Gifts that give back

• charitywater.org -> $20 = drinking water for one person for 20 years!


• oneacreatatime.com ->$50 = saves 200 sq.ft. of forest


• unicefusa.org -> $35 = 1 bike to get a health worker to remote areas


• survivors.com -> buy jewelry made by survivors of sex trafficking to support their rehab programs


• we-care.com & igive.com -> merchants donate proceeds to good causes


• roomtoread.org -> promotes child literacy in the developing world


• scaw.org -> $35 = the basics for a needy child


• womensbeanproject.com -> buy bean dips to support homeless women who are employed to make these dips


• mercycorps.org -> $70 = farming supplies and equipment for 2 families in Uganda


• malarianomore.org -> $10 = 1 insecticide-treated mosquito net (that will protect a child for years)


• modestneeds.org -> help pay a needy family's bill(s)


• dogoodchannel.com -> find out what non-profits in your area need specifically

These are all awesome ideas (courtesy of some magazine or another--I subscribe to too many to remember which!) that you can do as Christmas gifts--give a gift in their name! Whoever the gift is given to will thank them, too; helping someone in need is a much more beautiful gift than another pair of socks or even a cool new iPod.

Merry Christmas shopping/planning! :)