Mother’s Day is in two days. Did you forget? Do you need a last-minute present?
How could you forget? This is your mom we’re talking about here — the woman who carried you for 9 months, gave birth to you (ouch!), packed your lunch and kissed your forehead on the way to school every morning, and raised you to become the man (or woman) you are today. And you forgot the one day of the year you’re supposed to remember her? You must be a terrible, terrible son or daughter.
Well, here’s the thing: we forgot too. It was Friday at 3am and we had nothing. We needed to come up with something thoughtful, genuine and, most importantly, doable at the last-minute. It took us awhile to figure it out, but we think we’ve got it. And, being the nice folks that we are, we thought we’d share it with you.
We’re making these really nice, personalized Vittana cards, setting them very nicely with flower petals and everything, and then overnighting it all to our moms. Want one? If you make a loan for $50 or more to a Vittana student on behalf of your mom and email us at mothers@vittana.org by Saturday 11am, we’ll take care of the rest.
I don’t know about you, but if there’s one thing I learned from my mom — all those mornings being dropped off at school, a kiss on the forehead and a reminder, “be good now, you know how important school is” — was how important my education was. And, as much as I hate to admit it, she was right. Completely, totally right. The reason I am the person I am today, the reason I’ve been able to do anything at all in my life is because of my education.
Celsa Martinez, a mother of two in Paraguay, is going back to school to get her teaching degree.
What better way to honor that and show her that you listened all those years but to help someone like Celsa or Zayda — working mothers themselves — finish school and achieve their dreams? Education is the only real way to break the cycle of poverty and take a step forward in life. Vittana graduates earn 200-300% more than they could have otherwise. But, perhaps even more importantly: not only does a college degree forever change that person’s life, it forever changes the life of their children and everyone that comes after them. By making a $50 loan, not only will you enable someone like Celsa or Zayda to graduate college and pursue their dreams, but you’ll also be giving your mom something very thoughtful, unique and real.
The details:
- Search for students and make a loan here. Make a loan for $50 or more to a Vittana student on behalf of your mom.
- Email us at mothers@vittana.org by Saturday at 11 am PDT with where you want us to send the card, the person it should be addressed to and any (brief) personal message you want us to include.
- We’ll make a personalized card with your student’s photo, your loan information and personal message (if any), and set it all up with flower petals and anything else we figure out. We’ll arrange overnight delivery for everything to her.
- As long as your mom lives near a major city, she’ll get it on Mother’s Day; we’ll do our best, but if she lives in Wamsutter, Wyoming (population: 261) or some other rural area, it might arrive a little later, Monday or so.
Make a loan on behalf of your mom and email us at mothers@vittana.org. We’ll take care of the rest.
This is Lindsey and her mom. Her mom is really happy. Why? Because she's getting a Vittana gift package on Sunday.
Happy Mother’s Day!
p.s. Here’s the best part: When you help fund a student on Vittana, you’re actually making a loan — not a donation. When the student starts repaying the loan, we actually repay you, i.e. if you make a $50 loan, you get $50 back. (Vittana students have a 97% repayment rate.) So, if you think about it, you’re actually sending your mom a really thoughtful, unique and real gift kind of free, really. We won’t tell your mom that though.
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Great idea everyone. Fathers Day is around the corner get ready for another one.
Nice Idea — I will remember this for next Mother’s Day.
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