One of my 101 in 1001 resolutions and parenting goals is to teach and support my children in being charitable and nurturing their giving nature. Now that they're older and more aware of the world and news headlines around them they (Molly in particular) want to make a difference.
I have been completing Conqueror Virtual Fitness Challenges since the beginning of the pandemic to help gamify fitness, motivate myself to walk more errands, walk the dog more, and because I've always been a sucker for trophies and ribbons. To date I have finished four challenges.
At the beginning of this year Molly expressed an interest in joining me for a challenge, and so she and I began the 4000km long challenge of the Pacific Coast Trail that we gave ourselves 365 days to to hike, bike, and walk (we're currently about 1200KM along our journey), and I'm really hoping we can finish it before we hit 300 days, but we'll see what we can manage.
Molly really loves that Conqueror plants a tree every time we hit a 20 percent milestone on each challenge.
When the news hit of what was going on in the Ukraine, Molly wanted to help and spent some time trying to figure out how. When the Conqueror Community asked for a challenge to with all proceeds donated to International Red Cross and Save The Children currently providing to Ukraine appeal we, along with a friend of our S, became three of 15,000 participants who helped raise over $500,000 USD in just a week. To find out more click here.
Yesterday Molly finished her Ukraine Challenge (doing so in just 10 days), and next week I will begin mine while she plugs away at our Pacific Crest Trail Challenge.
Two weeks ago she had us participate in an earth hour and I know there will be at least a community clean-up on our agenda come Earth Day this year, maybe more. She's researching...
I can't emphasize enough how proud I am of our little activist, being a person who works towards making change.
How are you helping your children embrace their charitable side?
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