Let’s face it folks…

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS EXHAUSTING.

Having time, energy, and money could sometimes be hard at the end of a normal work/school week.

We are running a marathon of enduring loss and fear. Our reserves are stretched, our patience thin. We can sometimes feel paralyzed by indecision and terrible fatigue, unsure of how to maintain JOY in our own households when the world looks so different.

Giving Tuesday is on Tuesday, December 1st this year, and if you’re like us, you feel tapped out.

Our children cannot see their friends, we cannot see our family, a lot of us have had our salaries cut or jobs furloughed. What can one person give when so many buckets are empty?

“GIVING” is a muscle too. It can be overworked and injured. We can see all of the NEED in the world, all the work that needs to be done, and the distance between here and there can seem daunting.

You don’t start working a muscle by running a marathon or lifting 500 lbs. You start by walking a mile. And then another. You lift that 5lb weight until you can lift 10lbs, 15lbs, and so forth.

And so, my friends, I come to my point.

This year, for Giving Tuesday, Common Ground Childcare is running our #GiveTimeGiveFunds campaign.

We are asking for a pledge time OR funds OR both, and we are asking you to give slowly, with care, and with self-forgiveness if it feels too small. No act of kindness is too small.

GIVE FUNDS
This one is easy - we will have plenty of opportunities for you to give money to Common Ground!

Our MAJOR EVENT of the #GiveFundsGiveTime campaign is THE STUFFY SLEEPOVER!! It is a fundraiser we set up to give back to the community, especially those kiddos who are missing their friends and holiday fun.

GIVE TIME

Our most precious commodity, the one we are most adamant to protect, and the one we are often the least efficient with.
NO JUDGEMENTS HERE! During the COVID-19 pandemic I have personally felt like there is endless need, and I still end up doom scrolling on my phone for an unacceptable amount of time each day.

Even in normal circumstances is exceptionally hard to manage something as subjective and intangible as Time, especially when so many important things (and people) seem to have pressing need

Common Ground’s BIG ASK this run-up to Giving Tuesday? Build up those Giving-Time muscles.

We want you to pledge what you think you can do each day for just two weeks!

We are pledging 5 minutes a day until December 1st, and we are only asking for you to do the same.

Do you think you can do more than that? GREAT! Pledge it! We want to see what our community is capable of, because we know it is incredible!

What can you do in five minutes? CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM for ideas every single day!

You would be amazed at what you could do in five minutes for:

• Children

• Family

• Neighborhood

• Environment

• Coworkers

• Community

• Yourself

• Causes

We will be talking about one of these each day until December 1st! Please share your ideas, your struggles, your triumphs! In this time of social distancing, seeing your pictures and stories makes us all feel united.

Use our #GiveFundsGiveTime hashtag so we can see the impact of everyone doing “just” five minutes a day.

On December 1st we will look back and see what incredible things we can do in two weeks. Just like you, I know it will be humbling, wholesome, significant.

Get out there and #GIVE!

— Ms. LJ