Bringing it home / Oct 09, 2023
Give hope with a chess set
By shopping Chess House, you give hope others with the gift of chess. It brings instant meaning to someone’s life while they are going through lonely or difficult times.
The message of hope is welcomed in the most unlikely places.
Ruth's family visits and encourages people in some of the most neglected places in the world, often in prisons. She says, "At the center for at risk youth, the kids were so excited to get the chess boards. Most of them knew how to play and said they were going to set up a tournament.
As we were talking, a boy came up and was sad as he told me he didn't know how to play. An older boy put his arm around him and said, "don't worry, I'll teach you", his face just lit up. It was really special.
Some of the kids live here, some visit, and in one section it’s like a detention center for kids who have committed crimes.
We had a really effective time teaching here and used chess as a platform about the battle of life and making choices that will help them 'win'."
"We gave them two chess boards for their whole group and their response just blew me away. You just kind of think these tough guys might look down on a game or something, but they acted like we gave them a 1000 bucks! They were really touched and grateful and my dad took a second to explain to them how to set up a round robin type tournament and they wrote it all down and set up a bracket with their names and who would play who.
It was really cool and just makes me happy thinking that they will start to put time into something so good."
In Celebration of National Chess Day, this week every purchase of $10 or more can provide someone in need with a thoughtful gift of a chess set.
Just shop during October 9-12 click the "Gift a Chess Set" button in the Cart.
We'll do the rest and you'll hear more stories of how you helped.
"We had a beautiful time inside a women's prison the other day.
It was pouring rain so we had to cram into a small space but we were able to really touch some precious women who were hurting.
I am so grateful to Chess House for donating some beautiful quality chess boards to us that we can give to those we meet. It has been such a blessing and those that receive them are extremely grateful.
It allows people in difficult situations to get lost in the game and focus their minds on something besides their pain.
We can learn so much from the game of chess.
If we just take what life gives us and meet it move for move, we can be defeated. But a strategy for victory requires that we go beyond ourselves and find the unexpected move.
We have a flyer that we give out to prison guards, police and military with a chess piece on the front.
We use the idea of chess to explain how, often we are put in positions that require us to make difficult decisions." - Ruth
Ruth (shown above) also shares,
"We had a beautiful time inside a women's prison the other day. It was pouring rain so we had to cram into a small space but we were able to really touch some precious women who were hurting.
I am so grateful to Chess House for donating some beautiful quality chess boards to us that we can give to those we meet. It has been such a blessing and those that receive them are extremely grateful. It allows people in difficult situations to get lost in the game and focus their minds on something besides their pain.
We can learn so much from the game of chess. If we just take what life gives us and meet it move for move, we can be defeated. But a strategy for victory requires that we go beyond ourselves and find the unexpected move.
We have a flyer that we give out to prison guards, police and military with a chess piece on the front. We use the idea of chess to explain how, often we are put in positions that require us to make difficult decisions."
But if we do not repay "evil for evil", but evil for good, we move ourselves into a place of victory and can break a cycle of hate.
— Ruth
When you buy gifts at Chess House, we donate to several groups who bring chess sets to those in extreme poverty. A single chess set is a huge deal to them.
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