Cheerful Givers Makes a Difference

Cheerful Givers is making a difference in the lives of needy, disadvantaged children in communities across the country. This extraordinary organization creates and shares birthday gift bags with children living in shelters or visiting food shelves. For these kids, a birthday is often just like any other day, but Cheerful Givers is bringing the joy and surprise of birthday gifts into their lives. The organization gives these children gift bags that are filled with toys, games, and other prizes that will make a birthday something special and memorable.

At Cheerful Givers, the mission is simple: to give all parents living in poverty the opportunity to give their child a birthday gift. These gifts enrich a child's self-esteem and feeling of self-worth, but they also give you the chance to become invested in a cause worth supporting. Individual volunteers, children's organizations and clubs, and big corporations are getting involved by offering time and donations, and they have made a real difference.

Indeed, Cheerful Givers has done some impressive work since it became a non-profit organization in 1994. According to their website, www.cheerfulgivers.org, over 303,000 gift bags have been given to children across the country in the past fifteen years. This monumental project has garnered national attention and encouraged the organization to grow beyond its home office in Minnesota. Pilot programs have been formed in North Dakota, Washington, and Tennessee, and donors across the nation are participating in making birthday dreams come true.

Want to help? Go to the Cheerful Givers website and learn how you can make a donation that will brighten the smile of a child in need, or find out how you can become part of a "Birthday Bag Blitz" as volunteers create these unique gift bags. There are so many ways to get involved, and the effects will be extraordinary.

To learn more, visit www.cheerfulgivers.org and find out how you can pitch in and help with this organization.