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Title: Sorta last minute Holiday gift
Post by: Tom on 22 Dec 2010, 00:31

So, I left my uncle's Christmas present to the almost last minute. He's a hard-line, smug atheist type who prefers his $30 dollar Kris Kringle gift go to charity. Any ideas where I could buy a chook for an impoverished 3rd world community or something.

Title: Re: Sorta last minute Holiday gift
Post by: Eris on 22 Dec 2010, 00:35

They normally have people trying to push those kind of donations at the big shopping centres. Maybe try braving one of those places?


I am having trouble buying presents for a certain person and am running out of time, so we are going to go shopping together after christmas to try and find something. A good present might just be me not complaining about how hard he is to shop for for a while.

Title: Re: Sorta last minute Holiday gift
Post by: The Seldom Killer on 22 Dec 2010, 01:15

Oxfam online. Choice of gifts to benefit their aid projects in stricken and developing nations.

Title: Re: Sorta last minute Holiday gift
Post by: Johnny C on 22 Dec 2010, 01:23

dude buy him a goat through oxfam, the money doesn't represent the price of a goat or like the cost of oxfam doing business as embodied by a goat, it straight up buys a literal goat, some dude even made a documentary where he went and found his goat (http://www.wheresmygoat.com)

Title: Re: Sorta last minute Holiday gift
Post by: Tom on 22 Dec 2010, 01:42

Thanks, sorted.

Title: Re: Sorta last minute Holiday gift
Post by: bainidhe_dub on 22 Dec 2010, 06:10

Heifer (sp? like a cow) International does this too - you can choose your farm animal. My mom's family got together and sent an ox to Thailand this year.

Title: Re: Sorta last minute Holiday gift
Post by: valley_parade on 22 Dec 2010, 06:26

My uncle went through some charity a few years ago and donated a wheelchair to a kid in a 3rd world country.

I wish I could remember what it was called.

Title: Re: Sorta last minute Holiday gift
Post by: Edith on 22 Dec 2010, 07:47

Change.org does a holiday gift guide every year. Here's (http://blog.change.org/?p=472) the link to this year's.