Today marks #GivingTuesday, a day when charities, not for profits, families, businesses, communities and students around the world come together for one common purpose, to celebrate generosity and to give.

Great Parenting Simplified, GPS, is an international non-profit organisation that has helped over 40,000 parents and caregivers in over 100 countries over the past 10 years.

Today we want to raise $6,000 to help 200 hundred families. #BuildtheVillage

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If you have already given a gift to our appeal, thank you. Please help us spread the word by sharing this update with your friends and family to help us deliver the tools parents need to feel safe, guided and supported, which in turn creates an environment where children feel safe and secure knowing their parents are calm, consistent and confident.

Thank you in advance,

Grandparents/extended villagers challenge! Regardless of how the US election is resolved, and other challenges that we face, families are going to continue to be THE most important thing for most people. For our last official week of the crowdfund, we have a grandparents challenge. (We will leave it open for the service clubs to participate in, and the official end is on Sunday!) Do you see your children or other parents struggling with parenting in the pandemic? Would you like to help but are unsure of how to support them during these uber challenging times? You have never been more needed as part of the extended village helping families. Your support will make a big difference right now in the lives of kids who are struggling. Please share our message, donate or simply learn more by clicking on the "Click to go to our Campaign Page" button below. After you donate, you can designate your children and grandchildren as the beneficiaries. You can also share this message and the link with your friends/all the grandparents you know so that they too can support their children if they sense they are struggling or can support the broader village. Click to go to Our Campaign Page Thanks so much for being on this team! This work matters even more in these uncertain times. Family is forever, and is meant to be a place to retreat to in crazy times. When we support parents, we can have way more leverage and impact than when we only focus directly on kids. xoxo, Jacqueline

Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to you, we are just over $500 short from our interim goal of raising $7500!   "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~ Margaret Mead Did you realize that we are on the home stretch in terms of the crowdfund?! We have less than 2 weeks left. Deadlines are often what gets people to take action, so I expect we'll keep seeing more momentum. (If you are in the States, my hope is that this will be a welcome distraction to your election.) I made a short video for you! Fyi, momentum continues to grow in the background as well! We are getting more bookings to speak to service clubs, more discussions with companies, and various people are connecting with individual philanthropists. (I'm meeting with a philanthropist tomorrow:). ) - Media  We got some press, including radio and print, which is great! Equally important is contacts were made, which is super helpful. If you got some contact info for local media, please send me the info so I can add it to our list for next time we reach out to them.  Want to help (more)? Your mission choices, if you are willing and able to accept: - Joining in team celebrations! A core GPS value is to celebrate all steps in the right direction. When and if you can, please:  - Comment, like and/or share the posts on this Fundrazr page! (See image below to see what I mean). - When you share to FB, it's great if you can add 1-2 lines about how GPS has helped you, if applicable. - People often need to see something 7 to 11 times before they make a decision. So if you share a few updates like these about recent donations, it helps your friends and family to get their heads around what you are talking about! - It's great to share on LinkedIn and Twitter too!  - Tag others from GPS when you share, so we can be the village supporting a village!! I'd be happy to be tagged every time. Btw, you can share any post, including this one, by looking below the words.  - Challenge for Domestic Violence Awareness month One way to inspire friends and family to donate is to challenge them! October is Domestic Violence Awareness month in Canada, the US, and the UK.  If you have donated, you can go to your post and share your post on social media. Otherwise share any one of the posts below this one with donations. Add a note something like: "I'm challenging you to donate to support Domestic Violence Awareness month. Proceeds will go towards spreading awareness and/or direct help to families affected by interpersonal violence."  FYI, the women's shelter that I stayed in wants me to come in to do a presentation for them. Funds raised from the challenge will be used to support this initiative and others like it. If you know of someone at a women's shelter, I'd love an introduction! I am honored to be able to be uniquely inspiring for people in abusive situations, and because I'm a parenting educator, some shelters may use me as a innocuous way of reaching their potential audience. This is one of many initiatives that is gaining traction. We've also been starting to talk to parent or school councils. If you are inspired to donate (again) like Kelly Walker, you'll be given the chance to email your friends and family directly as part of the donation process. Otherwise you can send our main link (https://fundrazr.com/GPS-2020-2H) in an email. Multiple donations add to the activity on the Fundrazr page, so are super appreciated, even if they are tiny, (which Kelly's wasn't!!).  - Next meeting Thursday Oct 29th at 10 am PT! I was remiss in not starting the last meeting with a short dance party! That is now top of the agenda!   Xoxo

Jacqueline our founder was interviewed on the radio about our recent survey that showed a third of all parents are struggling due to the additional stresses of COVID. Have a listen to her interview and support here at 8:48 > https://omny.fm/shows/mornings-news-chqr/mario-toneguzzi-great-parenting-simplified-grit-ca

GPS has been a huge support in my life since being apart of it for the last 2 years or so. It is more than just another group to join, it is like being adopted into a family!

Press Release has gone out, yay! If you know any media who would be interested in picking up a story about Parenting in a Pandemic, and to understand the movement to support parents and caregivers in this time of crisis, please message us. Thank you for your support even before we launched the campaign, we've raised nearly $1,000 already. Our ask now, please share the campaign, please talk about the movement, please let parents who are struggling know they are not alone and that we value everything they are doing, and if you can, donate, so that more parents can access the practical support that they need. #PandemicParenting Here's the link to the press release.https://www.einpresswire.com/article/526869886/pandemic-parenting-is-causing-additional-stress-to-families-a-global-movement-will-provide-additional-support?r=pacpCy3bT6LNhLjS3c Thank you again, this movement is so needed at this time, we need parents to know they are not alone, we are here for them.