As I mentioned, on Tuesday night we went downtown. Before each group departed for their destination, each student and adult leader was presented with a $10 bill by our church youth director. We were told to use it however we wished: save it, spend it, for someone else, for a stranger, for ourselves...
It was a neat assignment that I had never had before. During our drive to Michigan Ave, our Cheesecake Factory dinner, and Forever 21 trip, everyone was brainstorming ways to use this $10. (I heard this was a common conversation topic among all excursion groups) It seemed like a simple assignment at first and $10 didn't seem like much, but as time went by so many ideas were brought to the table. I had no idea what to do with mine. I considered it just leaving it on the table as a dinner tip or in something at Forever 21 or slipping into a passerby's shopping bag or just saving it to buy something later. I really wanted to do something related to our trip with the money so I eventually decided that I would use the $10 on Starbucks later in the week, but make a donation to Feed My Starving Children after I was reunited with my laptop. It wouldn't have been possible for our group to pack food at FMSC if donors had not previously donated funds to purchase the food that we packed. I wanted to help feed youth and give volunteers resources to work. My donation was not large, but (at 22 cents a meal) my $10 helped to purchase about 45 meals!
How would you use your free Ten Dollars?
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