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You are here: Home / Tutorials / Gift Ideas / Chew for Change with Project 7
Sep
24

Chew for Change with Project 7

| Filed Under: Gift Ideas, Random Acts of Kindness, Reviews, Tutorials

This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Project 7 but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #chewforchange  http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO
Have you heard about the company Project 7? They are a pretty awesome company whose mission is 
simple: To ensure everyone around the globe has access to fundamental human needs for a healthy life. To do this, they make everyday products that give back to seven areas for good around the globe. This includes products like bottled water, gum, mints, and coffee that everyday people can buy and for every purchase of a Project 7 product, good is done in seven areas of need…
2. Heal the Sick
3. Hope for Peace
4. House the Homeless
5. Quench the thirsty
6. Teach Them Well
7. Save the Earth
So cool, right! I love a company that gives back 🙂 Hearing about Project 7 inspired me to want to do something nice for someone else, how could it not? So the kids and I  thought it would be fun to give back to the teachers and staff at their school by making them a fun breakfast care package for their teacher/staff lounge. 
I headed over to my local Meijer to grocery shop and while I was there I picked up a bunch of packs of Project 7 gum in the checkout line to give out to people as a random act of kindness, you know how I love doing those! Now, I know that purchasing a few packs of gum may seem small but the impact is huge for those whose needs are being met through that one purchase plus it is so fun to make someone’s day brighter by giving them a little something…even a pack of gum 🙂 I gave one to the cashier to brighten her day and it was so fun to see her smile. She said no one had ever done that before and that totally made my day to hear how happy such a small gesture made her feel! 
As I was leaving the store I saw a teenage boy happily walking his grandmother inside to help her grocery shop. I couldn’t help but stop to tell them how wonderful seeing them was to me, it’s not every day you see a teenager walking to his grandmother’s slow pace and helping her grocery shop to boot. I gave them each a pack of gum too. I was feeling a bit like a small-scale Oprah at this point…You get a pack of gum! And you get a pack of gum! It was so much fun. When I came back home I had my kids get involved and we gave gum to our mailman, our UPS man, and a neighbor too.

That afternoon I baked up a whole bunch of pumpkin muffins with my favorite 4 Ingredient Cream Cheese Icing (recipe found here!) I packaged them up in cute pink bakery boxes wrapped in baker’s twine and the kids tied the bow since they both learned how to tie their shoes a few weeks ago. I dropped them off with some ground coffee and a few packs of Project 7 gum early the next morning before work and holy cats the staff LOVED them! They were so surprised to get a breakfast care package and told me that they had never had anything like this brought to them before. They kept asking me why and was it someone’s birthday, lol! It was sooooo fun to see the smiles on their faces I almost started crying.

I highly recommend doing something for someone else, how awesome is it to know that their morning was just a little brighter because I took the time to think about someone else! If you need more inspiration just watch the video below. Remember, giving back doesn’t have to be a hard overwhelming thing, it can be as easy as buying a pack of gum! It really is one of the best feelings in the world to put a smile on someone else’s face or help someone out. And even if you can’t see the joy you brought to to them you can feel good about what you did which in and of itself is an amazing feeling.
 

Love that! Now don’t you just want to go out and do some good! 🙂
Learn more about Project 7 here:
Website :: Twitter :: Facebook 
Where to buy products
XOXO,

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    Comments

    1. Becky B says

      September 24, 2013 at 2:37 pm

      Looks fantastic, I was just wondering what I could make on my day off and I think I found a winner. I am sure my husbands work would appreciate an afternoon treat.

      • Maggie says

        September 27, 2013 at 7:27 pm

        Oh I bet they will love you forever for that, Becky! Glad I could be of service to you, haha!

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