Okay -
First - this is cousins only. Aunts and uncles and parents are on their own to figure out how they are doing their drawing.
Second - it was suggested that the Moore cousins combine their forces for good this Christmas to serve those in need. I, for one think that's a great idea.
The question is: how do we want to do it?
- pick one charity to donate to from here on out?
- draw names and you tell your giver your charity of choice?
- start at the top of the list and rotate through cousins and we all give to that cousin/family's charity of choice?
- stick to the name drawing and gift giving?
Place your votes here!
19 comments:
The Buyskes will be asking for a donation to a charity from now on, so I guess our vote would be to draw names and then everyone post your charity with a link or payment instructions.
Merry Christmas (a little early)!
Matt
(COMMENT CONTINUED) In the absence of a charity with a link from a recipient, the giver can choose a charity and usually that charity will send a thank you card when you donate on behalf of someone.
Once the list is up, everyone can just comment with the information on the list post.
Thoughts?
Matt
Sounds good to us, Matt!
-Erin
Miranda likes the idea of starting at the top of the list so everyone is giving to the same charity.
Nick likes Matt's idea.
Another suggestion was, instead of going through each individual cousin to pick a charity, each family picks (I.e. The John Moore kids and families would pick one or two charities for all of us to donate to, the Buyske kids would pick one or two etc). That way we rotate every four years instead of every 18 years!
A final suggestion was tossing the charity of choice into a hat and picking that one to donate to. Then the next year it would be ineligible.
I think the point of changing it up is that we are all getting older and our own families with each of their own obligations are growing. We love staying connected as a family and the gifts are a great way of doing that but we can do moore as a family. I think that was the original point being made.
Birch's and my vote is to donate as one group to one or two charities so that we make a little more of an impact. We aren't too picky about how we choose the charity. Giving is giving, right? The idea we like most is everyone throwing out your charity ideas and drawing one out of the hat, but like I said we will do whatever!
Love, Shannon
I like the idea of having one charity that everyone donates to. And I think it is easy and simple to just have everyone give their suggestion and draw out of a hat and then have a link on the blog as to how to donate. That is my vote. :)
I'm with those who want to each throw a name in the hat and pick one charity. More of an impact and we're doing it all together as the Moore Grandkids Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving.
One more thing, I think it'd be a good idea to have someone collect all the money from the participating cousins and donate it as a lump sum so that it will show up from the Moore Grandkids or something of that sort instead of everyone just donating separately to the same charity. Thoughts? I'd be down to collect.
I think if we go with one charity then the person whose charity it is can collect. They would be the best to know how to donate.
Good call
I like that idea too! And then we could just rotate turns every year. Great -Nate!! Looks like you are starting us off, yes? Perhaps you should do a new post and let us know the charity of your choosing and your address to mail the dinero!
If we want to do it like the aunts and uncles, if everyone posted their charity of choice we could pull out of a hat. The cousin's charity that we pick this year would then not put in the subsequent years until we get through each cousin. Is that how we want to do this?
Nate, I think it is much simpler to just assign a cousin a year to be in charge and they get to pick the charity. I am voting it is all you here!!
Agreed. Go for it Nate!
A lot of great ideas!!! I like the idea of each cousin posting their charity of choice, then having them all thrown into a hat and having the name of that charity drawn. The cousin who has their charity drawn, would become the collector of funds. Then that cousin would not be able to put in the hat for the next year. I think this is a great idea and I think that this will have a big impact. My question would be is there going to be a cap on funds donated? I minimum amount? Or are we just going to say everyone throw in $25?
Love to all!
Jen
I think everyone should just donate an amount of their choosing. I also nominate Nate to be the one to post and decide how to run it. Let's just elect you this year. But it would also be nice to get it a-going since Christmas is a mere 23 days away. :)
I like the idea of just doing one charity and then everyone donating what they can. Once we figure out what charity we are doing and who is in charge, would that person mind sending out some info on the charity? I like to be informed and learn more about charities and what I'm giving to. I especially like pictures and stories. :) Those are just my thoughts. Love you all and hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Love,
Molly
I get designating one person to be the point person for collecting funds, but I still think we should all be able to submit a charity of our choice to be drawn. I think that is a fair way. You don't have to submit a charity if you don't really have one in mind, or you don't really care what charity you give money to, but I think that anyone interested in recommending a charity should have that chance and then maybe Nate is the one that draws it out of a hat.
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