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Looking for a gift that benefits the poor and disadvantaged or religious communities as much as the person who receives your gift? Make a donation to an organization that helps the poor ... consider a "fair-trade" gift which helps indigenous workers earn a fair living, protects the environment and preserves natural resources ... or choose a gift created by Catholic sisters, brothers, nuns and monks to support their religious communities.
Please contact us if information on this page is incorrect.
Organizations Working for Social Change
Here's a list of organizations through which you can make a life-sustaining gift to those in need:
• Unbound/Christian Foundation for Children & Aging Livelihood Program Fund
https://www.unbound.org/Sponsor
• Amos Trust
https://www.amostrust.org/shop/
• Catholic Relief Services
https://gifts.crs.org/gifts-holidays
• CrossCatholic Outreach
http://www.crosscatholic.org/christmas
• The Heifer Project
https://secure1.heifer.org/gift-catalog
• International Rescue Committee
https://gifts.rescue.org/
• Mennonite Central Commitee
https://mcc.org/christmas#!
• Oxfam America
https://www.oxfamamericaunwrapped.com/
• Save the Children Federation
http://gift.savethechildren.org/site/c.dvKSIbOSIlJcH/b.6885579/k.BFD5/Home.htm?msource=igxgpgfts513&gclid=CProyO2t0boCFcnm7AoddSMAXA
• Worldvision
http://donate.worldvision.org/OA_HTML/xxwv2ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?funnel=gc&item=1597888&go=item§ion=11080&• • •
Fair-Trade Gifts
Here's a list of organizations which sell socially-responsible, fair trade items which benefit local producers around the world:
LOCAL VENDORS
• World's Window. 214 Main St, Cedar Falls, IA 50613
http://www.worldswindowcf.org/ONLINE VENDORS
• Catholic Relief Services
http://www.serrv.org/crs_handcraft?c=crs
• Equal Exhange
http://shop.equalexchange.coop/gifts-more/gifts.html
• Fair Indigo
https://fairindigo.com/
• Food for the Poor
http://www.foodforthepoor.org/catalog/index.html
• Free to Shop
http://www.freetoshop.org/
• Gifts with Humanity
http://www.giftswithhumanity.com/
• Global Giving
http://www.globalgiving.org/
• Grounds for Change
http://www.groundsforchange.com/
• The Hunger Site
https://www.thehungersite.com/store/site.do?siteId=220
• Maggies Organics
https://maggiesorganics.com/
• Mayaworks
http://w
• The Nature Conservatory
http://my.nature.org/gifts/2011/
• Novica
http://unique-gifts.novica.com/
• Serrv International
http://www.serrv.org/
• Ten Thousand Villages
http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/
• World Wide Child
http://helpingchildrenworldwide.org/shop/• • •
Gifts from Monasteries and Religious Communities
Here is a list of sources which sell a variety of gifts manufactured by Catholic nuns and monks to support their religious communities.Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey. Dubuque, Iowa.(candy and caramels)Assumption Abbey. Ava, Missouri.
(fruitcake)
https://www.assumptionabbey.org/fruitcakes
Carmelite Monks of Wyoming. Powell, Wyoming.(coffee and tea)Genesee Abbey. Piffard, New York.(bread, spreads, soups, coffee, sauces, dressings, baked goods)Gethsamane Farms. Trappist, Kentucky.(fruitcake, fudge, and preserves)Holy Cross Monastery. West Park, New York.(fruitcake, truffles, and creamed honey)Ministry of the Arts/Congregation of St. Joseph. LaGrange Park, Illinois.(art, cards, calendars and assorted gifts)
http://ministryofthearts.org/Monastery Icons/Sacred Arts Foundation. West Chester, Ohio.(icons, statues, religious art and gifts)Monastery of Bethlehem, New York
(ornaments, china)
https://www.monasteryofbethlehemnewyork.com/shop
Printery House. Conception, Missouri.(greeting cards, religious art and gifts)Redwoods Abbey. Whitethorn, California.(creamed honey)St. Joseph Abbey. Spencer, Massachusetts
(ale and preserves)
https://www.spencerabbey.org/we-live-by-the-work-of-our-hands/
Sisters of St. Francis. Sylvania, Ohio.(arts and religious gifts)
More options are available here:
Monastery Greetings Catalog
www.monasterygreetings.com
A Nun's Life Ministry Catalog[Last update: 10.21.21]