Gabriel's Business Ideas

Gabriel has the desire to earn money.  He also has the desire to volunteer his time.  He has limited skills, and many of the places he would like to volunteer do not take children under the age of thirteen.  Unfortunately, he is twelve.  So, we are getting creative.

We have come up with several ideas.  The best ones, so far, are babysitting or being a mother's helper.  Gabriel is very good at doing laundry, vaccuuming, sweeping, mopping, cooking, and entertaining small children.  He is currently saving the money he makes doing chores and babysitting for us to take the Red Cross Babysitter's course.  He is also planning to get CPR certified, if that course does not cover it.

He plans to make money with babysitting, and as a mother's helper.  He plans to volunteer as a mother's helper, as well.  The other ideas he has come up with are: reading to kids at the elementary school (just need to get permission), and tutoring younger children.

In the meantime, we thought it might be a good idea to order him some business cards online. He wants to donate a few hours of mother's helper time to new moms.  Unfortunately, we don't actually know a lot of new moms. We do, however, know several people who work with new moms and would be willing to recommend his services.  We thought it would be a good idea to have business cards.

123print.co.uk has a design called "Garden Path" that would be great.  I think it would promote the sense of peace that he wants to convey about his volunteering.  He, however, would probably prefer the "It's Electric" design.  He's quirky that way.

If you have any ideas for volunteer opportunities or job opportunities, he is very motivated and would be interested in all of them.

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