Happy Monday all! I hope all of you Americans enjoyed the nice long Thanksgiving weekend and all the food that went along with it. We spent the weekend with friends and family, relaxed, ate, decorated the house for Christmas and did absolutely no shopping. In my eyes, a perfect weekend. How were your weekends? Did anyone score any amazing Black Friday deals?
Last year, I did several posts on gifts that give back for the holiday season and I thought it would be fun to start the giving list again this year. Many of the gifts are great for the holiday season but if what I find is anything like last year, the gifts are often available throughout the year. I love when I can make my money do double duty and help people at the same time. So today I have to start with two of my favorite things…
Shoes & Wine.
You likely aren’t strangers to Tom shoes but I have found that they make great gifts. What is even better is every time I wear mine someone that isn’t familiar with the brand asks me about the shoe. It is a great opportunity to share a bit about their mission. Plus the shoes are super comfortable and they have some adorable festive styles for the holiday season.
Wine makes a great gift for that person who has everything, for someone you may not know super well, or for your best friend who you know loves a great pinot noir. Why not give a bottle that gives back?
Luckily there are several options with some that you can find in most grocery stores and others you will likely have to order online or through specialty wine retailers.
Some favorites include:
One Hope Wine-donate half of all profits to various charities
Canine Wines- donate $5 from each bottle to animal rescue
Humanitas Wines- donates to Habitat for Humanity and Feeding America
Lookout Ridge Wines- gives a wheelchair to someone in need for every bottle sold. The wine is pricey but they actually donate more than they take in through the sale of the wine.
Flip Flop Wines- donates a pair of shoes to a child in need through Souls for Soles for each bottle sold.
Thank you for doing this post! Awesome…..
These are both great suggestions! Love TOMS, and you can’t go wrong with wine!
I have a ‘gifts that give back’ post scheduled to go out this week, I love gifts that give back!!! Great suggestions!
Love this idea!!
thanks for sharing, Alicia
love this – such a great idea – thanks for sharing these awesome options too!
What a great idea! Love it!!
Such a wonderful idea!
oh thank you! I plan on giving each of my girlfriends a pretty wrapped bottle of wine this year and these choices will make the gift GIVING part of it so much more special. Great finds!
Love this! Looking forward to finding out about more giving back gifts!
I love this series, and I love wine! Will have to try some of your suggestions (and give some away as gifts, of course
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Thank you for mentioning Flipflop Wines! We really appreciate their support (and yours!) and are able to change more lives because of their donations.
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