There are gift guides galore on the interwebs these days, so I thought I’d do a happy spin on them … this isn’t about specific gifts I love, but great places to shop for them. These six websites all donate to worthy causes or employ people in developing nations at fair wages or a little…
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Austin Bakes for Bastrop
I love cookies, and I love what the group Austin Bakes is doing with bake sales to support people close to home and far away (remember Austin Bakes for Japan? It raised almost $12,000). Saturday, October 1st from 10a to 2p, hundreds of bakers, bloggers, businesses, and consumers will unite for Austin Bakes for Bastrop, a…
Help Attack!
Penny for your tweet? Help Attack! is a new Austin-based company that allows people to pledge a small amount for each Tweet (or soon each status update, check in, blog post–anything online and countable) to their favorite nonproft. This tweet could be worth $$$. Or at least cents. It doesn’t matter what the content is,…
Austin: New Local Daily Deal Site GivShop
Only in Austin, where deal sites populate the city like musicians, would we have a new daily deal site that gives back–as in, 50% of your purchase price goes back to a non-profit of your choice. How ridiculously cool is that? Hello GivShop. Joining Groupon, LivingSocial, aDealio, Localiter, and Eversave, GivShop offers similar fare to…
April Big Hearts Bag Giveaway
Buy A Bag, Donate A Bag During j’tote bags’ April Big Hearts Bag Giveaway. You buy one of their luxurious, fashionable, handy (padded!) laptop bags, and they’ll donate one to one of three non-profits they’ve chosen–but you select which one. I own two of these bags (the Saoirse and the Grainne, pictured, if you’re curious)…
Volunteer for Christmas!
An article in the Statesman today, Charities Suffering in Ailing Economy, focuses on how charities are suffering in this slow economy, especially with cash donations. It cites some scary statistics (“Contributions to the American Red Cross of Central Texas have decreased nearly 50 percent”?!?!) but also goes on to say that there are some bright…