LIVING GIFT FESTIVAL

Living Gift sales at our stores end on Christmas Eve. If you wish to purchase a Living Gift after Christmas, you may purchase them online from MCC - click on 'Donate Now' and follow the link to Donate Online. In the comments section, please indicate Living Gift and the name of the project you wish to donate to.

Living Gifts are designed to inspire alternative gift giving ideas that meet simple human needs for good health and a decent living. This holiday season, you can show your loved ones how much you care by donating to a number of different projects on their behalf.

Last year Ten Thousand Villages customers across Canada donated over $840,000 to Living Gift projects.

Living Gifts are available at both Ottawa stores until Christmas Eve.

This year's Living Gift projects are:

• Give Green
  $20 helps provide tools, vegetable seeds, organic fertilizer and training for one farmer in Guatemala.
  
  
• Give Education
  $26 gives a student the required school uniform and helps buy workbooks for math, science, history and language courses.
  $300 is the cost of a one year Global Family sponsorship to provide creative, community-based education for children and young adults.
  
  
• Give Care
  $49 is the cost of a goat and its care in places like Bangladesh, Palestine and Kenya.
  $398 helps fill a 'barnyard' with animals and assists farm families to develop flocks and herds.
  
  
• Give Comfort
  $51 helps cover the cost of three months of antiretroviral treatment for one person in Nigeria.

These projects represent the work of our parent organisation, Mennonite Central Committee in the major areas of relief, agriculture, environment and education.

If you are not able to visit our stores, or if you wish to purchase a Living Gift after Christmas, you may purchase them online from MCC - click on 'Donate Now' and follow the link to Donate Online. In the comments section, please indicate Living Gift and the name of the project you wish to donate to.