Wednesday, December 17, 2008

12 Days of Conscientious Christmas, Day 9

Make a donation in a gift recipient's name. 

 We recently received a notification that some dear friends had given a gift to Heifer International in our names.  We are thrilled! I keep hearing that food banks are running low, and foundations and university endowments are suffering too; in fact, just yesterday I heard about a foundation whose funding for the coming year is partially gone due to a scam artist's illegal scheme coming apart after the economy fell apart.

Times are tough for all of us, all over the world.  I love that someone, somewhere, will receive some bees thanks to our friends' thoughtfulness.  I plan to do the same for some gifts.  After all, do we really need another Chia Pet?

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