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Giving Tuesday<\/a> is coming up Nov. 27! This is one of my favorite days of the year because we can give back as a community and as a nation to charities like World Vision. They are partnering with Thirty-One Gifts<\/a> again this year, which means a product match of up to $2 million!<\/p>\n

Want to get ready to give tomorrow? Get started HERE<\/a><\/u>!<\/p>\n

Last year, one of the items donated by Thirty-One<\/a> Gifts was backpacks. Dixon Mudenda, 10, wears a brand new backpack he received at World Vision’s community birthday party. “It will be helping me to carry my books when I go to school,” he says.<\/p>\n

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Dixon wears his brand-new backpack he received at World Vision’s community birthday party. (©2018 World Vision\/photo by Laura Reinhardt)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last March, I had the chance to go to Honduras<\/a> with World Vision and be a part of the team promoting their clean water initiatives. I was blown away by the work they are doing because they are going after the root of many of these issues and creating lasting change. That is why I know you will love partnering with them and enjoy seeing the good work they are doing, especially that benefits children.<\/p>\n

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Sewing and crafting blogger Melanie Ham visits Paola, who shows her muscles for carrying water and her family in Honduras. (©2018 photo by Will Odom)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The children in Moyo, Zambia love their new backpacks. They will help keep their books from getting wet when it rains. Without backpacks, children used to carry their books to school and arrive soaked on rainy days, the pages of their books glued together — a soggy mess. Several other girls who received backpacks plan to use them for reading camps they attend.<\/p>\n

Kasamba Moyo<\/a>, who works with sponsored children in Zambia, says, “When a child receives something from far away, they feel loved.” That’s what Giving Tuesday is all about — celebrating the birth of Jesus by sending encouragement, prayers, and a special gift to a precious child of God.<\/p>\n

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Children in Moyo, Zambia, receive backpacks from Thirty-One Gifts. (©2018 World Vision\/photo by Laura Reinhardt)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are some of the ways that this year’s matching donation of product from Thirty-One Gifts will help children, families, and communities:<\/p>\n