An Ark

When Charlotte was young we decided to set aside $20 a month to donate to organizations of her choice. When we received mail from non-profits requesting donations, we would talk with her about the organizations. We created a file folder that organized these requests by category (food, shelter, health, animals, etc) and she would decide on the giving. I would sign checks and she would fill in the amounts and the organizations. most often she would divide the $20 into $5 and $10 amounts, allowing for greater distribution in the giving.

After a few years of this monthly activity, she came to me one day and told me that she would like to put all of the money toward an ark that Heifer offered. It took years for us to accumulate the $5000, but we met our goal when she was in high school. During this time we invested the money that accumulated in a CD and turned it over a couple of times, which provided another early encounter with this type of savings process.

A Gift Ark donation includes two water buffaloes, two cows, two sheep and two goats, along with bees, chicks, rabbits and more. Donating a Gift Ark will help:

• Care for entire communities with milk, eggs, honey and wool
• Provide income by supplying an abundance of goods to sell
• Sustain farming by providing livestock to work the land
• Improve the lives of families for generations by multiplying and Passing on the Gift

Your Gift Ark donation goes around the world, from Africa to Asia to the Americas. Wherever we find hunger, poverty and hopelessness, we answer with the animals, training and encouragement provided by your generous animal gifts.

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