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• The Babble Review: Karito Kids Dolls

  Your girls and boys who must have a doll for Christmas have another family of gals to beg for, but these are fully clothed and helping the world. Thank god. Karito Kids has a line of dolls that have a story to tell, mysteries to solve and cuteness that your youngest kiddos will appreciate. Our pick for this holiday season Read More... Posted Dec 10 2008, 10:33 AM by editors with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Toys, dolls, gifts, karito kids, do good, Australia, holiday giftt guide

• Do Good: Spunky Sprout and Reach the Children Feed Kenya

  Spunky Sprout has decided to respond to the current crisis in Kenya in a most befitting way: Purchase one of their designated baby shirts or onesies (four adorable tie-dyed designs from which to choose, and just $6 each), and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Reach the Children to feed Kenyan orphans and families in need. That's fashion with a purpose, baby,  Posted Jan 11 2008, 09:01 AM by Mir with | with no comments Filed under: tshirts, clothing, spunky sprout, charity, do good, kenya, reach the children

• Do Good: Buy Kaching, Help Endangered Wildlife

  5% from the sale of each of Kaching Design's new Endangered Animal Series shirts will go directly to the World Wildlife Fund to help protect the animals featured. (Maybe that will make the $32 price tag a bit easier to justify.) Each long-sleeved cotton shirt comes in sizes 2-6. Choose from grey wolves, panda, or polar bear. Posted Dec 24 2007, 04:01 PM by Mir with | with no comments Filed under: tshirts, clothing, charity, do good, kaching, endangered animals

• Do Good: IFAW Gifts for Animals

  Here's the perfect holiday gift for the tiny animal lover (or her parents) on your holiday gift list this year: Visit animalgift.org to donate money to an IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) animal campaign -- right now they are featuring elephant preservation, Russian bear cub rescue, or Canadian baby seal rescue -- and your good karma comes with small trinkets to pass along in commemoration of your gift. No, you don't do it for the pen and pencil set, colorful card, brochure, or even the canvas tote bag, but it's a nice little bonus. (Not to mention that this is a much more socially acceptable way to support wildlife than just standing around and spray-painting people's fur coats.) Posted Dec 17 2007, 04:00 PM by Mir with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: gifts, holiday gifts, charity, do good, animal preservation, IFAW, animalgift.org

• Do Good: Shop Sandbox Couture, Benefit CHOC

  If you're picking up some clothes for your favorite little fashionista at Sandbox Couture this holiday season, don't forget that you can use coupon code CHOC10 to save 10% off your order, and that doing so will result in Sandbox Couture donating 5% of their net revenue on your sale to CHOC Foundation for Children. It's a little bit of savings for you, and a little bit of money and good karma towards a worthy cause. Posted Dec 12 2007, 07:30 AM by Mir with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Sandbox Couture, coupon code, charity, do good, CHOC

• Do Good: Save the Children, One Ethiopian Apple Tree at a Time

  Here's another great charity option for a holiday or new baby gift for the spawn who already has it all: Go visit Save the Children and consider choosing a charitable gift in recipient's honor. I particularly like the $75 option of apple tree seedlings for Ethiopian farmers -- for the price of what most designer toddler dinnerware costs, you're helping struggling villages build sustainable economy. Posted Dec 11 2007, 10:03 AM by Mir with | with no comments Filed under: gifts, charity, do good, save the children, ethiopian apple trees

• Do Good: Give an Acre of Rainforest with The Nature Conservancy

  The Nature Conservancy would be happy to gift that special someone on your list with a half-acre or more of Costa Rican rainforest. (For an explanation of their Conservation By Design philosophy, go here.) All levels of giving come with a certificate, fact sheet, and a one-year subscription to their award-winning magazine. That's not a bad deal starting at $25, and I promise Junior's parents will appreciate it more than the latest Elmo. Posted Dec 10 2007, 03:01 PM by Mir with | with no comments Filed under: charity, do good, the nature conservancy, rainforest, adopt an acre of rainforest

• Do Good: Double Donations with First Book

  If you're unfamiliar with First Book, they're an organization dedicated to providing new books to disadvantaged children -- a worthy charity at any time. But now through December 31st, 2007, every dollar donated to First Book will be matched by one new book from Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. That makes it a doubly wonderful time to make a donation in honor of someone, don't you think? I suggest printing out the card for your honoree and presenting it tucked into -- what else? -- a favorite book. Donation levels start at just $10, and remember that through the end of the year that will be matched with an additional 10 books.  Posted Dec 10 2007, 10:03 AM by Mir with | with no comments Filed under: Books, reading, charity, do good, first book

• Do Good: Give the Gift of an Oceana Adoption

  If you're looking for a meaningful holiday gift for a little one that isn't about "stuff," perhaps you'd like to investigate adopt-a-creature at Oceana. Adoptions start at $35, where your donation comes with a cookie cutter shaped like your chosen creature, a sugar cookie recipe, and facts on ocean creatures. Choose from sixteen creatures, or choose a subgroup of four or all sixteen. You get to make cookies, and the oceans get protection. Happy holidays, indeed.  Posted Dec 10 2007, 07:04 AM by Mir with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: charity, do good, sea creature adoption, sea creatures, oceana

• Do Good: Robert's Snow Snowflakes Auction

  Want to celebrate the season with a one-of-a-kind piece of art that will help raise money for a good cause? Check out the Robert's Snow auction, snowflake ornaments painted by children's book illustrators and then auctioned off to benefit cancer research. There will be three weeks of auctions, and the first one went live today. Each snowflake starts at an opening bid of $50. Some of them are absolutely breathtaking. [Hat tip: book, book, book]  Posted Nov 19 2007, 12:03 PM by Mir with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: gifts, ornaments, do good, cancer, Christmas ornaments, robert's snow, snowflakes

• Do Good: PCRF Holiday Cards

  Each year the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation produces sets of kid-friendly holiday greeting cards designed by young cancer patients. Proceeds from the sales benefit pediatric cancer research, and are mighty cute, to boot. Set of 12 cards for $12; plenty of options from which to choose.  Posted Nov 16 2007, 09:02 AM by Mir with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: holiday, charity, do good, cancer, pcrf, greeting card