After we had our successful lemonade sale we took our money down to Refuge of Hope. I really wanted the kids to see where their money was going, and the director gave them a little bit of information about the homeless shelter.
It is Christian shelter (our church gave donations from VBS to them) and the only men's shelter in Stark County.
We had a big jar of coins sitting around the house that we also took to a coinstar and altogether we donated about $70. Ava always impresses me with her generosity, as we were leaving to go to the shelter she ran up to her bedroom and got $7 out of her piggy bank to donate.
Afterwards we talked about it, and I think it made an impression on them. The director mentioned that the dining room is always open to anyone, and is usually pretty full in the winter. The kids were a little surprised by this. They are already begging to do another lemonade stand to get more money to donate. Love my little guys and I plan to do more of this in the future!
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