On Tavis Smiley the other day, I heard about this.
What a good idea.
Basically, it's a gift-certificate for charitable giving. You select the amount and the recipient can choose any of the charities listed on the website for the donation. they include lots of charities associated with children, animals, the environment, and various medical-research programs. You can give to education and sports programs, too.
On the 'TisBest blog, the organizers talk about including so many choices (they offer both GLAAD and the Boy Scouts, for example), and the reasons why they give people options that suit differing value systems. It seems to me that their approach is a lot like librarians - they catalogue and organize but let the consumer make the final choice.
The best part is that parents are giving them to children, so that the child can learn how to choose a charity and give money to causes in which he or she believes. This is an important concept that I grew up with and that I want Iain to understand, too.
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Thank you so much for mentioning TisBest on your blog. TisBest Philanthropy offers the highest quality charity gift cards, with over 50 different standard designs, or you can upload your own photo, and you can check the status to see when a gift card is spent and on which charity. Cards can be sent by email, printed on your printer or printed on recycled plastic and sent by mail.
It was an honor to be interviewed by Tavis Smiley.
We appreciate all of our supporters like you who are helping get out the word about this great gift alternative in a world filled to the rim with "stuff". More for charity, less for the landfill!
Sincerely,
Erik Marks
Executive Director
TisBest Philanthropy
www.TisBest.org
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