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When I was a child, I was led to give up things for lent. I remember giving up candy, and stashing it, only for my brother to find it and eat it. I have many years of not doing anything for lent.
Last year I heard about the 40 bag challenge and participated in it. During the 40 days of lent, you clean out the excess in your life. The 40 bag challenge means a bag or box of something everyday is removed from your life--closet cleaning, garage cleaning, and anything that needs a good purging and cleaning out. I took more than 40 bags and boxes of stuff to my local thrift stores. I wasn't able to do something every day, but on the weekends I would make sure that I loaded at least 7 bags or boxes of stuff into my car. It was relatively easy for me because I have lots of boxes of books from my online book selling and still have many boxes of teaching materials, in spite of filling my recycling bin several times since retiring. I also have many children's books that I donate to a local organization that resells them for a very low price to teachers.
I have already started again, but am behind. I will catch up and again donate more than 40 boxes or bags this lent season.
Anyone else heard of it or done this?
http://www.chicagonow.com/hammervision/2014/03/my-lenten-promise-40-bags-in-40-days/
Last year I heard about the 40 bag challenge and participated in it. During the 40 days of lent, you clean out the excess in your life. The 40 bag challenge means a bag or box of something everyday is removed from your life--closet cleaning, garage cleaning, and anything that needs a good purging and cleaning out. I took more than 40 bags and boxes of stuff to my local thrift stores. I wasn't able to do something every day, but on the weekends I would make sure that I loaded at least 7 bags or boxes of stuff into my car. It was relatively easy for me because I have lots of boxes of books from my online book selling and still have many boxes of teaching materials, in spite of filling my recycling bin several times since retiring. I also have many children's books that I donate to a local organization that resells them for a very low price to teachers.
I have already started again, but am behind. I will catch up and again donate more than 40 boxes or bags this lent season.
Anyone else heard of it or done this?
http://www.chicagonow.com/hammervision/2014/03/my-lenten-promise-40-bags-in-40-days/