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Give a gift with meaning
Peter Burke, Opinions Editor
Issue date: 12/5/06
Last Updated: 12/29/07
A couple of examples I found while browsing the Web site were: a piglet for a poor family in China for $35, a month's worth of food for a family in Iran for $15, tutoring for an Iraqi teenage girl for $50, a bible in Arabic for $9, clean water for a family in North Africa for $50 and education for a child in Sudan for $9 per month. There are also bigger gifts like building a well or a hospital which cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.
These gifts are about helping people in other countries. This is even a good option for people who are not Christians because Partners is a credible organization which truly provides hope to people in dire situations.
The gift that helps someone in need is the perfect thing to give an individual, or a family that seems to have everything. There are three positives that come from giving a gift that helps someone in need.
The first is that you, the giver, feel great about giving something meaningful that will not show up in next July's garage sale. Second, the person or family receiving the gift knows that you thought of them and they also feel they are part of something bigger than themselves. There is no way that they can feel disappointed with their third copy of Scategories if you have given a goat to a poor family in their name.
Lastly, although it is impossible to know the exact impact the gift will have, this is a way that Americans can actually reach out and help countries ravaged by war or famine without writing letters to their senator. This is a tangible, individual gift that will go directly to the project that you intend it to.
If you are interested in giving a Harvest of Hope gift, visit the Partners International sponsored Web site at www.harvestofhope.org and select the gift that best fits in your budget this year. Make sure to order by Dec. 15 if you want to guarantee that a certificate will be mailed to you in time to put it in a Christmas card.
Christmas has become a very selfish, consumer-driven, gift-centric holiday and a gift that gives to someone who is actually in need is valuable in so many ways. Giving gifts to each other is still important, yet when confronted with the extreme poverty in the world, sometimes it is important to consider people outside of your normal scope of activity. This Christmas is the perfect opportunity to do that.
These gifts are about helping people in other countries. This is even a good option for people who are not Christians because Partners is a credible organization which truly provides hope to people in dire situations.
The gift that helps someone in need is the perfect thing to give an individual, or a family that seems to have everything. There are three positives that come from giving a gift that helps someone in need.
The first is that you, the giver, feel great about giving something meaningful that will not show up in next July's garage sale. Second, the person or family receiving the gift knows that you thought of them and they also feel they are part of something bigger than themselves. There is no way that they can feel disappointed with their third copy of Scategories if you have given a goat to a poor family in their name.
Lastly, although it is impossible to know the exact impact the gift will have, this is a way that Americans can actually reach out and help countries ravaged by war or famine without writing letters to their senator. This is a tangible, individual gift that will go directly to the project that you intend it to.
If you are interested in giving a Harvest of Hope gift, visit the Partners International sponsored Web site at www.harvestofhope.org and select the gift that best fits in your budget this year. Make sure to order by Dec. 15 if you want to guarantee that a certificate will be mailed to you in time to put it in a Christmas card.
Christmas has become a very selfish, consumer-driven, gift-centric holiday and a gift that gives to someone who is actually in need is valuable in so many ways. Giving gifts to each other is still important, yet when confronted with the extreme poverty in the world, sometimes it is important to consider people outside of your normal scope of activity. This Christmas is the perfect opportunity to do that.
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