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30-Day Giving Challenge: Day 5 Giveaway

I don’t know about you, but the 30-Day Giving Challenge has been off to quite a start! I love hearing the feedback on Facebook, Twitter, and the 30-Day Giving Challenge website.

We’ve had another company partner with our team with another giveaway. Remember, the 30-Day Giving Challenge team isn’t keeping any of the donated items. We’re each finding homes for our items by way of donating them to local charities. It’s been a huge blessing to see companies come forward to help us make these donations.

Inspire4Less has partnered with the 30-Day Giving Challenge this year. They’ve sent each blogger a $50 gift card for Inspire4Less.com as well as a prize package of items from their site. My package included some cute birthday cards…

… a tin of 3 Christmas CDS…

… the Stormie Omartian book Seven Prayers that Will Change Your Life Forever…

… as well as a box of Christmas cards and a decorative pie plate. I’ll be donating these to a few different charities locally.

The winner of this giveaway will receive all of those goodies plus the $50 Inspire4Less gift card. If you win, you could choose to bless someone (or multiple someones) with these items or use them for your family.

To Enter:

  • Leave a comment. You can share a giving story if you’d like, but it’s not required.

Extra Entries (Leave a separate comment for each.):

This giveaway will end on Sunday (11/7) at 9 p.m. EST. The winner will be drawn randomly, and notified via email.

The other bloggers leading the 30-Day Giving Challenge are also giving away $50 Inspire4Less gift cards and prize packs. Stop by each of their sites for 3 more chances to win!

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Comments

  1. I have a great giving story. After reading “The Treasure Principle” in our Sunday School class our Sunday School leaders gave each couple in the class a check for a different amount and asked us to use it for good. It was AMAZING how difficult it was to give someone elses money away in a way that felt worthy. Almost everyone in the class gave away what they got plus some and the stories that came out of it were truely remarkable. We hope to one day do this with our children when they are old enough to understand.

  6. I’d like to start a tradition with my family to start buying toys for Toys for Tots to teach my daughter about the importance of giving, especially at this time of year.

  11. Last year for lent I took time out of each day to do for someone else, one day I went to a friends house and cleaned all of the winter dog poop up out of her yard, another day I sewed a quilt for nonprofit charity (yes in one day), Another day I let my self into a friends house while she was gone and cleaned her house. It was one of the most rewarding and tiring times of my life, and I would do it all over again. The best part was I posted every day on facebook and it lead to others doing “nice” things too!

  18. Our family likes to “give” to Operation Christmas Child. The kids love to shop for things to put in the shoe boxes each year and then pray over each box and the child that will be the recipient of that box.

  24. My favorite way to give is with Habitat for Humanity. It’s amazing to see how quickly a home can be built because of many hands working together! And it’s fun to write a note of well-wishes onto one of the 2×4’s!

  25. Love this 30-day Giving Challenge…and would definitely pass it on by giving these lovely items to bless several people’s hearts!

  26. Love this 30-day Giving Challenge…and would definitely continue it by giving these lovely items to others!

  31. I live in Branson Mo where they have a store and would love to win I could find great gifts there..
    every year I go through my closet and give to the church to help those in need

  34. Finished the key chains I made for the men who help in a local food pantry. I felt so proud of myself to get the ladies’ gifts wrapped as well. Then made Watergate Salad for tomorrow’s evening banquet. I was actually ready for something a whole day ahead — unheard of! At a lovely birthday celebration (for me) one daughter asked if we wanted to meet the oldest for lunch tomorrow. Because I was obedient to the voice of the Lord who prompted me to get everything finished, I am free. It’s great when God nudges you and then rewards you because you obeyed.

  35. Giving things away is great. But one of my new goals is to give joy to people. Freely ye have received, freely give. Matt 10:8

  36. What a great giveaway! My parents and in-laws have been so generous this year as my husband and I have struggled with our health and moving from Texas to New Jersey. If I won, I’d want to give all of this to them.

  41. My dottie will be visiting build a bear to help make a teddie for a not as fortunate child on the angel tree

  45. I am a nurse and I have seen several patients at the local nursing home with no family or friends. At Christmas I take my children and we do some shopping for some of the residents there.

  48. I would LOVE to win! It would really help out with Christmas gifts this year as my husband will be unemployed soon. Thank you!!

  57. When I was single with a good job, God led me to give away a large percentage of my income. In the lean years of college and young married life, I have been overwhelmed at how God has given back to me, far more than I gave to Him.

  60. I give little Birthday gifts to each lady our church (We are a small church). SOmetimes it is hard giving in secret~

  66. I already have a few people/families in mind to bless with this package of goodies, if I win.
    I have been participating in the 30-Day Giving Challenge through Facebook and it is wonderful to see how many others are, also.

  72. I am always in need of cards. The other items would make great gifts for my 2 sisters and a si-in-law.

  75. inspire4less has such a great selection with great prices! thanks for the opportunity to share with others these gifts!

  76. You see so many giveaways through so many blogs but not near enough like this. I am so thankful and blessed by the 30-Day Giving Challenge. Thank you ladies for sharing His glory.

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  78. I “LIKE” Inspire4Less on Facebook (Melissa P./Mel4Him)
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  79. I often buy lots of stff free with coupons. I then am able to give it away! 🙂 This week I bought over $400 of cereal for about $80!

  85. I heard about your blog on the 30-day Giving Challenge on facebook. This has been a wonderful challenge to get me focused on others during this month of giving.

  86. I had a friend who was meeting me after dinner to do some work. I had been working all day, going from one job to another and said something about having cookies in the car for dinner. She brought me some of her dinner. It is the thoughtful little things like that, that are so appreciated.