December 2011 Highlight: Women For One’s “Feel Good Gift List”

Support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (100% of the proceeds from the gifts purchased below go to St. Jude’s Children’s Research)

JUICY COUTURE KEY CHAIN
https://shop.stjude.org/GiftCatalog/shop.do?cID=13583&pID=21410

NIKE GOLF BALL GIFT TIN
https://shop.stjude.org/GiftCatalog/shop.do?cID=13742&pID=21453

ST. JUDE MEN’S RUNNING SHIRT
https://shop.stjude.org/GiftCatalog/shop.do?cID=13742&pID=21471

ST. JUDE 50TH ANNIVERSARY BEAR
https://shop.stjude.org/GiftCatalog/shop.do?cID=13744&pID=21515

Support Save the Children
(Help assist millions of children all over the world in need.)

Send an orphan to school- $35
https://www.savethechildren.org/c.dvKSIbOSIlJcH/b.6885593/site/apps/ka/ec/Product.asp?ProductID=951306

Give a Donkey- $100
https://www.savethechildren.org/c.dvKSIbOSIlJcH/b.6885593/site/apps/ka/ec/Product.asp?ProductID=951301

Stock a library- $100
https://www.savethechildren.org/site/apps/ka/ec/product.asp?c=dvKSIbOSIlJcH&b=6885593&ProductID=951337

One Goat- $50
https://www.savethechildren.org/site/apps/ka/ec/product.asp?c=dvKSIbOSIlJcH&b=6885593&ProductID=951299

Handmade Bracelet from Nepal- $35
https://www.savethechildren.org/site/apps/ka/ec/product.asp?c=dvKSIbOSIlJcH&b=6885593&ProductID=951319

Support Heifer
(Choose a meaningful gift to give a loved one and help children and families around the world receive training and animal gifts that help them become self-reliant.)

Give where most needed
https://secure1.heifer.org/gift-catalog/where-most-needed.html

Give a basket of hope
https://secure1.heifer.org/gift-catalog/hope-gift-basket.html

Give a sheep, “Shear Joy”
https://secure1.heifer.org/gift-catalog/sheep.html

Support Oprah’s “Spend a little, Give a lot” list from the December issue of O Magazine!
“Twenty bucks buys movie tickets or weekend’s worth of lattes. But you can do a world of good—from feeding an endangered animal to educating a child—for even less.”

$1—Two books shipped to a classroom in Africa. In many schoolrooms on the continent, 20 children share one textbook. Visit booksforafrica.org

$2—A set of drumsticks for a low-income public school student learning to play the drums. Visit littlekidsrock.org

$3—A field trip to a museum, concert or theatrical production for a high-risk youth. Visit createnow.org

$4—Two hours of prepaid phone time for a soldier stationed overseas to call home. Visit cellphonesforsoldiers.com

$5—A one-burner kerosene stove for a family that would typically rely on an open fire. The stove is reusable and less environmentally friendly taxing than the cutting of timber. Visit foodforthepoor.org

$6—Measles vaccinations for 15 children in a developing country. Visit doctorswithoutborders.org

$7—A week’s worth of food for an abandoned dog or cat at a shelter run by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Visit ASPCA.org

$8—A medical teaching doll, to be used in educating a child about his or her cancer treatment. Visit stjude.org

$9—Cloth and tools so an Afghan woman can become self-sufficient by taking a six-month tailoring course through Creating Hope International and the Afghan Institute for Learning. Visit globalgiving.org

$10—A box of nails used to adapt a disabled veteran’s house, from Homes for Our Troops. Visit homesforourtroops.org

$10—Two specialized bottles for babies born with a cleft palate, who otherwise might suffer from malnutrition before receiving corrective surgery. Visit operationsmile.org

$11—Eleven trees to be planted in Alabama communities devastated by the April 2011 tornadoes. Visit Arborday.org

$12—Twenty pounds of multipurpose soap to help keep families germ-free around the world, through Oxfam. Visit Oxfamamericanunwrapped.com

$13— A day’s worth of fresh fruits and vegetables to feed two chimpanzees—most of which have been orphaned by poachers. Visit janegoodall.org/oprah

$14—Two nutritious meals delivered by volunteers from Meals on Wheels to a housebound senior citizen. Visit MOWAA.org

$15—A backpack and school supplies for one homeless or low-income urban child. Visit cradlestocrayons.org