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October 21-27, 2023

Join us in an event that will challenge your perspective. Limit your spending on food and drink to just $1 US per day for a week, donating the rest to a MoveIner Ministry. From October 21-27, 2023, grow in knowledge and compassion for the poor of the majority world who often live on less than a dollar a day. Share your experience and learn from others! #dollaraday


How It Works

Plan out your savings, sign up, make a menu, eat on a dollar a day, and give!

1. Plan out your Savings

Before you sign up, you'll have to plan out how much you'll save and who you will give your savings to. A big part of Dollar-a-Day is the experience of actually eating on just one dollar per day. An exciting result of this experience is that you'll have savings to give away!

Estimate how much you spend on food: Look at your monthly grocery bills, and receipts from fast food or restaurants. Add it all up and divide by 4. This will be roughly how much you spend on food per week. Take this number and subtract US $7. This will be your savings from Dollar-a-Day!

Choose a MoveIner Ministry to give to: We have a growing list of MoveIner Ministries that you can designate your savings to. This will be a special gift to a ministry that is actively working towards good in our world!

2. Sign Up

Signing up will be your commitment to doing Dollar-a-Day and giving savings to one or more MoveIner ministries. We'll also be able to connect with you and encourage you as you do it!

3. Make a Menu

This may be the most challenging part of Dollar-a-Day: plan a menu and buy your groceries.

Everything you eat for the week must be included in your plan for US $1/day (US $7 total for the week). This will require you to shop around, look for deals, and understand the hard reality of spending less.

Click here to check out a sample grocery list and menu!

4. Eat on a Dollar a Day

During Dollar-a-Day week, each of us who have committed and signed up will commit to eating on just one US dollar per day. There will be time to mutually encourage one another, and share about our experiences. Along the way, pay attention to the experience, wrestle with spending less, and pray for the poor for whom this is a daily reality.

5. Give!

When you register, you can give your anticipated savings for the week to one or more MoveIner Ministries. As a form of celebration, we also end the week with Giving Day! This is a day to give above and beyond to MoveIner Ministries and live out radical generosity. We also love to hear about how the experience went for you, and what you learned or new realizations you gained through the week of eating on just one Dollar-a-Day.


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FAQ

What is a MoveIner ministry?

Will I really eat enough food for a week on a dollar a day?


 
 

Thank you for joining us in giving to our incredible MoveIner-led ministries. This year we have a total giving goal of $10,000. Donations will go towards a variety of ministries that are providing food, education and loving programs for impoverished communities around the world. You can read more about these ministries here.