OUR STORY

In 2012, a family at Life Pointe Church in Homestead, Florida, was adopting a child from Ethiopia and needed $25,000 to complete the adoption. Their Life Group decided to sell Christmas trees to help raise the money. They sold 450 Christmas trees and raised the $25,000 needed for the adoption.

From that first Christmas tree sale, BUY A TREE. CHANGE A LIFE. grew into a movement with a mission to help children globally and locally. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, ForHope.Us, was established, and churches were invited to join the project with the commitment to give away the money raised to help children in their own communities and around the world.

Through partnerships with local churches, and our Global Missions Benefactors, such as People for Care and Learning, BUY A TREE. CHANGE A LIFE. continues to mobilize generosity and make a difference in the lives of children globally and locally.

engage your community to help children globally and locally

Not only does this project benefit children, but BUY A TREE. CHANGE A LIFE also engages your community and community leaders in a way not possible through typical church events.  The money raised is not money competitive with weekly church offerings. You are not primarily asking people to donate, you are asking your community to change a buying behavior.  Instead of buying a Christmas tree from a big box retailer, people from all over your city will buy a Christmas tree from your church.  Those monies already being spent in your community are now leveraged to help children globally and locally.