29-Day Giving Challenge

Helen Gaye Brewster
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  • Nashville, TN
  • United States
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Why I'm choosing to give:
for the joy of giving
What I'd most like to receive:
a peaceful mind
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my friend Amber
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married, two adult children, two dogs, one cat enjoying beautiful nashville, tn. love old houses, cute shoes, anything that's pretty. favorite thing to do: cook dinner for my fab family and friends and serve it with a great bottle of wine
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Back to Days 27-29, Yay I'm all caught up!

Thank goodness for online giving! Being the little perfectionist that I am, it was driving me crazy to be behind. So, I went to three wonderful websites and made donations, and I'm caught up and ready to begin again!
So for Day 27, I donated to the Nashville Rescue Mission, a wonderful organization for the homeless in my city. They always are in need of funds, and particularly at Thanksgiving when they're trying to feed a huge portion of the city's homeless a Thanksgiving meal. Also, it's VERY c… Continue

Posted on November 22, 2008 at 10:33am — 4 Comments

Helen Gaye Brewster

Days 25-29, Help, I'm behind on giving!

Well, I've been completely off-track with my giving this week. I'm starting a new job this upcoming Monday, and have been finishing up at my old job and, well, honestly, just didn't focus on giving. So....my one give for the whole week was getting a book for my husband that he mentioned he wanted to read. So, if I'm playing catch-up, Day 25 is taken care of :).
Today my daughter's coming over, and I'm going to teach her to make pecan pie, including the crust. She and her group of friends are doi… Continue

Posted on November 22, 2008 at 10:01am — 2 Comments

Helen Gaye Brewster

Day 24-Can you give to dogs?

So yesterday was Day 24 and it was quite a day of gives. The more I make giving a habit, the more I want to give. First give was a pedicure at the spa for my husband. He likes to get his feet done (probably my influence, I'm obsessed with keeping my feet pretty and it's probably worn off on him) and he was overdue for a gentleman's pedi. So, I made his appointment and treated him. Second give was treating my daughter to a movie and popcorn! We had both read "The Secret Life of Bees" and loved th… Continue

Posted on November 16, 2008 at 7:30am — 8 Comments

Helen Gaye Brewster

And Back to Day 20!

So, I needed to catch up one day, so I'm doing two small gives extra today to make up! My little gives are: I went to President Elect Obama's transition website, where you can email your vision for America, and sent a message with my vision. My vision includes affordable, quality health care and insurance for every American and I also asked that the administration set an example of healthy nutrition by allowing the White House Organic Farm to be placed on the grounds of the White House. BTW, thi… Continue

Posted on November 14, 2008 at 3:00pm — 4 Comments

Helen Gaye Brewster

Day 23

My wonderful friend Jen has made me very conscious of the benefits of organic foods, and the need to buy local, eat local and support farmers, particularly organic farmers. She is President and Founder of the Friends of the Nashville Farmers Market (fnfm.org). Other wonderful friends like Robin, who works with Slow Food (check out slowfoodusa.org or slowfood.com) and Amber, who writes the GirlHealthy Blog (girlhealthy.com) have also made me much more particular about where my food comes from. So… Continue

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Helen Gaye, Hope Thanksgiving is wonderful for you and your family. Love and Light
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At 1:59pm on November 25, 2008, Gini Diane Collinson said…
Helen Gaye ~~
Nashville is a magical place. And when I get back to Nashville, I will definitely let you know so that we can get together. You're right, it's very hard to be in the caretaker role, as the person isn't going to grown up & become independent by the end of the your stint in the caregiver position.

Have a blessed ThanksGiving season!

gini diane
At 2:55pm on November 23, 2008, amber said…
Thanks for your comment. We are having a wonderful time. I'm so behind on recording my gives. I have given away several Obama buttons to French Obama supporters. Today in Florence we gave 10 euros to a group of activists against drug abuse. They've got a super recovery program and it felt like a worthy cause. BTW, I'm very grateful for my little clutch purse. It has totally come in handy as a wallet/catch-all/purse on this trip. I keep my Euros, my lip gloss, and my Obama buttons in it! Thanks and we'll see you soon!
At 1:22pm on November 22, 2008, Gini Diane Collinson said…
Helen Gaye~~The "elderly & sick" are actually my mother & father.
Even tho I have a lifetime of professional experience as a clinical social worker, it's altogether different when the people are your parents and they are terminally ill. Somedays are good, somedays feel like the end of the world. Since they are depressed, one tries to keep that emotion in check when around them.

Would you believe that I grew up in Nashville? Attended Tarbox Elementary School, graduated from University School of Nashville.
Undergrad, master's degrees in Nashville too. (I always mean to get back, but life gets in the way.)

Thanks for your kind words. And for championing organic gardening and farming...

gini diane
At 11:44am on November 22, 2008, sharon said…
I was to busy to blog last night, but finished my story to summit for the 29 gifts book. She needs more stories by the 29th, if you have one, read the guidelines on the main page!
-s
At 11:05am on November 16, 2008, J said…
Hi Helen,

Thanks for the kind words. You are such an inspiring person, reading about your gives always make my day.

*j

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