I think it’s a good way to get and keep me in the spirit of giving without [...]

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“29 Gifts” guest author blog

by David on January 15th, 2010

hello fellow givers. sorry I have been so quiet, I have been on vacation for the last week (hmmm…a gift to myself??? LOL) and I need to catch up on my notes. I did want to share with you a blog from the 29 Gifts author Cami Walker. I found it inspiring as I try [...]

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Giving update…how are you doing?

by David on January 7th, 2010

just a quick update on my giving over the last couple of days. 
How is everyone doing?  Are you finding joy in giving? 
Day 4 for me was fun.  For Christmas I received one of those “all in one office” machines (copier/scanner/fax, photos, etc.).  Well already owning a printer and scanner, I thought first of E-bay (lol)  [...]

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Meet the Author behind the book

by David on January 4th, 2010

Hello All,
   Just wanted to give a quick update and post a quick blog from the author of “29 Gifts….”, Cami Walker.  Cami has graciously agreed to blog for us once a week to help inspire us as we give. 
For day 2 of my giving I was inspired by a story I saw on tv [...]

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I’m Going to Give 29 Gifts

by David on December 28th, 2009

Over the summer I came across a book titled 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life. Though my first reaction was to wonder who could afford to give that many gifts in this economy, after reading more, I discovered that the “gifts” don’t always have to be material things. To quote a [...]

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