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Perfect gift for those who "have everything"
This is the perfect gift to give someone who "has everything" they need or want. Donations to charities are down 35% this year, but requests of charities are up 40%. There is a real strain this year to stretch things to help so many in need. How many of your friends or family would be upset if, instead of getting them that tie, book, DVD, video game, etc. you give them a charity gift card that they can then use to donate to the charity of their choice. There are over 1.5 million charities here so I'm sure you can find at least one or two that will interest someone.  Dec 22 08 04:24 am Link Or if someone is financially doing ok and an animal lover consider adopting a pet. Pet dogs abandoned as recession bites http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12 … pstoryview Dec 22 08 05:10 am Link lame. i want candy. Dec 22 08 05:11 am Link I've long believed the best gift for the person who has everything is a shot of penicillin...  Dec 22 08 05:48 am Link Any muscle car from the late 60's will work. Dec 22 08 05:50 am Link Photons 2 Pixels Images wrote: Great idea!!! Dec 22 08 05:59 am Link Thank you Ora and Industrielle. For the others here, I don't mind humor, sarcasm, smartass comments, etc. I don't feel it's appropriate in this thread, though. If you have nothing positive to add to a serious discussion, don't post. Dec 22 08 08:04 am Link I always ask for gifts in the form of charity donations from my relatives. It makes me happy and cuts down on needless clutter. Dec 22 08 10:02 am Link Dixie Lux wrote: You're awesome! As a person and a model. Thanks. Dec 22 08 10:09 am Link I LIKE it! Dec 22 08 12:33 pm Link "You can't have everything -- where would you put it?" Stephen Wright. Dec 22 08 12:57 pm Link BUMP Dec 22 08 04:02 pm Link kiva.org It's an investment and microfinances someone wanting to be independent. When your $$ are paid back, you invest them again. It's a present that gets given again and again. They have gift certificates. Dec 24 08 04:15 am Link Pay it forward Dec 24 08 04:37 am Link My brother in law is one of those people. The man and his family are doing very well in life. David's taken thousands of photographs of his brother's daughters, so I'm getting them a leather bound book to use as the huge funky photo album. Dec 24 08 04:56 am Link fbimagery wrote: That was a great movie. Sad/happy. Dec 24 08 04:44 pm Link bump. Jan 07 10 10:54 pm Link Photons 2 Pixels Images wrote: You thread was titled "gifts for those that have everything". An example you gave was charitable donations. Jan 07 10 10:57 pm Link There's also the option of planting a tree in someone's name. I think this is the site a friend used last Christmas: http://www.arborday.org/ Jan 07 10 10:59 pm Link I dated a guy that for Christmas donated a goat to a family in need in another country. I thought it was equally funny and awesome. Jan 07 10 11:00 pm Link Jessalyn wrote: My family does that one every year. We donate a pair of animals, the pair breeds and the family who received the first pair donates the offspring to another family in need, and it goes on and on. Jan 08 10 12:10 am Link We had a work Kris Kringle thing where we had to spend no more than $20 on a pressie... Who needs a work-colleague to buy them a $20 pressie? I bought mine some poop! Well, a donation of poop (manure) for a farming community in Sri Lanka. We did the family goat thing for Christmas 08 too. Jan 08 10 04:24 am Link |
