I have this plan for my holiday shopping this year. I want to only buy presents that also benefit charities. I thought it would be fairly easy because there are already quite a few charities that I support that "sell" some very cool items. However, just because I find something cool, doesn't mean that everyone will. It has taken quite a bit of time, but I'm happy to share a few with you, in case you are in the same place I am... wanting to show love to friends and family with gifts "a small token of my affection", but realizing that we already have so much, and wanting to benefit those that have not...
World Vision Gift Catalogue is pretty fanatastic but I also always want to give a little extra to the person... well here are the sites I found that let a person give twice in one fell swoop.
Invisible Children - is working primarily in Uganda working alongside to children to provide them with education and a hope for the future. Check 'em out, a worthwhile charity with some very cool duds.
Ten Thousand Villages is committed to selling fair trade items and have all sorts of interesting and unusual items and food stuffs from around the world.
Watoto - you may remember them because of the Watoto Childrens choir that came to Cold Lake last spring. They are an organization specifically reaching out to Orphans and widows. It's worth checking out there story, and this link to their web store, which features very cool t-shirts, hand crafted jewelry, and instruments etc...
Tearfund - an organization based out of the UK has something similar to world visions gift catalogue called living gifts, they also have a large "tearcrafts" site which sells quality ethical products. "Now here’s a novel and sensible way to give a gift to a friend or family member, and at the same time express our love and concern for someone in the developing world. A Tearfund Living Gift voucher really could result in changing someone’s life for the better. It’s a great idea and I wholeheartedly recommend it!" - Sir Cliff Richard.
That should get you started if you are interested...
Let's make a difference, shall we ! :D
2 comments:
God told Jared + I not to buy any Christmas gifts this year and to instead buy things from the World Vision Gift Catalogue, so both sides of my family are participating in that this year which I'm really excited about!
That's so great - I'm excited to hear that more and more people are doing this!!
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