Giving Back

My oldest friend, (in terms of our friendship, not her age) is a blogger. She's giving away a $250 Visa card on her website, Jenny On The Spot. Go enter. Give her some love. She's awesome.

I jumped on this giveaway, but not for the reason you might think. I'm not angling for a bunch of books or some cool toy for my kids. If I win this prize, it's going to my friend Heidi, the social worker.

Heidi was on Facebook yesterday, talking about her agency's annual gift drive for their foster kids. People are eager to buy gifts for the small children, but apparently, the teens get left in the dust. That sucks. I have a teenager. She's super easy to buy for. Cash or gift cards and she's happy. So I told Heidi I'd buy a couple of cards for some teens. We're skipping date night this month to make it happen, but it's totally worth it.

I would encourage you to contact a fostering agency in your area and see if they need gifts for teens. It's a shitty time in a kid's life. Even more so when you don't have family. It would be less shitty with a gift card to spend on something they want.