Charitable Gift Giving Blog: Gifts That Help

In 2008, one of the hottest gift giving trends has been charitable gift cards. Typically how these work is that you give an actual plastic card (or an ecard) to someone, and they can log into a Web site to redeem it. But instead of redeeming it for themselves like a regular gift card, they [...]

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The 2009 Grammy Awards will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, February 8. Available starting today is this compilation of the best songs and artists from 2009 in the 2009 Grammy Nominees CD. Have your own Grammy listening party and choose the winners for yourself! The Proceeds from sales of this CD goes to benefit MusiCares, [...]

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If you ever visited the great redwood forests in Northern California, you can’t help but lift your head and stare in awe. The great redwoods have outlived kings and empires, having grown continuously lived for hundreds or even up to two or three thousand years. It’s a wonderful, humbling experience to look at these wonderful pieces [...]

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Some people are easy to shop for, but what do you get for the person who really does have everything? CharityBuzz.Com is a fantastic auction site that has a huge number of one-of-a-kind items donated by A-list celebrities and luxury brands. All proceeds from all of the auctions goes to help a worthy cause, either large [...]

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This T-shirt features the Tide bull’s eye on the front and “Loads of Hope” on the back. The “Loads of Hope” cause is a neat one–in devastated areas such as the areas affected by hurricane Katrina and the Southern California wildfires, Proctor and Gamble sets up mobile laundry stations where people can do laundry for [...]

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In The Kitchen With Stars (French and Italian Edition) is not your ordinary celebrity cookbook. This is a beautiful, hardcover first edition that’s belongs as much in an honored place in your library of fine cultural books as it does in the kitchen. The book is beautifully photographed and designed by Sacha Sosno, one of the artistic [...]

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In just a week, on January 20, our country is going to enter a new stage in its history when President Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. People are already comparing Obama’s family with JFK’s Camelot, with a young and well-articulated president, two adorable kids, and all eyes on what [...]

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This City Harvest Black loose tea is a wonderful combination of Orchid, Vanilla & Black Tea leaves from serendipiTea, a certified organic tea company based in New York. 20% of the proceeds of this purchase are donated to City Harvest! serenipiTea is a company that was formed to respond to the growing appreciation of tea in the [...]

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So, you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to start exercising. You have a beautiful new yoga mat. But when you try out all your cool yoga moves, you just end up slipping and sliding all over the floor. Your worries are over! Pictured above is a SKIDLESS premium mat-size yoga towel. Combine it with a [...]

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Looking for post-Christmas deals that help charity? Check out the Hope Gift Book from St. Jude’s Chilren’s Hospital. This is a collection of stylish gifts that St. Jude’s sold throughout the 2009 Christmas season. How stylish? There are high quality clothes from from Juicy Couture, children’s toys from Melissa and Doug, bags from Liz Claiborne, [...]

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