Mitali's Fire Escape reminds us that the recent cyclone in Bangladesh has caused tremendous pain and suffering. Thousands of families are homeless this week when we in America celebrate Thanksgiving. I encourage you to go follow her link and give a little to share your wealth in order to celebrate and give thanks.
Mom Unplugged has a series going on about simplifying the holidays.
Other ideas for giving gifts and celebrating this holiday season:
Adoptive Families has a list of gift giving ideas that benefit orphans and children in foster care.
Book of Kells suggests a micro loan through KIVA
Gift Ideas from New American Dream:
Try these alt gift alternatives:
Altgifts.org
JustGive.org
Globalgiving.com
OurVoicesTogether.org
Oxfamunamericawrapped.com
3 comments:
I just _knew_ I wanted to take a break from pies to catch up on your blog. I also like to shop at 10,000 Villages. agreatergift.org (aka SERRV) is similar. Both sell Divine (fair trade) chocolate; all the flavors are good, but I especially love the extra dark!
Buying from heartbeats.org helps empower the women/children who craft the goods. One example is the Women's Bean Project (yummy soup mixes!).
Thanks for this wonderful reminder that how and where we shop matters!
I love this idea of giving gifts to good causes in someone's name. Now that's worth doing! Thanks for sharing all these links.
Have a wonderful day tomorrow!
This is a wonderful post! I am planning an alternative gift post soon, and would love to link to this.
My 2nd grade daughter's class is raising money for the Heifer Project and she is very excited about it.
By the way, thanks for the mention. Hope your Thanksgiving was relaxing and enjoyable!
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