Hello friends and happy holiday season to you! It is a busy time for most everyone and with the hustle and bustle of shopping and baking, wrapping and decorating, life can sometimes feel like it is moving too fast. We get wrapped up {no pun intended!} in the season and all of the activity and excitement - not to mention stress - that goes along with it. We often ask ourselves "is this enough? is it too much? do we need it all?" and yet Christmas is a wonderful time of year in so many ways. But sometimes it feels like we have lost the sense of what the real meaning of Christmas is. Christmas is about time with those you love. It is about good food and spiced cider, the smell of pine and baking. It is about home and enjoying the extra time that we get to be there for the holidays. It is also about giving - and being grateful for all that we have been given.

So this year we ask you this. With all of the shopping, the gifts big and small, the parties and festivities, would you take a moment to consider donating a different sort of gift. Would you consider donating to building an educational compound that isn't so much a present as it is a blessing to those who will benefit from that compound. This isn't a gift that would be unwrapped from it's bows and bright paper. It isn't something that would lose it's shine over time. This gift would be something that would continue to give, long after the holidays have gone - and not only this Christmas but many Christmases to come. This is the gift of hope, and of empowerment. It is a gift to someone you may never meet, who will probably be more grateful for this gift than any other present you may ever give.

All donations will be tax deductible and if you choose to send your donation as a gift to someone else, a card from you will be sent to them, explaining the impact that your gift to them will have.

In this season of giving, please consider adding another tradition to your Christmas season- making a donation to something that will truly change the lives of someone who is looking for a reason to hope.

Please contact us at thegrowhopefoundation@gmail.com to make your donation today.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays~

The Grow Hope family