When I read a post about taking someone to the movies, I was reminded of something that happened a couple of years ago.
I used to drink Coca-cola and they had a contest where there was a code inside the bottle cap. You went to a website and entered the code and maybe you won something. I won some free cokes. But then, I won the Grand Prize! I was surprised and pleased.
The grand prize was free movies for a year!! What that turned out to be was that the company sent me 52 admission tickets for a local movie theater chain -- they figured one movie a week was what free movies for a year meant. All of the tickets had expiration dates later than a year from the day I received them. I used quite a few taking friends to movies we all wanted t
o see.
But the best thing I did with them was that I donated 22 tickets (all I had left by that time) to the local Women's Transition House, a place where women and their children could go when fleeing domestic violence or just a bad situation in general and get help to make a new start.
My workplace team had decided they would be a charity we collected donations for that particular Christmas. I knew that the Women's Transition House provided some childcare for the women, so they could go for job interviews and things like that.
I put those tickets in an envelope and wrote a note on the outside, asking Women's Transition House staff to give movie tickets to women there over the holidays to have something fun to do, with or without their children. It made me really happy to do this.
I used to drink Coca-cola and they had a contest where there was a code inside the bottle cap. You went to a website and entered the code and maybe you won something. I won some free cokes. But then, I won the Grand Prize! I was surprised and pleased.
The grand prize was free movies for a year!! What that turned out to be was that the company sent me 52 admission tickets for a local movie theater chain -- they figured one movie a week was what free movies for a year meant. All of the tickets had expiration dates later than a year from the day I received them. I used quite a few taking friends to movies we all wanted t
o see.But the best thing I did with them was that I donated 22 tickets (all I had left by that time) to the local Women's Transition House, a place where women and their children could go when fleeing domestic violence or just a bad situation in general and get help to make a new start.
My workplace team had decided they would be a charity we collected donations for that particular Christmas. I knew that the Women's Transition House provided some childcare for the women, so they could go for job interviews and things like that.
I put those tickets in an envelope and wrote a note on the outside, asking Women's Transition House staff to give movie tickets to women there over the holidays to have something fun to do, with or without their children. It made me really happy to do this.
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- Posted by terre
- Nov 14, 2015
- Comments (18)
Readers Comments
brindlegirl wrote: Wow. Wow and Wow. To the prize. You winning and what you did with it. I am so glad it was you that won .. look at the lives you blessed by doing so ♥
kiwicat wrote: That is a fantastic story! We view movies (at the theatre) as a treat, so Im sure these tickets were well received!
splain wrote: Terre what a wonderful thing to do. I so love your posts and how you give so easily,
melnotes wrote: What an awesome prize and wonderful kindness act!
bountiful wrote: that is amazing fantastic winning the movie tickets! well done and fabulous sharing too terre xx
AndiCas wrote: That was a great use for them.
lya348 wrote: Congrats for winning the tickets but even more so for winning the kindness challenge of donating to those who could truly use a positive experience considering what they were going through. What a beautiful thing to do!
savraj wrote: That is so wonderful. These women who are in dire circumstances need entertainment and outings where they can escape from problems, if only for a couple of hours. Bravo!
mindyjourney wrote: Wow!!! Grand Prize winner :)))))), and the best was to share! Such a giving and dear winner you are, my friend :). thank you!
kperrine wrote: AWESOME! Love the thought of a fun act of kindness...something our of the ordinary, and something to bring laughter to many
