It's my great pleasure to offer a guest post today from one of my favorite people,
my sister Sandy! She'll tell you a little bit about an annual giving event
hosted right here in North Texas in support of local charities.
Take it away, Sandy!
If there’s a list somewhere of
most misquoted quotes, then “Money is the root of all evil” has to be somewhere
close to the top. But that’s not what
was actually said. The real and true
quote is “For the love of money is a root
of all kinds of evil…”
Money itself
is not bad. It’s an unhealthy focus or
obsession with money and the things money can buy that gets us into trouble. North Texas Giving Day - click }here{ to visit the North Texas Giving Day website - is a
prime time to prove that a lot of good can be accomplished by money when it’s used
for higher purposes than increasing account balances or acquiring more things
and stuff. There are hundreds of
charities in North Texas accomplishing so much good right now, right in our own
communities. Do your research, pick one
(or more), and help them out! Today’s
the day to celebrate what North Texas Charities are doing and a little bit (or
a lot!) of your
money can enable them to do even more of it.
Shameless plug alert! Here are a few pictures and information about my favorites that could use your support.
Shameless plug alert! Here are a few pictures and information about my favorites that could use your support.
Powered to Move
click } here { to visit the Powered to Move website
Powered to Move empowers people with physical and intellectual disabilities to develop physical fitness by participation in local 1 mile, 5k's or longer running races, biking and other physical activities through the support and/or power of able-bodied volunteers called Wingmen. Powered to Move also provides accessible sports equipment grants using a sliding scale based on income.
To give to Powered to Move click } here {
Act Beyond
click } here { to visit the Act Beyond website
Act Beyond is on a mission to
catalyze church planting movements among the world’s unreached people groups.
In keeping with that mission, discipleship training courses designed to equip local churches to more effectively execute their own mission as a part of the Great Commission are held in Act Beyond's Plano home office.
Through this training, local believers are equipped to start discipleship
groups in their own neighborhoods while also praying for the international work of Act Beyond.
Whether
or not you’re familiar with the story of Joni Eareckson Tada, who at age 17 broke her neck
in a diving accident resulting in quadriplegia, you’ll be inspired
by the after shocks of that tragedy-turned-triumph. Forty-seven years later Joni is still going
strong (she’s one of the longest living quadriplegics who has also survived
breast cancer), and heads the amazing Joni and Friends International Disability
Center located in Southern California.
But wait! The Joni and Friends Texas office is right
here in North Texas, and serves Texas families in many ways, including offering a one week Family Retreat camp during the summer. You can make a donation that does tremendous good for Texas families
affected by disability with your donation to
To give to Joni and Friends Texas click } here {
Anna’s House, most
widely known as a “food pantry”, supports those in need in the
Anna/Melissa and surrounding communities by providing food and other tangible
items such as diapers, toilet paper, shampoo, etc. to those in need.
Click } here { to visit The Samaritan Inn website
The Samaritan Inn, located in McKinney, Texas, is the only family type shelter in Collin County. Their stated mission: We are a comprehensive homeless program that helps willing people gain dignity and independence. Wow. Just WOW.
To give to The Samaritan Inn click } here {
Since the
point of all this is to encourage giving and participation in North Texas
Giving Day, feel free to re-post this on your Facebook page, Twitter,
Pinterest, or wherever you wish with a plug for your own favorite charity. According
to the Communities Foundation of Texas, who sponsors the event, “North Texas
Giving Day is the nation’s single largest giving event. In 2013 more than 75,000 gifts totaling $25.2
million benefitted more than 1,350 nonprofits.”
Let’s make this year’s event the most successful North Texas Giving Day
ever!!
Oh…and the
source of that controversial quote? It
is centuries old. Many would contribute
it to Jesus, who arguably inspired it. But
the person who actually penned those words was the Apostle Paul as he was
writing to his much loved apprentice and friend, Timothy. You can read the full quote } here {, or search
the scriptures for I Timothy 6:10.
Sandy
Setliff is a Realtor® with JP and Associates Realtors®.
She specializes in
residential real estate sales
in Anna, Melissa, Van Alstyne, McKinney, Allen,
and Frisco, Texas.
She can be reached at (214) 620-1615 or via email
at sandysetliffhomes@gmail.com
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search for homes for sale click }here{
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a free valuation of your property click }here{
