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Mar 27, 2011

"Live simply that others might simply live." --Elizabeth Ann Seton

A Couple's Weekly Gift

At the start of 2011, a couple resolved to pledge $52 to a different charity every week this year. Inspired by a website that challenges people to make public resolutions to do good, the anonymous duo made their first gift after receiving a fortuitous letter from a homeless shelter asking donors to consider providing 26 meals by giving $52.52. A teacher and a coach with three kids, the couple says that although it'll be a bit of an adjustment, it's just the right amount. "There's a lot we spend money on that we don't need to," they observe, hoping that the small life changes in their lives will lead to large changes in others.