https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:01:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1108729 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 17:56:18 +0000 londonkiwi (now back in NZ) 1108729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The turkey idea is amazing! So is the idea of Kiva vouchers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1108377 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 04:10:53 +0000 Echo 1108377@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I regularly donate both food items and money to our local food bank. Before Thanksgiving and before Christmas I donate a frozen turkey and all the fixings in the hopes of making someone's holidays a little brighter. In December and in July, I donate to Heifer International. And I always donate a new winter coat and gloves and mittens when our community's school has its Warm Winter drive. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1108113 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:48:50 +0000 Anonymous 1108113@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I split my payroll deduction between 5 charities, some are local, some are from my home town and I also donate to the local United Way as DH is part of the corporate financial team. </p> <p>I gave to the women's shelter that my work team volunteered at. dd has requested a donation to a local family that her English class is sponsoring and DS has a school campaign for Christmas cheer (food and new toys). We also give to the Slavation Army kettle whenever I see it. Finally, DD and DH help pack hampers for needy families...whew that seems like a lot reading it back </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1106051 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:54:28 +0000 D'Ellen 1106051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Several years ago my and DH's family/friends group decided to stop giving each other&nbsp;holiday gifts in favor of making charitable contributions.&nbsp; Each year DH and I make a Christmas gift to our local Salvation Army, with additional donations to organizations such as Canine Companions for Independence, The Heifer Project and Teaching Tolerance.&nbsp;&nbsp;We find it a very&nbsp;meaningful way to honor the spirit of the season.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1105934 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 05:08:35 +0000 Anonymous 1105934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gifts of donating are very common in my family. Years ago I asked that my Christmas gift be sponsorship of a child through Christian Foundation of Children and Aging. Over the years I've put a Sri Lankan girl through school and helped rid her of parasites, improved the family home and food and improved health and home and food rations for a grandmother in rural Guatemala. That dear woman recently died and I have a new sponsorship of another older widow.<br /> DS have me a Kiva gift certificate a few years ago and I have really enjoyed "investing" in people around the world and reinvest whatbis repaid. I give to Best Friends animal shelter for my sister who has spent time working there. I can't even remember all the wonderful donations my sister has given in my name. I like to remember my parents with gifts to organizations that protect birds, American Indian reservation schools and the MS Society, all which were important to them.<br /> This year my DIL, who is on the board of a group dedicated to helping women around the world will get a donation to her group. We also give and receive gift donations for The Heifer Project.<br /> It seems a great way to give a meaningful gift instead of stuff. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1105910 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 04:32:13 +0000 MsMary 1105910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I donate throughout the year to the Cambodian Children's Fund (I sponsor a lovely young college student), our local theatre organization, and various other causes.&nbsp; I also save up during the year so I can do special gifts during the winter holidays.&nbsp; This year so far I have given to our local food bank and to Wikipedia.&nbsp; Still thinking about where to give the rest of the fund this year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1105799 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 02:36:33 +0000 Carla 1105799@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We donate to the food bank regularly, and a large cash donation in December. Also, CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) and the Guide Dog program. DS #2 was a client in elementary school and his early teens due to impaired vision (no sight in one eye, and corrected vision in sighted eye) when we were trying to assess the impact of his vision impairment and get a little extra help in school. Otherwise he is in robust good health and now doing great in uni. Nursing yr 3!! DH is a dog guy (labs) so the Guide Dog program was a given.</p> <p>Also, Science Scholarship, and some smaller gifts to other charities. </p> <p>I'm at 48 blood donations, and DS #2 also donates. Our family wardrobe culls go to Diabetes Clothesline.</p> <p>DH volunteers with Special Olympics.</p> <p>There are so many really good charities, and it isn't hard to find one with resonance to adopt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1105788 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 02:29:10 +0000 londonkiwi (now back in NZ) 1105788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such a lovely thread.</p> <p>Giving blood is a wonderful idea and something that I had not thought of. My grandfather was a frequent donor of blood. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1105784 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 02:25:01 +0000 Refugee 1105784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do regular giving through my employers giving campaign to our local theatre. My special December giving is to make sure I donate blood. &nbsp;My sisters birthday is this month and she suffered from a long illness that required lots of blood over the course of 13 years. &nbsp;I want to make sure it is there for others who need it and it is a memorial I know she&nbsp;would appreciate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1105773 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 02:10:02 +0000 Angie 1105773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's lovely, Fi. Bless your heart.&nbsp;</p> <p>We donate to four animal welfare organizations monthly, and triple the donation amount&nbsp;in Dec.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1105577 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:54:35 +0000 Louise 1105577@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We usually give to charities that have personal meaning to us. Previous years we've done Alzheimer's (grandad is a sufferer), cats protection league (cat lovers) and cancer research (other grandad died from cancer) to name but a few. This year we'll donate to the cleft lip and palette association as my cousins baby daughter was born with a cleft lip and palette and is just beginning the long journey to repair it x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/christmas-giving#post-1105538 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:31:08 +0000 londonkiwi (now back in NZ) 1105538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Christmas for me is about giving. I love buying the right present for family members and close friends. I like to bake goods to give away.&nbsp; This is also the time of year that I make a charitable donation. This year, I will give a cash donation and also goods (children's clothes, shoes and bedding) to our local women's refuge.</p> <p>Do you make a charitable donation at Christmas? To who, and why? </p>