29-Day Giving Challenge

Erin - 29Gifts Community Manager
  • 37, Female
  • Indian Trail, North Carolina
  • United States
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I'm sponsoring a family of five for Christmas!

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Why I'm choosing to give:
Giving is a part of my personal philosophy - giving has been the support structure that has helped me through the toughest times in my life. It has given me reason to "feel good" at those times when I'd forgotten what 'good' felt like.
What I'd most like to receive:
inner peace, a greater sense of self worth, the knowledge that I've been a positive influence on my children and others around me!

In a more materialistic sense, I want my own home. My dream house even, with an ocean view, and no landlord. That's the "thing" I want most in this world.
How did you hear about the 29-Day Giving Challenge?
from a post on a national moms group
About me:
Erin Monahan - 29 Gifts Community Manager
I'm mother to five amazing little people, wife to an incredible man, and a techy-nerd. I have spent 10 yrs teaching myself how to build websites and computer graphics; the Universe has spent a lifetime on teaching me how to use my talents in ways that benefit others. Through life's tragic events, I've learned enough to know that living a life of conscientious service is the only way to survive, and the most fulfilling way to thrive. That's why I feel so blessed to have discovered 29 Gifts, and to have been asked to take an active part in helping it grow!

Contact me for questions about how to use our website, if your company would like to sponsor a giveaway on our site or if you have a cause you'd like to nominate as one of our featured causes. I handle all of the day-to-day operations at 29Gifts, so I'm a good first stop for questions of almost any kind.

erin@29gifts.org

On a more personal note, I am a Traveler on a winding path, content in my journey, unconcerned with the destination. Spiritual, not religious. Quirky, but not quite odd. Named for the place I come from, and which I'll likely never see. Trying to change the world one little bit at a time...
I reside in Indian Trail NC, with lots of great kids, an amazing husband, a home based website development/implementation business, and visions of sugarplums dancing in my head.
Website:
http://unioncountync.ning.com
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So excited I can't WAIT till tomorrow!

OK, so I have this give planned for tomorrow and I wasn't going to post about it until tomorrow but I'm so excited I can't wait!!!

Tonight we went to a candle light memorial service for the homeless who have died in our county in the last 2 years. It was also a blanket drive, so we went to the store and bought 3 blankets (one to be donated by myself, one by Scott, and one by my 6 yr old daughter Terra) and went to historic downtown Monroe to the court yard at the old court house.

I'm going to… Continue

Posted on November 19, 2009 at 7:27pm — 3 Comments

Erin - 29Gifts Community Manager

Today: Giving to my relationship

Scott and I don't get a lot of "quality time" together since I started working nights and my son & his fiance moved back in... so today I had a day off and I took Scott and I out to eat at a (very cool) little cafe we'd never been to for lunch, then across the street we went for dessert and cappuccinos (at another place we'd never been) then we walked around downtown and did some window shopping to get ideas for Christmas (and found a new place to go for awesome stuff!).

It's funny, we've l… Continue

Posted on November 19, 2009 at 10:54am — 3 Comments

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I'm exhausted!

Today my gift was to work day shift instead of night shift. Another of the waitresses has a young daughter who fell in speed skating class and broke her arm. She needed to take her daughter to the orthopedist today, so I traded shifts with her.

I also donated to another girl's birthday gift. Her birthday is tomorrow but she only works Fridays so we'll give her the card and gift on Friday.

Then I came home from work, made a big yummy dinner, and enjoyed some down time on the couch with my gorge… Continue

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:51pm — 3 Comments

Erin - 29Gifts Community Manager

giving by not giving

tonight was a horrendous nght at work, and when the boss man catches wind of what happened, heads will roll. Unfortunately, he's not always a fair boss, and despite the fact that I wasn't the one who got everything all screwed up, it will come down on me because I -the experienced waitress- was in the station next to an extremely inexperienced waitress when she did something that literally had half the restaurant in a tizzy and at least 5 tables unhappy. I had been (as I we are expected to do) k… Continue

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 8:25pm — 6 Comments

Erin - 29Gifts Community Manager

Giving at work

One of the girls I work with has recently (within the last year) lost 2 family members to cancer, so cancer patients and those affected by cancer have become the cause that holds her heart. Last night was an incredibly slow night and we girls spent a lot of time chit chatting, particularly about how much money we weren't making as we sat around without customers. One thing this one girl told us about was that a child in her son's school was diagnosed with cancer, and the school was selling tshir… Continue

