Addy, Katie and MarcusMany of you will remember my daughter, Katie, and her saving her change to bring bubbles and tattoo stickers to the kids in Guatemala when we went down 1 1/2 yrs ago. Since we have been home she has had grander plans. Every time I would put away clothing that no longer fit; she would say "let's put that in the yard sale pile". Every time the baby outgrew a toy she would say; "that will be great for the yard sale". Somehow she got it in her head that she was going to hold a yard sale to raise money for the kids in Guatemala. I agreed with her but didn't make any real plans. But as the summer was drawing to a close Katie really started pushing me to do the yard sale. I realized that this was a good opportunity to teach my children about giving. I finally committed, enlisted the whole family, set a date and reached out to friends to see if they had anything they wanted to donate. The response was overwhelming! We also decided to do a lemonade stand and bake sale. I decided that the kids would be able to be more involved in selling food then manning the yard sale.
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