Every holiday season multi-tasking moms everywhere are stressed to the max as they fight the crowds at the mall looking for the perfect gifts, then try to sneak them into the house to spend countless hours late at night wrapping. All to shower our friends, family and loved ones with gifts to show them we care only to have them end up in a landfill next year.
This year you can start a new family tradition and give a gift with meaning. With the Christmas 2009 World Vision Gift Catalogue you can choose a gift to share the Christmas spirit with others while helping those in need.
So grab yourself a latte, sit back and surf the World Vision Gift Catalogue to find the perfect gift for everyone on your list.
Because really...does your mother-in-law need one more thing to dust?
The Gift of Childhood Fun
For the kids or the kids at heart on your list, get the gift of fun by purchasing new toys or soccer balls for a little boy or girl. In countries around the world, there are kids who don’t have much to play with and will use a ball made of rags tied with string. Imagine their joy when they have a real soccer ball to play with.
Home Is Where The Heart Is
In many areas, families are forced to live in makeshift tents or shacks. From a “ger” for a Mongolian family to helping to build a new home in countries across the world, this gift will give be a great foundation and a new life for a family in need. You’re not just buying a shelter, you’re buying a family a home.
The Gift of Potential
You may hear “Mom, I hate school!” on a daily basis but education is a priceless gift for girls and boys in impoverished countries. Many girls are forced to stay home to do chores and care for younger siblings, never having the chance to go to school. So imagine the joy in sending a child to school who will actually appreciate it.
The Gift of Independence
On the fifth day of Christmas a family gave to me five fishing kits, four olive trees, three fat hens, two grazing goats and a dairy cow just for meeeeee.
Helping a family start a booming new business is as simple as buying the equipment needed like a fishing kit to help feed a family, or two hens and a rooster that can lay up to 150 eggs a year. These are gifts that will give families financial independence and help break the cycle of poverty. And just think how surprised Uncle Bob will be to find a goat in his stocking this Christmas.
Gifts That Multiply
Imagine giving a gift that costs you $35 and it multiplies by three, five, ten times and beyond. You can feed a family for 30 days, teach families how to grow food, stock a medical clinic and even provide clothing for 25 children and families. And thanks to government grants and donations from North American companies, these gifts will multiply several times over to deliver even more life-saving help. Isn’t that much better than the mold multiplying on the fruit cake you gave to Aunt Trudy for Christmas last year.
As an added bonus to helping families in need around the world, with every gift you purchase you will receive a free handmade ornament*, crafted by women earning a fair wage in Brazil.
So go on, this Christmas find the perfect gift for the loved ones in your life and spread joy across the world by giving a gift from the World Vision Gift Catalogue. All from the comfort of your home - no crowds, no wrapping.
*while supplies last
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