Lots of options this year…

Most of us have more than we need.

Some of us have so much we have to rent extra space to store the stuff we no longer use.

For us, the thought of someone spending money, which may be more scarce for the giver, to give us more things seems a bit crazy.

But we also know how good it feels to give, and especially at Christmas, we like to give gifts to show our love.

So why not think about a different sort of gift this Christmas.

Click on any of these links and know that your gift is really doing good for someone who needs it.

Blanket America. Buy one blanket, and another one is donated to the needy.

Red Earth Trading Company. Everything you buy not only produces work for the artisans who create it, but all profits are donated to sustain local communities in East Africa.

Tom’s Shoes. Buy a pair and another pair is donated to needy kids. Tom’s was one of the first One for One projects, and now it has expanded to eye glasses too.

Same Sky is a trade-not-aid initiative that employes HIV positive women in developing countries. Their catalogue is huge!

DesignedGood, all sorts of stuff not only designed well but designed to do good, as well.

Wear Figs. Their threads for threads program supplies one school uniform to a needy child for each tie you purchase.

Got a newborn in your extended family? Check out Baby-Teresa.com. For each romper sold, another — and forumula — is given to a baby in need.

Smile Squared. Buy a toothbrush and one is donated to a child who doesn’t have one.

Roozt. A membership buying club where each new member feeds one hungry person, and every purchase has a story.

Merry Christmas!