Charitable Gift Giving Blog: Gifts That Help

Here’s a great gift for the new mommy or mommy-to-be in your life. It’s called Mommy Journal - Letters to Your Child.
While a lot of new parents have grand plans for capturing every special moment in their child’s life in the form of a scrapbook or a detailed journal, the reality is that the work […]

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Nothing beats steeping loose tea leaves in a teapot. And these Loose Tea Leaves are extra special.
The leaves are a comination of jasmine, apple, and green tea. The combination of the sweet apple and jasmine bouquet combined with the freshness of Chinese & Indian green tea makes for a crisp and clean tea drinking […]

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The Last Place on Earth Two-Volume Box Set is a remarkable gift set from National Geographic that documents one of the last pristine and undeveloped areas in central Africa: the 2000 mile stretch from Congo’s deep forests to Gabon’s pristine sea shore.
National Geographic photographer Michael ”Nick” Nichols and ecologist Mike Fay took a grueling 456-day voyage and […]

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Are you looking to accessorize a hardwood floor? You could go for the same old cookie-cutter rug from somewhere like Ikea or Bed Bath and Beyond.
Or you could check out this amazing set of rugs from Macy’s, and bring some beautiful artwork into your home. They are ground breaking designs directly influenced by actual artwork […]

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I am a big fan of NCAA Women’s Basketball.
I love the men’s game, of course, but as the men’s game gets more and more influenced by big commercial interests and individual players vying for multi-million dollar NBA contracts, there’s just something about the women’s game that’s “pure”.
Coaches can deploy good, fundamental strategy, so you see […]

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Looking for how to stop junk mail coming to your mailbox? Here’s a very cool new idea from a new organization called Greendimes.
I’m sure it’s happened to you. You order from one mail order or Internet company. Then, suddenly you get another catalog in the mail. Pretty soon your mail is filled with all kinds […]

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A few weeks ago, we highlighted the LUSH Charity Pot, a fantastic all-nature handmade body lotion product for women by the good folks at LUSH.
Just so the men out there don’t feel left out, we’ve got a cosmetic product for you too. After all, men have deep pores that need to be cleansed too!
This product, […]

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PRODUCT (RED) is an initiative spearheaded by U2’s Bono to help those suffering from AIDS in Africa. We’ve already highlighted the red iPod from Apple a few weeks ago.
Dell has recently signed on to the cause. The Dell XPS One (PRODUCT) Red is a brand new, state-of-the-art computer system with an Intel Dual Core2 Duo […]

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Back by popular demand, here’s the LUSH Charity Pot. This is LUSH Cosmetics‘ hand and body lotion where a FULL 100% of proceeds goes to help a number of great organizations, including:

Clean Ocean Action
Amazon Conservation Team
TreePeople
UNICEF
International Fund for Animal Welfare
WaterCan

This luxurious hand and body lotion is made with cocoa butter from projects in the […]

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This fashion season, The Gap introduced a line of stylish clothes to support (PRODUCT) RED, where half the proceeds of all sales go to helping fight AIDS and hunger in Africa.
On The Gap’s site this week, a number of these very fashionable items just had their prices slashed, as The Gap is probably trying to […]

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