GIFTS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Looking for alternative ways to celebrate an event or honor a person? Consider donations in gift recipients’ names. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
Goats. Rabbits. Geese. And more. A donation lets you choose from a flock of ways to boost a family’s future. Learn more at http://catalog.heifer.org/?ban1
A donation supports this organization’s mission to create economic opportunity by providing low-cost, non-polluting transportation to communities around the world. Learn more at http://www.p4p.org/
A donation supports this organization’s “One World, One Wish” campaign to protect women and children in war and conflict. Learn about this and other programs at http://www.savethechildren.org/
Quakers founded AFSC 85 years ago to give conscientious objectors alternative service during World War I. A donation supports their mission: “We seek to understand and address the root causes of poverty, injustice, and war. We are called to confront, nonviolently, powerful institutions of violence, evil, oppression and injustice. We work to relieve and prevent suffering. We work with all people.” Visit http://www.afsc.org/
Every click on the “free food” button brings food to the hungry. The site offers a variety of ways to donate, including a gift shop. It also offers links to similar sites for breast cancer awareness, child health, rainforest and animal rescue. Visit http://www.thehungersite.com/
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