I had grandiose plans since last year: compiling a massive gift guide the likes of which have never been seen before. But, 1) they pretty much already exist online (not exactly as I had envisioned it, but still, it’s been done), and 2) December 2011 came around much quicker than December-2010-me imagined it would.
I also started to realize that a lot of people/organizations have similar gift guides, so I’m going to do a combination here…I’m going to re-post other people’s guides that I find useful, and that list some of the organizations I already had in mind, and I’ll post my “supplemental” gift guide with other ideas for you. I hope it’s helpful :)
Rage Against the Minivan’s Gift Guide includes:
- Ever/After Clothing
- Slow Color Scarves (I want!)
- Krochet Kids (future Charity of the Month, for suresies)
- 31 Bits (I think you all know my obsession with them already)
- Not For Sale
- Haitian Creations (this blogger is a woman after my own heart)
- Heart of Haiti at Macy’s (beautiful home decor)
- International Rescue Committee
- Leakey Collection Jewelry
- World Vision (HUGE gift catalog…from goats to wells to business loans)
- Whipped body/hair butter (helping raise money for family’s adoption)
- Give Prints (looks pretty cool!)
- Compassion International (draught survival kits, playgrounds, soccer balls, etc.)
- Collaborative World (great clothing company–they actually have a gift guide below!)
- Punjamies
Collaborative World’s Gift Guide includes:
- Chains for Chains
- 50 Back (it’s a beer!)
- Give Prints (link above)
- One Hope Wine
- Project 7
- 31 Bits (link above)
- Unite Clothing
Nicholas Kristoff’s Annual Column on “Gifts that Say You Care” includes:
- International Rescue Committee (link above)
- Care (help buy school uniforms for girls)
- Heifer International (great org, prior Charity of the Month)
- Mercy Corps (great user interface! let’s you shop by picking who you’re shopping for and/or what that person is interested in)
- Helen Keller International
- Against Malaria
- Reading is Fundamental
- The Citizens Foundation
- GEMS
Yahoo Gifts that Give Back include:
- Same Sky Bracelets
- Dannijo jewelry
- Jeans that help kids stay in school
- RxArt coloring book
- Tory Burch gives that give back
My “supplemental gift guide”:
(um, I was hoping to link to it but it seems like this will have to do until I switch over to WordPress and can actually upload PDF documents. sigh).
Holiday Gift Guide
http://viewer.docstoc.com/?key=NTllOTA1N2Ut&pass=OGRlZi00OTQwvar docstoc_docid=”107159738″;var docstoc_title=”Holiday Gift Guide”;var docstoc_urltitle=”Holiday Gift Guide”;
Happy Shopping!
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