When Kelley Lewis was left on her own as a single mom to raise three young children, she was determined to still achieve the dreams she had in mind for her family - including a lakeside cabin. In Going Off Grid, Laura Ling examines how more Americans are choosing to live a more sustainable, simple lifestyle.
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At the cabin, the kids and I are working on a lot, learning a lot, and making a lot of mistakes, but most of all, we're having a blast and making experiences as a family! Read some of what we are up to and what's new along our journey. Welcome to the Cabin Chick Blog!
Pencils of Promise Challenge Kick Off!
So PUMPED to launch our Pencils of Promise Challenge today! Team Cabin Chick is out to build more than just cabins, we are out to build a difference. Help our mission to raise our goal of $25,000 to build a school fully funded by Team Cabin Chick. All donations $100+ will get you FREE cabin architectural drawings once they're completed in the next couple of weeks. THANK YOU for sharing your love of building in countries that need it most!
The Cabin Gives Back with It's Own Giving Tree
So as I've been experiencing this cabin journey, I've been realizing more and more that the cabin is like my very own Giving Tree. One of my favorite books, Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree (for those of you who haven't read this), is about this beautiful tree who keeps giving to its little boy until it has nothing but a stump left to give. I don't see the cabin as something that's going to give until it has nothing left, but I do see it as something that is giving more than just a serene roof over my head on a lake. The cabin has given me experiences, memories, and opportunities I would have never thought possible. It's given me the faith in the act of taking a leap of faith and just opening myself up to the possibility of possibility. Additionally, this experience has opened my eyes to ways that I can give back and in some small way, hopefully, make a difference.
One of the main resources that has made my cabin build a possibility is Habitat for Humanity. I have volunteered with this organization that gives great hands-on insight to how to build along with having the Re-Store, which is a place to find and donate building materials, essentially the Good Will of building supplies (you can search to find a Re-Store near you). I want to make others aware of this great organization and how they (YOU) can get involved!
www.habitat.org
Re-Store
Additionally, another powerful organization is Pencils of Promise. An amazing organization that builds schools in third-world countries and relies on communities to build these schools. This isn't a direct correlation to building cabins, but it's about building a community and a difference, and to me, that's what my cabin-building experience is all about.
www.PencilsofPromise.org
So visit my new Giving Tree page to learn how I'm trying to give back to those that have given to me and are rooted in making a difference. Maybe together, we can empower others and even ourselves.