Alterative Christmas Gifts

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Alterative Christmas Gifts

• By Brianna Hill

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Its That Time of Year

• Decorating the Christmas tree
• Shopping for gifts for friends and family
• Making a wish list yourself
• But what could you possible need?
• New X-Box, a lab top, the new I-phone
• But do you really need this?
• The money could be spent on something more
  practical

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Alternative Christmas Gifts

• No newest technology Give to a charity
• A Big organization
• Breast Cancer Research
• Starving Children
• Or little organizations that interest you
• Animal adoption centers
• Donate to a natural disaster relief fund

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Two Positives

• You
• No access gifts
• You feel good about helping out
• The Organization
• Better able to go though with its mission
• Doesnt have to be money. can be Time or access
  stuff

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How to Find Alternative Gifts

• Search the internet by interested organization
• www.Locksoflove.org
• www.wish.org
• www.worldfund.org
• Or look around your community
• Churches often have Alternative gifts
• Animal shelters
• Blood drives, food banks

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This Christmas

• Dont just give to your family and friends
• Give to the less fortunate
• Whether for research, or helping children
• The money goes to a good cause
• You are supporting an issue you care about
• Rather than asking for the latest technology
• Live with what youve got (not too bad)
• Give the saved money to a charity