Comments on: 5 Socially Conscious Christmas Gift Ideas http://adammclane.com/2009/12/20/5-socially-conscious-christmas-gift-ideas/ Wed, 23 May 2012 16:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: adam mclane http://adammclane.com/2009/12/20/5-socially-conscious-christmas-gift-ideas/#comment-7290 adam mclane Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:23:12 +0000 http://adammclane.com/?p=5409#comment-7290 Thanks for the comment. Good link. :) Thanks for the comment. Good link. :)

]]> By: Mariana Evica http://adammclane.com/2009/12/20/5-socially-conscious-christmas-gift-ideas/#comment-7289 Mariana Evica Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:44:56 +0000 http://adammclane.com/?p=5409#comment-7289 Adam, I really appreciated your post! Your ideas so resonate with a campaign with which I am associated, I wanted to take the time to introduce it to you. Your words, "But what if the world’s people started giving and receiving gifts that reflected the heart of the Gospel?" immediately brought to mind the mission of "Redefine Christmas." Redefine Christmas (while not a charity in and of itself) simply seeks to encourage folks to give at least one gift to a loved one that is a donation to that person's favorite charity -- and to ask that others do the same for them. I know many derive sincere pleasure from fulfilling a child's Christmas wish, or from watching an adult open up a very deserved and special gift...but this is offset by all the gifts of cash, gift cards, "wild guesses" and gifts for those who "already have everything." As an alternative, Redefine Christmas suggests using their website to navigate and browse through a multitude of vetted charities and recipients who very badly need our generosity. They sum it up here: "It's about changing the way we look at gift giving and receiving. It's taking money we usually spend on obligatory gifts with little meaning, and creating gifts of charity that give in multiple ways, to the receiver, the giver, and people who truly need." We hope you and your readers will benefit from this information, as well as the many people and charities who suffer deeply during times of economic crisis the likes of which we've all been feeling for a while now. Here's the site: http://www.redefinechristmas.org Thanks Adam! Adam, I really appreciated your post! Your ideas so resonate with a campaign with which I am associated, I wanted to take the time to introduce it to you. Your words, “But what if the world’s people started giving and receiving gifts that reflected the heart of the Gospel?” immediately brought to mind the mission of “Redefine Christmas.” Redefine Christmas (while not a charity in and of itself) simply seeks to encourage folks to give at least one gift to a loved one that is a donation to that person’s favorite charity — and to ask that others do the same for them. I know many derive sincere pleasure from fulfilling a child’s Christmas wish, or from watching an adult open up a very deserved and special gift…but this is offset by all the gifts of cash, gift cards, “wild guesses” and gifts for those who “already have everything.”

As an alternative, Redefine Christmas suggests using their website to navigate and browse through a multitude of vetted charities and recipients who very badly need our generosity.

They sum it up here: “It’s about changing the way we look at gift giving and receiving. It’s taking money we usually spend on obligatory gifts with little meaning, and creating gifts of charity that give in multiple ways, to the receiver, the giver, and people who truly need.”

We hope you and your readers will benefit from this information, as well as the many people and charities who suffer deeply during times of economic crisis the likes of which we’ve all been feeling for a while now.

Here’s the site: http://www.redefinechristmas.org

Thanks Adam!

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