FAQ

Q: How can I support Gleaning the Harvest?

A: The best way to support Gleaning the Harvest is to partner with us and get the word out and to send some of your gleanings to the families we promote. Putting a GTH banner or icon on your site will give GTH good exposure. If your think GTH is a worthy cause, blog about it! Tell your friends! Join us on social media and promote the site. Putting a “Supporting” icon on your blog or a ChipIn widget is an instant announcement that you are supporting a Gleaning the Harvest Mom. You will find banners and icons to put on your own website or blog on our Word of Mouth Resources page. Giving just a couple dollars a month truly means a lot to these families. If you can, give liberally!

Q: What do I have to do to give money to a family?

A: We have set up a link directly to each individual Paypal account or Liberty Dollar donation button for each family. Please note that you may give any amount, from a couple of dollars to thousands. Every little bit helps these Moms.

Q: Can you tell me how donated funds are administered and overseen? Where does my donation to a family go?

A: Gleaning the Harvest is solely a facilitator in presenting widowed and fatherless families in need to the public. The funds are given directly to the families through their Paypal accounts or their Liberty Dollar donate buttons, at Gleaning the Harvest. Gleaning the Harvest does not touch the monies at all and only have a record of them through donation tracking bars. We do not have passwords, so we have no access to the funds. The only fee is taken out through Paypal or Liberty Dollar, and it is slight. This ensures that all the monies go to the families and not anyone in conjunction with Gleaning the Harvest. Basically, we are a fund-raising site, presenting the families to the world via our site. Any fees that may be taken out at any time will never be taken out by Gleaning the Harvest. There will be no monies exchanged between Gleaning the Harvest, its owners, affiliates or partners from any donors and/or recipient families for being featured on the Gleaning the Harvest website. Neither the families presented on Gleaning the Harvest, nor those who donate, nor linked websites have paid any money or given any donations either as material items or otherwise to be featured on the Gleaning the Harvest site.

Q: Are recipients verified to be a member in good standing in local churches with some form of elder oversight?

A: When we verify the families, we speak to their Pastor or someone that we know well to be sure that they are real families in real need. We do not require that they are in a local church, but we do know whether they are in a local church or not. We require that they are growing in the LORD and spend daily time in their Bible, teaching it to their children.

Q: Just WHO does Gleaning the Harvest support?

A: We are still working it out as to whom it is our responsibility to support Biblically, as far as widows and orphans goes. We want to present those who are honoring God in their lives, not walking in blatant sin, and faithfully serving him with their whole heart in their homes first, then their churches and communities. We will soon be publishing our guidelines.
In a nutshell, we support widowed, divorced and single home school moms who are at home with their family, keeping their homes and not out in the workforce. You can read what the Word has to say about widows and orphans in our post: Widows in Scripture.

Q: Can I give anonymously to the families?

A: When you give through Paypal or through Liberty Dollar, you will be sending your information to the recipient. Because of all of the possible negative things that can happen on the internet, and because the families we support are single moms, we do not advocate giving anonymously. It is our belief that the Church, the Body of Christ is responsible to support the widows and the fatherless. Because we are supposed to be supporting these women, it should not be an uncomfortable thing for either party. It is one way God has provided for them, and it is through Him and from Him these donations will be given, by our hands.
We do fully understanding both sides of the situation though, and do not mean to judge anyone who may feel uncomfortable either giving or receiving, we just hope you understand this is just one way that love is expressed to the families.

Q: Is there any other way to give to a family?

A: As of right now, we are working on getting wish lists up for each family of household items and special needs they may have. If you have anything you would like to give to a family, please send an email to us stating what you would like to give and to whom, and we will email the family. We will leave it up to them if they would like to email you about it or give out their personal addresses. If you would like to be more specific in your giving, you are welcome to send gift certificates for online stores to the families. We can also arrange to send the families gift cards. They are easy to share and the family can get just what they need.
You may send these emails to gleaningtheharvest@serenityshaven.com . We will let you know that we have sent the email on to the family when we do so.

Q: I have my own company and would like to support these families with tangible products I have in my store. How do I go about doing that?

A: If you are a company interested in donating home products, home school, or family resources and products to any families on Gleaning the Harvest, please contact please contact Jacque with your information, so that we can refer you to families directly. We would love to have some companies donate products or gift certificates to the families!

If you would like to offer discounts, free shipping or free product to families or to others, to purchase for the families, we would be happy to work with you to do that. When we contact the families with your email about sending anything to a physical address, we will leave it up to them if they would like to email you about it or give out their personal addresses. Any items given to families is done directly from partners to the families.

Q: Is this a tax-deductible donation?

A: Because Gleaning the Harvest does not keep records or have access to giving and receiving of donors and referral families, there is no record of taxed or tax-deductible donations. The ministerial project of Gleaning the Harvest does not keep track of, nor do we email, any tax-deductible information to anyone.

Q: How do I refer a family to Gleaning the Harvest?

A: If you would like to refer a fatherless or widowed family, there is information we request from you about the referral mother and family. You will find this information on the Referring Families page. You will find specific information to send in to gleaningtheharvest@serenityshaven.com .

If you have any questions we have not answered on our site, please contact us by email at