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 8:24am — 7 Comments

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At 11:29am on November 6, 2009, Maran Banta said…
I am thrilled to be here and I so appreciate all you do.
I'm looking forward to getting to know you and learning how I can be of service.

be well and
Remember, Who You Are Makes A Difference!
Maran
At 10:24am on November 6, 2009, PeppermintPaty said…
Hi Erin, thank you very much for your kind welcome. I'm already enrolled in the Meditation for the Entrepreneurial Spirit sessions and I loved the first one. I'm looking forward to today's session.

I have to tell you that meeting this amazing community has been inspiring and already a gift to myself.

I've been reading your posts and really enjoyed them. All of you at 29 gifts are really inspiring to me.

I hope you have a great weekend, a big hug from Mexico,

Paty
At 2:19pm on November 05, 2009, James Anthony Mc Clements gave Erin - 29Gifts Community Manager a gift…
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Hi thanks for producing such agreat site
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At 3:15pm on November 1, 2009, Lubabat Scotland said…
Hi Erin, something seems to be wrong with the messaging on this site. So I've sent you some emails. Please let me know if you have received them. Thanks. :)
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Happy 29th of October!
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Yesterday was well underway and I had no idea what my give for the day was going to be, then at a Thanksgiving luncheon at work I won a um... 'microwave potato bag' (probably a better name for it, basically a little fabric/insulated bag you put a ...
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I was thinking about all I do "Being a Mom", is it just part of the responsibilities and blessings of "Being a Mom" or is a lot that I do really gifts too, to my children? How do you distinguish the difference between a gift and a normal responsib...
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Today I made sure to do something other than giving drives to someone, even though I have seen how "practical" gift giving it is. I gave two complimentary emails to two friends who had done something nice for someone else that I noticed and made s...
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Kimberly Hile commented on Kathi Chapman's blog post '...there's something about chocolate!'
In my book, chocolate is one of the best gifts and simply the fact that you took the time to make something for your staff. I am sure they really appreciated the gesture as much as the cake, it probably makes them feel as if you care about them as...
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Kimberly Hile commented on Diana Kirby's blog post 'Day 23 Wow.'
Diana, wow what a great story and what a great role model you are for your daughter.
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Harriet commented on McMousetraps's blog post 'Day 12'
a sweet give to your friend. blessings to you!
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Harriet commented on AmandaB's blog post 'day 4 + 5'
that is a great give! thanks for the info!
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Kimberly Hile added a blog post
On day 7 I called my boyfriend and told him why I am so grateful he is in my life, this may not seem like much, however we have been struggling lately and have not told each other this in awhile so it meant a lot to him as well as myself. I also m...
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Harriet commented on Shannon Farr's blog post 'Day 2'
wow, lots of great gives, i love the white roses to your grandmother, how beautiful!
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Harriet commented on Carolina's blog post 'Day 2'
what a wonderful give! it is fun to leave a surprise! blessings!
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Harriet commented on Kathi Chapman's blog post '...there's something about chocolate!'
small things are the biggest! blessings to you!
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Harriet commented on Cindy's blog post 'Round 7, Day 20'
congrats to you and your daughter, it is wonderful to be so proud of our children! we are blessed!
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Harriet commented on tag630's blog post 'Day 26 - Neighborhood Clean-Up'
picking up trash is a huge give! helping our towns and environment! : )
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Kimberly Hile commented on amysue's blog post 'Days 17 and 18 - Beautiful news!'
Amy, I understand the need for patience, my other thought when I get frustrated is that I need more compassion even when I don't understand where people are coming from because goodness knows there are probably a lot of times when others around me...
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Harriet commented on Diana Kirby's blog post 'Day 23 Wow.'
awesome story and gives! your daughter is learning so much with you!
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Harriet commented on Denisehyeong's blog post 'Days Eleven and Twelve'
we have to take care of ourselves, don't we? wishing you the best...
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Harriet commented on Kris Neuman aka mamakris's blog post 'Day 5 of my journey.....'
smiles are good, hope you feel better soon!
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