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cover story 86 percent of Americans are likely to donate to charity this holiday season. The U.S. Fund for Unicef: helping children everywhere thrive Click on headings to access websites Save the Children: taking care of children around the world Save the Children's Gifts of Joy! is a marvelous website to visit with your grandchild (you can order a catalogue online, if you prefer). For over 80 years, they've provided unique and meaningful ways to help others around the world: providing necessary resources (clean water pumps; medical supplies; education for girls) or a way to make a living (a goat, sheep, or cow; bee farming supplies; seed and tools for farming; and so on). You can also donate backpacks and school supplies to American schoolrooms, or buy small gifts for your grandchild that will support Save the Children charities. Once you've selected the gift, you can opt to receive a "thank you" card for your grandchild that will serve as a reminder of how good it feels to give. To add to your pleasure, approximately 90 percent of the funds raised go to the charities. 26 GRAND NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2014 Unicef USA offers a program called Inspired Gifts, which offers the opportunity to purchase lifesaving items (mosquito nets, basic immunization kits); educational items (text books, story books, desks); and items that will improve lives (bicycles, water purification tablets, winter coats and blankets). Gifts are distributed to over 150 sites around the world, wherever the need is greatest. Once you choose your gifts, they will mail gift cards (or "thank you" cards) anywhere in the United States, with your grandchild's name on them. This is another one that would be ideal to visit with your grandchildren, so they can choose which gifts feels most right to them. How much you can give ranges from minimal into the thousands-and it's always good to be generous! TisBest™: Where it's all about giving TisBest Charity Gift Cards offer a way for you to buy a gift card that doesn't add "more stuff" to your grandchild's pile of gifts. Instead, they can use this card to choose where and how they'd like the money donated. Various holiday images are offered or you can upload your own images to create the gift card. TisBest™ will then email a card you can print (or mail you a plastic card), which your grandchild will redeem to the charity of his or her choice. Over 300 charities are listed on the Tisbest website, and after a minimal servicing fee for donations over $5, the rest goes to the charity. They feature multiple ways to interact, including blogs, and a short video of gifting (see below). Start Them Young TisBest™ believes that every child has the ability to make a difference in the world and developed a unique program called Discover Giving, a classroom philanthropy project that guides students through a handson giving experience using fun, engaging activities designed to foster altruism and spark a lifelong appreciation for the power of generosity. Their videos alone are a sensational resource for year-round giving. NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2014 GRAND 27 http://www.tisbest.org/ http://inspiredgifts.unicefusa.org/?gclid=CjwKEAjw-JqgBRCAyqjoic27nlQSJABBTpFEArRtJddhSQx5IZ8ImuhmCdLEgmUJXkdNYwW1iZMjJRoCO1jw_wcB http://inspiredgifts.unicefusa.org/?gclid=CjwKEAjw-JqgBRCAyqjoic27nlQSJABBTpFEArRtJddhSQx5IZ8ImuhmCdLEgmUJXkdNYwW1iZMjJRoCO1jw_wcB http://gift.savethechildren.org/site/c.dvKSIbOSIlJcH/b.6885579/k.BFD5/Home.htm?_ga=1.99512798.1550887934.1409775914 http://gift.savethechildren.org/site/c.dvKSIbOSIlJcH/b.6885579/k.BFD5/Home.htm?_ga=1.99512798.1550887934.1409775914 http://www.tisbest.org/discovergiving.aspx

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