Nov 16 2010
Service to Others
Working together for the good of others and the community are ways to help your daughter develop compassion, a philanthropic outlook, nurture a lifelong service ethic, and let her see that she can make a difference in the world. By you being involved with her, you’re teaching by example.
Though the holidays are the most common times many think of serving through such opportunities as feeding the homeless for Thanksgiving and gathering gifts for disadvantaged children for Christmas–and these opportunities to serve should be taken–if you can find other times and opportunities to serve, that would more open up the world of service to your daughter and yourself.
See if you can find a cause that you both have a heart for, and even if you don’t what that is at this time, let her choose something she would like to be involved with and you take her lead. One place you can start your search for volunteer opportunities online at www.1-800-volunteer.org.
An organization, that I’ve had thepleasure to speak at, that offers mother/daughter charitable involvement is National Charity League. Their mission is to “foster mother-daughter relationships in a philanthropic organization committed to community service, leadership development and cultural experiences.” You can see if they have a chapter in your area by checking online at www.nationalcharityleague.org.