One Childhood Lesson That Sticks with Me

From a young age, I was taught that it is more blessed to give than to receive . . .

. . . and over the years, I’ve come to appreciate the wisdom behind those simple words.

You see, one of the founding principles of NICABM is to give back and do what we can to make this world a better place.

And I can vouch for how gratifying it is to support the good work that so many people and organizations are doing.

So I’m sharing our list here in the hopes that it will inspire others.

Here’s what we’ve given this year:

$55,036 – Charity Water
$35,000 – Save The Children
$16,000 – The Citizens Foundation
$6,000 – UCONN Foundation (Jorgenson)
$5,000 – Amnesty International
$5,000 – Community Foundation of Eastern CT (Windham Womens and Girls Fund)
$5,000 – Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network
$5,000 – Covenant Soup Kitchen
$5,000 – Direct Relief
$5,000 – GLAD
$5,000 – Habitat for Humanity
$5,000 – Holy Family Home & Shelter
$5,000 – Human Rights Campaign
$5,000 – Human Rights Watch
$5,000 – International Rescue Committee
$5,000 – Joshua’s Trust
$5,000 – Oxfam America
$5,000 – Salvation Army
$5,000 – Smile Train
$5,000 – Windham Area Interfaith Ministry
$5,000 – Windham No Freeze Shelter
$2,000 – Alzheimer’s Association
$2,000 – Barre Center for Buddhist Studios
$2,000 – Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC
$2,000 – Sierra Club
$2,000 – World Wildlife Foundation
$1,000 – Benton Art Museum
$1,000 – Day Kimball Foundation
$1,000 – Friends of Ecole Agape
$1,000 – Michigan State University
$1,000 – Provincetown Art Association and Museum
$1,000 – Taylor University
$1,000 – UCONN Foundation
$300 – March of Dimes
$200 – Go Fund Me – Accident Victim Recovery Fund
$200 – Mansfield Downtown Partnership
$200 – Mansfield Holiday Fund
$125 – The Vernon Chorale

Total: $215,061

As I look over this list, I already hope to exceed this next year.

That’s why we’ll be announcing our Holiday Special very shortly.

It’s a favorite tradition at NICABM to lower the price of one of our programs and also give half of the proceeds to charity.

I’ll have more to say about that soon.

But in the meantime, I’d love to hear about the good work that you support during this season of giving. Please tell me about it in the comments below.

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