I have been writing posts for two blogs for years and now I am launching this site in concert with a new webpage as well. Both are in design to support the launch of the new social enterprise called Giving Beyond the Box (GBTB). Giving Beyond the Box curates gift boxes that celebrate social impact. Every item in our series of specially designed boxes makes social impact. Clean water. HIV treatment. Refugee resettlement. Job training for those leaving prison. Feeding malnourished children. Supporting Alzheimer caregivers. Building schools. Educating girls. Employing women who have been sex-trafficked. Providing solar light for homes off the electric grid. We make impact here in the U.S. and abroad.

Our premise here is that gift giving whether it celebrates Mother’s Day or Valentines’ Day or the December holiday or other occasions, should be personal. In this case, we want to connect with those we love (the object of our gift) with values we share deeply. Our concern for the environment, good wages for a hard day’s work, clean water, education for those who are denied it, access to life saving food and medicine and more. In giving a gift, we want all parties to be connected to purpose–the care of giver to choose the right gift, the gratitude of the recipient for being recognized in such a meaningful way and the positive impact on the larger community when these goods are sold and these organizations supported. I am convinced that the more we hear about the projects and products that are featured in our boxes, the more civically engaged and hopeful we become.

In the near future, we will launch our webpage that will feature more information about our boxes, upcoming events and ways that you can support us.

Look to this space where we will be developing the Being Better Blog which will contain essays, ideas and projects that embrace the idea that change is best sustained and inspired in community.

Submitted July 23 2019 by Sandra Enos, PhD, Founder