Bigger and Better by guest bloggers Kylee and Zoe

Today is the 17th Annual 'Take Our Kids to Work Day'! Kylee and Zoe, the 14-year-old daughters of two of our staff, helped out around the office and warehouse. They also participated in a creative venture several weeks ago that benefited NeighbourLink and our clients...Read about their 'Bigger and Better' experience below...

NeighbourLink's warehouse manager Nikki
and daughter Kylee prepare a household
kit for a family moving out of a shelter.

"A few weeks ago, the youth group Fusion at North Calgary Community Church played a gamed called Bigger and Better. Basically, you start out with a penny and go door to door asking if you can trade the penny for something bigger or better. If they can give you something, you get that new item and then trade it in at the next house and so on until the game is over. At the end you could end up with something huge! We ended up with a 16 foot aluminum boat, a typewriter, two couches, two TV's, and four bags of clothing. We decided to donate some of these items to NeighbourLink. What couldn't be donated though, we put on Kijiji and the money we get will go towards NeighbourLink. By playing this game, not only did we have a really fun night, but we were doing it for a good cause, so that made it much more special to us."

NeighbourLink's COO LeeAnne and daughter Zoe pose for
a picture during the 17th Annual 'Take Our Kids to Work Day.'

Thanks for helping out and being guest authors on our blog, Kylee and Zoe!