A couple months ago I wrote about how we've been having fun giving out blessing boxes to various people. At that time, we'd only given out a couple, but since then we've handed out three more in the following situations:
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One family that has served as the head of a volunteer organization we belong to. They are a great family, are in the midst of incurring a ton of extra expenses so they can become foster parents, and we wanted to be a blessing to them.
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The coach of our basketball team who still has two houses since he can't sell his old one. He's put in so much work for the team/boys that we wanted to give to him and his family.
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Family friends where the father has lost his job. They're having a tough time now and we wanted to help ease their burden a bit.
The reaction has been the same to all these gifts -- people LOVE them! As I see it, the keys to their success are:
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It's cash! Who doesn't love cash? But it's less restraining than a gift card (you can use it anywhere) and it's less crass than a check or dollar bills.
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It's two gifts in one! We buy nice gift boxes at Hobby Lobby (they regularly have half off sales on these -- that's when we stock up) and put the coins in them. So not only are the coins a gift, but the box itself is a unique, fun, and meaningful gift.
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It's FUN! Who wouldn't like to open a mini "treasure chest" full of "gold coins"?
Overall, it just seems like a great way to give someone cash. We even had one instance where the couple opened it with another friend there (we usually drop off the box or give it to them at church or an event where we see the family -- and tell them to open it later) and the friend thought the coins were so cool that he bought 20 of them from the family so he could give them to his kids!
Speaking of the gold coins we've been buying, I've now purchased $3,000 of the gold coins, earning 1.5% each time on my cash back credit card, for a total of $45 in FREE money! Ca-ching!!!!!
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