Looking for a gift that benefits the poor and disadvantaged or religious communities as much as the person who receives your gift? Make a donation to an organization that helps the poor ... consider a "fair-trade" gift which helps indigenous workers earn a fair living, protects the environment and preserves natural resources ... or choose a gift created by Catholic sisters, brothers, nuns and monks to support their religious communities.
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Here's a list of organizations through which you can make a life-sustaining gift to those in need:
• Amos Trust
• Catholic Relief Services
• Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
• CrossCatholic Outreach
• Gift of Hope
• Global Giving
• The Heifer Project
• International Rescue Committee
• Mennonite Central Commitee
• Oxfam America
• Save the Children Federation
• Unbound/Christian Foundation for Children & Aging
• Worldvision
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Here's a list of organizations which sell socially-responsible, fair trade items which benefit local producers around the world:
LOCAL VENDORS
• World's Window. 214 Main St, Cedar Falls, IA 50613
http://www.worldswindowcf.org/
ONLINE VENDORS
• Equal Exhange
• Fair Indigo
• Food for the Poor
• Gifts with Humanity
• Grounds for Change
• The Hunger Site
• Maggies Organics
• Mayaworks
• Novica
• Serrv International
• Ten Thousand Villages
• World Wide Child
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Here is a list of sources which sell a variety of gifts manufactured by Catholic nuns and monks to support their religious communities.
Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey. Dubuque, Iowa.
(candy and caramels)
http://www.monasterycandy.com/
Assumption Abbey. Ava, Missouri.
(fruitcake)
https://www.assumptionabbey.org/fruitcakes
Carmelite Monks of Wyoming. Powell, Wyoming.
(coffee and tea)
https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.
Genesee Abbey. Piffard, New York.
(bread, spreads, soups, coffee, sauces, dressings, baked goods)
https://shop.monksbread.com/
Gethsamane Farms. Trappist, Kentucky.
(fruitcake, fudge, and preserves)
https://www.gethsemanifarms.
Holy Cross Monastery. West Park, New York.
(fruitcake, truffles, and creamed honey)
https://www.
Ministry of the Arts/Congregation of St. Joseph. LaGrange Park, Illinois.
(art, cards, calendars and assorted gifts)
http://ministryofthearts.org/
Monastery Icons/Sacred Arts Foundation. West Chester, Ohio.
(icons, statues, religious art and gifts)
https://www.monasteryicons.
Monastery of Bethlehem, New York
(ornaments, china)
https://www.monasteryofbethlehemnewyork.com/shop
Printery House. Conception, Missouri.
(greeting cards, religious art and gifts)
http://www.printeryhouse.org/
Redwoods Abbey. Whitethorn, California.
(creamed honey)
http://www.redwoodsabbey.org/
St. Joseph Abbey. Spencer, Massachusetts
(ale and preserves)
https://www.spencerabbey.org/we-live-by-the-work-of-our-hands/
Sisters of St. Francis. Sylvania, Ohio.
(arts and religious gifts)
http://www.allgoodthingsosf.
More options are available here:
Monastery Greetings Catalog
www.monasterygreetings.com
A Nun's Life Ministry Catalog
http://anunslife.org/blogs/
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[Last update: 11.17.23]