My husband and I felt compelled to do two things with the $25 blessing: reach out to people in our community who are in need and stretch the gift as far as it could go. We decided to use the money to contribute to the Coalition for the Homeless' Women's Residential and Counseling Center. The center is in need of personal hygiene products for its clients. We used the $25 (stretched by coupons from the Sunday newspaper) and additional funds to buy toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, Kleenex, baby supplies and other products to help stock the center's shelves. We feel very blessed to have taken part in the $25 blessing and look forward to finding more ways to give to our community.

Beth Kassab and Grady Elwell