We encourage all our supporters to “gift it forward” this season, and help out our Aklesia Clothe One Movement. Still, our real passion and desire is to help those who are in need. So whether you want to give the gift of a school uniform to a child in Thailand and help prevent child prostitution, or you have another act of kindness in mind, let’s be an encouragement this holiday season.

1. Take someone needy out to eat. There are people all around us who need more than just money. They need company, people to speak into their lives. This Christmas, take someone who needs it out to eat. Instead of just buying them food or giving them money, interact with them. Talk to them. Enjoy their company. Who knows, maybe you’ll start a meaningful friendship with someone that needs it?
2. Donate old clothing to Salvation Army. Get a big trash bag, and collect all the clothes that you don’t wear anymore. Instead of throwing it away, drop it off at a local Salvation Army or Goodwill. This is a very simple way that you can clothe some people who need it this winter.
3. Set aside donation money for a charity/organization. Be intentional this Christmas to set aside a certain amount for a charity or organization. Do some research on the organization(s) before you decide to give them money. We recommend considering The Sold Project because their organization really gets at the heart of combating child prostitution. Organizations like this really need us to support them in any way that we can.
4. Host a fundraiser. This Christmas, host a “get together” or “party” that is used to encourage participants to donate to a specific cause. If you don’t want to play that much, you can even just have a movie night. Ask people to bring a certain amount, and fundraise a little. Imagine if even ten people who read this actually held a fundraiser? Even that would be a lot of money to help out a very good organization.
5. Send out an encouragement letter/email to someone who needs it. We all have people in our lives that are struggling or going through difficult times. This Christmas, be very intentional about supporting them through this season! Send them an encouraging letter or email, speak kind words and blessing over them. We are so blessed to have each other in our lives, let’s take advantage of that!

Little actions go a long way—one small act of kindness can change someone’s life entirely. All of us need encouragement and support from time to time, so let’s do our part in making this world a better place.

Aklesia is dedicated to helping people in need. There are millions of people everywhere that do not have the luxuries and comforts that our upbringing has afforded us, and we want to do something about it. This is the heartbeat that defines our company, and the Clothe One Movement is one step we’re taking to fulfill this dream. Buy one shirt, clothe one child in need. Simple as that, no strings attached.

For every Clothe One shirt that anyone purchases, our partner The Sold Project will donate a school uniform to clothe a child in need. If you want more information on this organization, we recommend that you check out our post on them or go to their website. They are exactly the type of organization that Aklesia hopes to partner with to bring about positive change in this world.

Right now, we really need every single person to help us out by voting on the Clothe One Design–every vote is valuable. There are only a few days left, and it should really only take five minutes of your time. This way, we can get out the best design possible for us to promote and sell, and then ultimately help out these children.

For those of you guys who want to help us by voting on the shirt design, go to our main page at www.Aklesia.com or go directly to the Clothe One Voting Page and vote on a T-Shirt. After the design is up, gift it forward!

I’m sure most of you guys have seen that movie, Pay It Forward. If you haven’t, you should, because it is an inspiring movie. A brief synopsis of the movie is this: a little kid decides that he wants to make a difference in the world so he starts this simple idea of “paying it forward”. Every person is encouraged to do a kind deed for another person, and then afterwards encourage the person they blessed to “pay it forward” by doing another kind deed for someone else. This little dream that started small became a global phenomenon. Every one paid it forward, and a lot of people were blessed because of it.

We’re hoping to cause the same ripple effect at Aklesia. Our company wants to help organizations like The Sold Project succeed in making this world a better place. One of the ways that we hope to do that is through the Clothe One Movement.

Gift it forward is a simple idea from the Aklesia team to give Christmas Shoppers a creative gift idea that not only will bless the recipient of the gift, but will also clothe a child in need in Thailand. Buy a Clothe One shirt for a friend (or friends) for Christmas, then we will in turn donate a school uniform to a child in need in Thailand. Encourage the gift recipient to do the same! This way you can help make Christmas a blessing for not only your friend, but also someone in Thailand that needs it.

Gift it Forward! Buy a shirt at our main site and give it as a Christmas gift!