I say it on the first of every month but Comments for a Cause is absolutely the best thing I could have done on It’s Just Life. Since April 2011 I have been featuring a new “cause” on the first of the month. For every comment made on the blog during that month, Chris and I donate 50 cents to that particular charity. We cap the donation at $500 and have only reached that once but after doing our taxes this year it is evident that this is a wonderful way for us to give back to our community and beyond. Thank you to all of you who stop by particularly on the first of the month to support our efforts to educate and raise a little money for some wonderful causes.
February was a short month but you guys commented up a storm and our recipient, The Bookworm Box, will be receiving $175 thanks to your comments. The Bookworm Box is a subscription service started by author Colleen Hoover. You can read my post that shares more details by clicking here. What I love about this organization is that they give back as well. Their organization proudly gives 100% of their profits to various charities (many that are suggested by subscribers) and have given over a million dollars in the past 3 years. Now “I” can’t donate a million dollars but I can happily support an organization that does, right? So hats off to The Bookworm Box and thanks to them for sharing on their social media channels to get a few more 50 cent donations.
Friends are a great source of information and my friend Marci has shared a great organization with me that I am happy to feature as our Comments for a Cause recipient for March 2018 – Georgia Options, Inc.
Mission
Georgia Options, Inc supports people with disabilities to live in their own homes and to have typical life experiences.
Philosophy
We embrace the philosophy of supported living and work to create individualized services for each person we support.
Pretty amazing organization, right? Anyone who has anyone with special needs in their family knows what a challenge it can be to find a place where they can live as independently as possible while maintaining safety and security. That is precisely what Georgia Options does. They place people in homes with services tailored to their needs. What a gift this is to both the client and their family.
Marci has a family member who is a part of Georgia Options, Inc. and he is featured in this video with his parents. (Matt is Marci’s husband’s cousin’s son.) Please consider spending a few moments watching the video to learn more.
What makes Georgia Options, Inc. unique is their ability to serve their clients in their own homes. They are helped with all the basics: where they want to live, with whom they want to live, and how they want to live. Each person is provided support at varying degrees depending upon their need. The staff offers one on one support to the person in all areas of life which allows that person to live his/ her best life possible. I can tell you that as a family member with someone who has some special needs this would have been a wonderful option if it had been available to us.
Thanks to Georgia Options, Inc. for their dedication and mission to keep people in their own homes, pursuing their dreams and interacting within their community. What a gift.
Please join me this month, come back frequently and comment, to support this fabulous organization. Each comment on any blog post from any month or year will mean a 50 cent donation.
Do you have any organizations that you would like to see featured for a future Comments for a Cause? Let me know in the comments section as well and it can go on my every growing list. Thank you to each of you that faithfully comment. It means a lot not only to me but to our Comments for a Cause recipients.
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Leave a commentAnother perfect comments for a cause. You and Chris rock!!
Thanks, Darlene. This one is another pretty amazing one, isn’t it? Thanks to Marci for the suggestion !
Georgia Options is so proud of how we support our fellow community members. We are thrilled that you chose us for this blog post and would love to someday replicate our model in Ohio. Thank you again and please keep the comments coming. Let’s go viral!
So glad my friend Marci shared your story with me! You guys are doing great work. Thank you!!!!
Happy March1 Thanks for introducing me to Georgia Options. I will watch the video soon. Comments for a Cause certainly spotlights the beauty of America! Thanks Beth
Thank you Jena! It is a really great organization and one that helps people stay as independent as they can possibly be so that is a winner in my book!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
You are very welcome!!!
Another great cause. Thank you to you and Chris for your continuing generosity and compassion.
Thank you for ready no and commenting!
Great to see Georgia Options here! I had the pleasure of working there awhile back and learned so much!
Thanks for stopping by, Sara! This is such a great organization!
What a great program! Thanks for bringing this to light! Love you!
Love you back!!! Praying for that new arrival!!!!!
Well, Grandma Bonnie Peters is almost completely offline these days, so there’s room for someone else to support Adra.
And Ozarque’s gone forever, so there’s room for someone else to support Heifer.
(I have two Amazon Smile accounts, one for each of those…the Amazon photo links I post are supposed to go through my for-profit account, but it’s possible to buy the same items through either of those charities’ Smile page.)
This sounds truly amazing. An organization we need more off for sure.
Wonderful story. We miss you in North Iowa but appreciate the good that you are doing and the ripple for good that you always create to spread hope and light for very worthwhile organizations or projects.
What sweet words you wrote, Ozzie. Thanks so much. I miss all of you in North Iowa as well but I know there are a lot of folks there being their part of the ripple. Thanks for stopping by.
What a wonderful program and service!
Thanks, Val! You know we just keep finding great organizations to support, don’t we? Hopping over to check out yours right now!
Beth Ann Chile’s introduced me to your site via Facebook! I’ll be a regular visitor now.
Thanks so much for stopping by! I love making new friends and especially those who share my passion for giving back.
You do a lot of good, keep it up sister! Your heart as always is in the right place…
Georgia Options is a wonderful organization providing meaningful and appropriate services to individuals, going above and beyond the norm. I am so happy to be a small part of this great organization!
What a great organization! I’m glad to have learned about it and also the fundraising yard sale coming up soon!
I was a community support Coordinator with Georgia Options for two years and only left because I had my first child. I miss the community, the family, I had there every day. I had the pleasure of waking up and spending every day working with and serving some of the most extraordinary people I’ve ever known.
What a wonderful testimony to what this great organization does and how folks love what they do for some really extraordinary folks. Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your thoughts!
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Such a great gift you keep doing! I’d have to nominate the Doctors Without Borders organization. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Enrique! Great to have you here! Good luck on the giveaway! Doctor without Borders is a wonderful cause! Thanks for the suggestion!
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