Give Someone A Heifer For Christmas
Charitable giving can make a beautiful gift, but often it’s a fairly intangible thing. You give money to a charity in someone’s name, and the card says, “A donation was made to Some Charity in your honour.” But unless you want to name the amount (always awkward), and unless it’s a fairly substantial sum, it feels like a drop in the bucket and is hard to visualize as being any help.
With Heifer International, though, you’re actually giving something. It’s a charity through which you can actually give a tangible gift to a family in need—honeybees, a flock of chicks, a goat—in the name of someone you love, and send a card to that person telling them how the gift you’ve made is helping. They have a great series of e-cards and printable cards for you to choose from, plus printable information inserts you can tuck into any card.
Gifts start at $20 (for a flock of chicks, ducks, or geese) and go up to $10,000 (for a livestock development package), so there’s something for every budget. Imagine the pleasure you could give to someone when you tell her that a needy family has been given a flock of chicks in her name—with all the future happiness of eggs to eat and sell, and poultry to raise—a gift of actual health, happiness, and even saved lives.
And best of all, this beautiful gift adds no clutter.
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