Girlawhirl loves nothing more than a gift that gives to others, and there are so many options at this time of the year that she can barely scratch the surface…
• To get into the holiday spirit and support M A C's ongoing commitment to AIDS relief, Girlawhirl's buying all the kiddies she knows their very own holiday cards. Designed by children around the world and with the proceeds going to benefit children living with AIDS, she'll be happy to lick the stamps and help address the cards.
Kids Helping Kids
6 cards with envelopes
macaidsfund.org
$6
• For a gift of holiday music, Girlawhirl often gives A Very Special Christmas CDs. With proceeds going to support Special Olympics, she knows she can't go wrong. This year, she's gravitating toward A Very Special Acoustic Christmas originally released in 2003.
A Very Special Acoustic Christmas
barnesandnoble.com
$13.98
click here to purchase
• If Girlawhirl showed up at a Super Pal's house with a gift of chickens, ducks or a goat, they probably wouldn't let her through the door. But when Heifer International bestows gifts of animals on families, they are increasing the standard of living of not just that household but the whole community.
photo credit: Darcy Kiefel - copyright Heifer International
Heifer International
Gift prices start as low as $10
• Building a gingerbread house is always a lot of fun, but it's even better when Girlawhirl uses Dancing Deer's Gingerbread House Kit. With mixes for both the house and the icing, templates for cutting it all out, and directions for putting it all together, everything she needs is inside. And 35% of the price goes towards the Sweet Home Project, an organization that helps homeless families find work and move into homes of their own.
Gingerbread House Kit
Dancing Deer
$21.95
• Purchases from The Y Catalog, which has everything an experienced—or budding—Yogi could wish for, come with philanthropy as part of the package. Each company that sells through the catalog has committed to donate 10% of their profits towards a global or charitable cause. From food banks, to environmental causes, and even the One campaign, a purchase from the Y Catalog makes a positive global impact.
The Y Catalog
• And just because Girlawhirl likes to find a way that she can sneak a little chocolate into every gift that she gives, she stocks up on all kinds of chocolate from Green & Black's. Its production is based on the principles of fair trade and organic farming, which improves not just the health, and therefore the lives, of the cocoa bean growers, but also benefits the earth by growing the cocoa without pesticides. With products bearing the Fair Trade and Organic symbols, Girlawhirl feels free to gift, share and otherwise indulge in some of the best chocolate she's ever eaten.
Green & Blacks Chocolate
Available at grocery and health food stores throughout the country
For more information on their free trade and organic principles click here
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