What if giving was as natural to kids as learning to walk or talk?
This week, Joline Godfrey welcomes Lisa Parker, President and Executive Director at Lawrence Welk Family Foundation and Principal at Family Circle Advisors.
Together, they explore how families can nurture generosity and compassion across generations. From creative family traditions to stories of impactful small gifts, they share practical ways to make giving joyful and meaningful. Lisa also addresses how philanthropy can counter today’s mental health struggles, proving that compassion isn’t just charity, it’s a powerful act of connection.
Lisa discusses:
- How milestones for nurturing generosity can be woven into childhood development
- Volunteerism as a tool for healing anxiety and depression, especially among teens
- A moving story of a $1,000 donation transforming lives in a Cambodian village
- How family giving projects, tailored to kids’ interests, foster both fun and purpose
- The importance of inviting people to the table, whether for business or philanthropy, to build true community
- And more!
Resources:
- Get your copy of Raising Financially Fit Kids!
- The Stories That Bind Us – The New York Times
- Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World by Maryanne Wolf
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About our Guest:
Lisa Parker brings 30 years of experience in philanthropy and nonprofit management, to serve philanthropic families raising the next generation of savvy givers. For the past thirteen years she has been the President and Executive Director of the Lawrence Welk Family Foundation, leading the Foundation’s initiative to seed the youth giving movement and creating youth philanthropy programs for the family’s fourth generation.
Lisa is the founder and principal of San Francisco based Family Circle Advisors. This talented team works with philanthropic families by crafting deeply meaningful giving experiences to engage and inspire each generation. With the birth of her own children Lisa embarked on a decade of study into the childhood roots of altruism and compassion resulting in the creation of on-line resources, workshops and other tools to support parents in raising the “Gener
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