Extravagant Generosity: Planning Kit: The Heart of Giving

By Michael Reeves, Robert Schnase, Jennifer Tyler

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B004IAH5QK
• ISBN13: 0843504019143
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Re: Criticism on WHERE this family chose to donate

It is pretty frustrating to read some of the reviews on here, and the criticism directed towards this book and family elsewhere on the web. Many Americans, including myself, love America because of the freedom with which we can live our lives here. We are not taxed to nearly the levels of most European countries and have higher home-ownership and a greater degree of meritocratic upward mobility. Everyone is free to buy what...

A groovy book, get out of yourself.. great family...

Now i know folks probobly have the whole arguement that these folks already have money so it is not a big deal, but the thin is: they did something. Whether they chose over seas or in country, they did something. I really admire that. In 1989 my husband and I felt that we needed to do Matt. 25: 35-40. We atarted taking in the homeless and drug addicts.. some people were changed some were not. But we got off our ass and did...

Enchanting Tale Of A Family Determined To Give Back

I really liked this book and finished it in two days. The Salwen family had a long history of volunteer work and financial support for charities but fourteen year old Hannah wanted to do more. The book walks you through the epiphany Hannah experienced to the family's decision to sell their luxury home and donate half of the profits to a charity. The book includes tips from Hannah to help your family get more involved in...

Unexpectedly inspirational

I approached "The Power of Half" thinking the author, or maybe his daughter, had some generous yet unrealistic expectations of what donating half the money from the sale of their house would do for the poor. But it was not an overnight deal. Kevin Salwen and his family spent more than a year poring through the possibilities, debating how to give and how where it should go -- all the while going over the same things I questioned,...

How much is enough and for what?

We live in a society that is increasingly fueled by consumption, bombarded by subtle and not so subtle messages that our value is measured by the amount and quality of our acquisitions. Like many of us, the Salwens were running fast on the treadmill to the American success story. Although they had a better than passing awareness of poverty, donating time and money to improve the lives of others, there was the nagging...