It’s “GIVING TUESDAY” What is the purpose?

GIVING TUESDAY:  “A global day dedicated to giving back.”   “A movement to create a national day of giving to kick off the “giving” season.”  

Giving Tuesday is a great idea, no doubt. But for all of us at ENP, we see people GIVING every day!  On our school campuses during the week folks are volunteering in classrooms, helping students who might be struggling with reading or math. Others are hosting a Homework Club, Bible Club, or Leadership Club after school.  On Saturdays, an average of 1500 kids are having fun with volunteers who GIVE a couple hours of time at Saturday Sports to simply spend time with kids and make a small investment in their lives. And that’s PART of it!

 We witness servant hearted people EVERY DAY from our churches, businesses, universities, as well as families in our partnership neighborhoods GIVING of their time to make an impact in the lives of children and families and ultimately in the health of our city.

What would our world look like if we all considered EVERY DAY a GIVING day?

ENP’s role is to connect volunteers with opportunities in our city to serve and GIVE and in the process build relationships. That’s the key: relationships! We make it easy for the church to connect with a school and help them find ways they can make an impact in that school and neighborhood. (FYI – 98,944 volunteer hours so far this year!)

It is also very clear that we could not do what we do without those who are GIVING to ENP financially.  Individuals, churches, and businesses GIVE so ENP can equip and connect folks to serve.

So, THANK YOU!  Thank you for caring. (If you are reading this, you obviously care.)

You may already be GIVING your TIME and/or  TREASURE.  If so, we also want to say THANK YOU!  We would also like you to invite others to do the same.

There are more schools who would love a partnership church to come along side them.  There are so many kids who could use a little extra help in with reading or math.  The kids at Saturday Sports LOVE having positive, caring people to hang out with (and you don’t even have to love sports!)  Opportunities to GIVE, and LOVE our city are abundant!  And it’s so easy!  You don’t even have to travel far.

If you would like more information about how you can GET INVOLVED or DONATE to ENP, you can get more information on our website.  We would also love to talk to you!

SO, HAPPY GIVING TUESDAY!

Maybe we should start a new movement:  “GIVING: 365” . . .  because that’s what we are calling it!  We have the blessing of seeing people in our city GIVING 365 days of the year!  We would love to have you join us . . . or invite someone else along, and share the blessing!

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We pray that your Thanksgiving was a time of truly being thankful for friends, family and life’s many blessings, and you enjoy this Christmas season and the BEST GIFT OF ALL!