TheAlternative Gift Market is a non-profit organization that lets you give your friends "gifts" of donations to agencies that inovlved in humanitarian, environmental, etc., causes, instead of material things.

For those of us who wish to break out of the Holiday shopping rat race, for one reason or another (hard to find the "right" present, too late to get it there in time, don't like the environmental impact of packaging and shipping, just don't like the commercialization of Christmas, etc.), AGM offers a neat alternative. Choose a cause that your friend believes in, and make a donation in their name, sending them a card to tell them what you've given in their name.

The website has all the details, catalogs of organizations and projects, and what you can buy for your specified donation.

Check it out.

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