Charitable Gift Giving Blog: Gifts That Help

Here is a great idea available from Macys: the
Whatever It Takes “21st Century Leaders” Mug Collection.

It’s a collection of 12 mugs, great for drinking tea or coffee. On each one, a famous celebrity sketched and signed a self-portait of himself, herself, or themselves, along with some other doodles, and the whole thing was made into a very high-quality mug. The mug comes in a gift box, and includes a photograph of the celebrity and a personal message. 50% of proceeds to go a charity or charity of the celebrity’s choice.

As reviewers have written about these products, they’re great quality mugs, and you can feel great that a portion has gone to help some great causes.

Here are all the celebrities that are represented. Click on the picture of the mug to find out more.

Claudia Schiffer’s mug is a beautiful pink mug, and has doodles of tortoises (symbolizing peace and protection) and a self-portrait of the supermodel.

50% of proceeds go to benefit Trade plus Aid (a charity that strives to eliminate poverty around the world), as well as UNICEF (the United Nations children’s fund).

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ColdPlay, the English rock band, features sketches of band members Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion.50% of proceeds help Trade plus Aid, WaterAid (an organization promoting hygiene and safe drinking water in poor and developing countries) and Oxfam (an organization aimed at fighting poverty and injustice).

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David Bowie put together this mug, featuring a painting of his signature lightning-bolt concert tee. It also features a “self portrait” of a stick figure calling for ‘Peace through Art”. 50% of proceeds go to Save the Children and Trade plus Aid.
 

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Donna Karan’s mug features an elegant sketch of a seated figure by the famous designer, along with the message “Love Forever, Donna Karan”.50% of the proceeds go to Trade plus Aid.
 

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Ewan MacGregor’s mug has a watercolor landscape painted by the actor, along with the message, “Hope this helps, hope it makes a difference. Hope. Hope. Hope.”.50% of proceeds go to Trade plus Aid and UNICEF.
 

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George Clooney’s mug is the actor’s sketch of himself. 50% of proceeds go to Anti-Slavery International, CARE International, Oxfam, Save the Children, Trade plus Aid, UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency), UNICEF and WaterAid.
 

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Georgio Armani chose to keep his mug as graceful as his famous line of clothes, with a simple jade-colored mug displaying the Chinese character for “hope”.50% of proceeds go to Trade plus Aid and UNHCR.
 

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Michael Caine and his wife Shakira Caine drew a very nice sunflower along with the message “Smile today. Life is not a rehearsal.”50% of proceeds go to Trade plus Aid and Anti-Slavery International.
 

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Minnie Driver’s mug is a bright pink color with a stick-figure portrait of the actress, some playful sketches of magical creatures, and the phrase “Love Earth Now”.50% of proceeds to go Trade plus Aid and Oxfam.
 

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Nicole Kidman’s mug is a striking red color with a white line art sketch of a peace symbol inside a heart and the words “Make love, not war.”50% of proceeds go to Trade plus Aid and UNICEF.
 

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Roger Moore’s self-portrait is a stick figure with a halo, reminiscent of his role as TV’s “The Saint”. It also has a colorful painting of hearts in all colors.50% of proceeds go to Trade plus Aid and UNICEF.
 

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Samuel L. Jackson’s mug is a striking black color with Pan-African colors. His message reads “a person is a person because of other people”.50% of the proceeds go to Trade plus Aid.