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Alternative giving, as defined by Wikipedia is simple: Alternative giving is a form of gift giving in which the giver makes a donation to a charitable organization in the recipient’s name, rather than giving an item. It's time to start thinking differently about giving (if you haven't already) and here's some helpful ways how...
In addition to alternatively giving by making donations on behalf of those on your holiday gift-giving list, there are ways to purchase and transfer hard goods to benefit the greater good. Cheers to you for making "alternative" the mainstream this holiday!
DonorsChoose.org is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when concerned individuals choose projects to fund. Give a DonorsChoose.org gift certificate or fund a project in someone’s honor.
Change the way you see gift giving. Mercy Kits are a convenient way for you to give a gift while helping people in need. And it's easy to send your personalized gift announcement: by mail, by e-mail or by printing your own card. Choose from over 20 “Mercy Kits”: from the $20.00 “Children’s Food Kit” that helps children eat better to get strong and healthy to the $1000 “Well Kit” that helps communities stay healthy by building wells and developing other reliable sources of water. A Mercy Kit is a caring, convenient way to share your commitment with a friend or loved one.
Geared towards children, these charitable gift cards enable kids to make a mark in the world. Using these gift cards, kids can shop at the markmakers store for goods & services in need around the world. They can spread their funds among more than 40 needs/causes such as vaccines, medicine, & eyecare, or saving animals, rain forests & coral reefs. 100% of the amount placed on a markmakers card will be passed on to the organizations providing the goods and services provided in the store.
Changing The Present offers gifts that change the world. Browse through over 30 causes (from disaster relief to animal welfare) or search for your favorite nonprofit to find donation gifts that make a difference. You can share these gifts with your friends and family, or use them for your own nonprofit giving. These gifts are a great alternative to traditional gifts you were planning to wrap up this holiday season -- just choose "Create A Card" from the shopping cart to send a personalized greeting card announcing each gift you donate in a friend's name.
Give-A-Tree Cards do something more than other greeting cards. They help replant our national forests. With every $5.95 donation, you'll receive a Give-A-Tree Card to give to someone. Every card honors the recipient with a tree planted in a national forest that has been devastated by insects, disease, and wildfires. Share with someone how you care, and how every Give-A-Tree Card - and every tree - makes a lasting difference.
Give a gift from the heart. Make a Gift from the Heart contribution in honor of someone you love. (A $10 per order minimum is requested.) The building material, supplies and support your gift provides will make the dream of a decent, affordable home a reality for those in need - extending your love to others you may never meet! A greeting card will be sent to the individual you honor detailing your gift.
For every order you place at UncommonGoods, they will donate a portion to one of several specially selected non-profit organizations. At the end of the checkout process - after your order is confirmed - a browser window will prompt you to choose an organization to receive your contribution on your behalf.
They have recycled products to purchase: from doormats and boxes made of recycled flip flops to recycled magazine placemats.
Get some holiday gifts from the stores that partner with Change Round-Up, a program that allows you to round up your purchase to the nearest dollar and donates it to charity. Shoppers/Donors can choose which non-profit will receive their donation and are also given the option to enter in a different amount to donate.
Shop with their network of retailers and they will donate a percentage of your purchases to a nonprofit selected by you, at no cost to you. Shop more than 200 online retailers. Buy from the same retailers, pay the same prices, and receive the same products and services.
Can you fund literacy, care for the environment, and get a fair price on the books you want? Yep. Just go to this site.
1.8 million used books plus 500,000 new titles. All sold to fund literacy.
The global mission of AGI is to send authentic, life-giving gifts to a needy world--gifts that build a partnership with people in crisis and that protect and preserve the earth's endangered environment--to nourish and sustain a more equitable and peaceful global community.
Select an alternative gift from 34 life-sustaining, worldwide projects to honor family and friends. Choose one (or several) gifts from the projects featured (from protecting trees to providing food and vitamins to people living with AIDS.) You can select a gift card for your honoree and AGI will mail the card to your honoree with an insert describing your gift.
Heifer's mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth. Heifer does this by providing appropriate livestock, training and related services to small-scale farmers and communities worldwide.
Choose a meaningful gift to give a loved one and help children and families around the world receive training and animal gifts that help them become self-reliant. Select your gift from a wide range of animals in their online catalog (a flock of chicks, a dairy cow, a sheep, a pig).
Thistle Farms is a non-profit business operated by the women of Magdalene, a two-year residential community founded in Nashville, Tennessee in 1997 for women with a history of prostitution and drug addiction. Through Thistle Farms, the women of Magdalene gain much needed job skills, and learn responsibility and cooperation.
By hand, the women create natural bath and body products that are as kind to the environment as they are to the body. All sales proceeds go back into supporting the residents of Magdalene. The selection includes salt scrubs, candles, room sprays, lip balms, and sachets.
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is a national, nonprofit, land conservation organization that conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, community gardens, historic sites, rural lands, and other natural places, ensuring livable communities for generations to come.
Show your loved ones just how much you care this holiday season by making a gift in their honor to The Trust for Public Land. They will send your loved one a card showcasing a special place that TPL has helped protect with the support of people like you. This is a meaningful way to honor both your loved ones and conserve land for people. A $10 minimum donation is requested.
You can also purchase your family and friends eco-friendly gifts at the TLP web store. They have a wide selection from which to choose (organic onesies, totebags, mugs, etc.). Each purchase helps raise funds for TPL.
Purchase a TisBest Charity Gift card that works like any other gift card, except that instead of buying stuff in a store, the recipient spends it to support a charity of their choice. Over 200 carefully chosen and responsible nonprofits are listed! Each Charity Gift Card is customized so that you can order any denomination between $10 and $5,000.
The gift cards are delivered via email to either you (for you to forward or print) or directly to the recipient.
This year, give the gift that helps some of Nashville's most vulnerable citizens - give a Care Package.
Care Package is available through United Way's online gift program and offers individuals and companies a way to do something special for the people in their lives or their customers, while at the same time making a difference in our community.
When you make a Care Package donation in someone's name, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville will mail a gift card to the recipient. You can send an e-card to them as well!
For more than 60 years, the American Diabetes Association has been helping millions of people affected by diabetes through research, advocacy, support and information.
Select from a long list of gifts: ornaments, cards, calendars, frames, soaps, candles, and more.
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