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 |  Subject: Love Wins In 2017: Here Are 25+ Valentine's Day Gifts That Give Back Sun Feb 05, 2017 1:09 pm | |
| What’s sexier than a dazzling bauble, luscious chocolate or another thoughtfully chosen gift for Valentine’s Day? How about knowing that the above comes from a source that gives back to people and organizations who need it most?
You can start shopping at GlobeIn, Ten Thousand Villages orGlobal Goods Partners, where every selection supports artisans around the world. And if a movie is on your date agenda, Atom’s mobile ticketing app and website donates 10% of sales to the American Heart Association when you use the code “Heart10.”
Here are 25 other gift ideas that will set you up with extra karma points because at least 10 percent of sales (or buy-one-give-one programs) benefit worthy organizations:
1. Go beyond roses and Madam Francis Mango tree from PlantOGram.com. A full 20% of the purchase price helps educate Haitian women so they can better provide for their families. If you’re thinking about something for indoors, pick out a plant and coordinating pot from Léon & George and know your purchase equals one tree planted with the National Forest Foundation.
2. The only thing more hipster than a sterling silver Moustache Tie Bar is a sterling silver ‘stache. Cufflinks.com donates 10% of proceeds to prostate cancer research.
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They’re guilt-free because they help farmers in Ecuador. Go on, have two. (Photo: Heifer International)
3. Even do-gooders like chocolate on Valentine’s Day. Heifer International, an organization that supports farmers internationally, offers up ethically sourced Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramelsthat help lift small-scale Ecuadorian farmers out of poverty.
4. [url=https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fvanessamcgrady%2F2017%2F02%2F04%2Fvalentines2017%2F&text=Amplify all the goodness that wine can bring with %40ColbyRedWine and %40onehopewine%2C which support %23charities %23Valentines]Amplify all the goodness that wine can bring[/url] by buying aONEHOPE Spa Gift Crate, which helps fund clinical trials for women with breast cancer, or Colby Red Wine, which as has donated more than $850,000 to organizations that promote heart health.
5. Awe gives 20 percent of its jewelry sales of to one of four charities: CancerCare, The Fisher House Foundation, The Trevor Project and RAINN. This is no pity buy, either. The pieces, for men and women, are powerfully modern and simple.
Jewelry and accessories from the Shine Project help scholarship kids stay in school and learn business. (Photo: The Shine Project)
6. Help scholarship recipients shine by shopping for birthstone jewelry and clothing at the Shine Project. All aspects of the company are run by scholarship students so they can stay in school, meet their expenses and learn business.
7. Wear it loud and proud: Violet Wears female empowerment cotton T-shirts have messages for the world. For each shirt purchased, another goes to a woman in a homeless shelter.Bravely’s shirts and bags employ women survivors of sexual exploitation and addiction.
8. Keep it clean: When you buy the natural, luxurious soap fromHealth 2 Humanity, you’re supporting its nonprofit arm, H2H Global, which uses the profits to set up soap businesses in third-world countries. Giving Soaps donates 20% to charity:water, Feed My Starving Children, and My Day Counts.
This luxe bedding line supports victims of domestic violence. (Photo: Crane & Canopy)
9. Crane & Canopy’s line of luxury bedding helps domestic violence victims get a better nights’ sleep, with at least 15% of proceeds going to shelters across the nation.
10. When you want to add a little lip service to the day, 50% of sales from Kari Gran’s Wonder Whip lip balm supports free, life-changing surgeries. And 100% of proceeds from Robin McGraw’sAveryLasting Love Lip Gloss quartet funds domestic violence programs.
11. [url=https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fvanessamcgrady%2F2017%2F02%2F04%2Fvalentines2017%2F&text=We know %23loveisloveislove%3A This %40williamssonoma mug supports %23LGBTQ equality. %23Valentines2017 %23shopping]We know love is love is love[/url] , so now Williams-Sonoma’s “Love Is Love” mug donates 50% of proceeds to further LGBTQ equality. (It’s also available in stores and online at West Elm and Pottery Barn.)
12. For every piece of seriously stunning MADI Apparel you buy, a pair of self-wicking, antimicrobial underwear goes to a woman in a domestic violence shelter, homeless shelter or rape crisis center.
13. A good bag is perhaps the most subtly powerful calling card you can own. So make your purchase count at Vessel, a San Diego-based seller of high-end totes, briefcases, duffels and golf bags, which donates a backpack to a child in need with every sale—13,000 to date.
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