With diplomas that occur all around us, there can be unexpected moments of donation like the one I had a few years ago. By opening the mail, I was surprised by the announcement with the images of a young woman whom I only knew through her parents. I had known her since she was a little girl thanks to daddy updates. And that’s how I thought of her – a charming little girl. The young woman who looks at me was grew up and ready to face the university.
The diplomas celebrate what ends and, for many, what is ultimately over. In the meantime, they are a threshold event with the opening of the doors and the paths disappearing in future misty. It is crucial because some come into the world of work while others are in university or employment training.
I discussed how to congratulate her and honor her when she started in adulthood. How could I transmit that I was proud of who she became? How could I honor his sweet spirit and his generosity of the model that respected his interests?
The day I graduated from John Tyler secondary school was exciting. I had graduated and I can’t wait to go to university, and I also received the key from my first car. It was not a new car, but still a car.
Recently destroyed, the car had belonged to a distant cousin. After major repairs, my parents bought it for my first car. I lost the cap and the dress after the pump and the circumstances of graduation and I went to my new car to reach friends for my first night as an adult. Two houses from home, I had my first flat tire.
So, I went home to tell my parents – yes, near tears – that I already had a flat tire. Of course, my father went into action, always necessary by his almost adult daughter. With the tire changed, I returned to my big night with the first of many almost adult lessons on unexpected events, sailing between independence and needing help.
I spent the rest of the summer preparing myself to go for university and work part -time. I still remember some of the gifts that I received from the family and friends of my parents. One of my mother’s cousins sent a book of poems on the life that I kept for many years. A gift was a giant towel at the orange beach that I used for many years, finally becoming a chewable duvet for a new puppy.
What will remember the Z generation? Digital natives and social media know-how, this generation has sailed Covid-19 and is independent and entrepreneurial. They are more collaborative than previous and more involved generations in early volunteering and philanthropy than any previous generation. They include fundraising for the causes they care about and know how to support friends and their causes.
Remember to honor the graduate of your life with a donation to a cause they care, as well as something small they can use to prepare everything that comes for them.
Here are some tips to help you discover the best place to give in their honor. Start where they volunteered or in a school project that their class did with a non -profit organization. Consult their social media page – Tiktok, Facebook or Instagram to see if they publish a particular problem and find an organization that does this kind of work.
Have they actively collected fundraising for a project or a problem? Give in their honor.
What do they plan to study in college or to hope to become? For example, if he hopes to be a pediatrician one day, find a non -profit organization that provides medical services to children. Does she talk about traveling to a foreign country to make a difference? Find a non -profit organization working in this country.
Think of all the songs you know about the graduate and find a place to make a donation in their honor. Don’t worry if their dreams are idealistic. It is not a question of being right or of obtaining the perfect gift; It is a question of sending the message that you are proud of who they become and to support what they are passionate at the moment.
Model generosity with your gift to an organization and trust them to find their best future. Give well where you give and what you model.
– Dawn Franks Strategic Solutions provides high -touch consulting services to families, businesses and foundations to maximize impact and improve donation experience. She is the author of the Giving Gift, available for Kindle on Amazon, and the electronic book giving fingerprints, available to www.our-philanthropy.com. Contact it to dawn@dawnfranks.com