When frugal living conflicts with social gift-giving

re: When frugal living conflicts with social gift-giving

Cynthia Hall — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:01:27 GMT

My daughter opted to have food donations for the local food pantry rather than birthday gifts for her 10th birthday party. We had a Halloween theme with a cardboard casket to hold the food donations. She proudly took the items to our church to donate them. She remembers the gift of helping others better than any birthday gifts from other parties. She is now 19 and other parents still mention that party to me from time to time.

re: When frugal living conflicts with social gift-giving

Elizabeth Anderson — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:14:52 GMT

I like what you are saying in this post.

re: When frugal living conflicts with social gift-giving

Pat — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:14:23 GMT

I agree. While it may be tough to be the first one to start this trend, I'm sure many will be surprised how fast others will follow. This is something that I'm working on with my grandchildren. The material world is all around them, shoved at them daily by their own friends.