LIVING GIFT FESTIVAL 2011

The Living Gift Sale will start November 5th in both Ottawa stores and will be available each weekend at the Festival Sale.

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 $613,000 to Living Gift projects.

Living Gifts are available at both Ottawa stores until December 31st.

This year's Living Gift projects are:

Give Opportunity
$24 equips student with the resources needed to go to school with supplies such as uniforms, shoes, books and/or teaching materials.

Give Empowerment
$25 supplies literacy materials and training for a woman beginning a new life in Bangladesh.

Give A Goat
$35 provides one female milk goat and training in agriculture and livestock management to a family in Kenya. 

Give A Sand Dam
$40 provides materials (four bags of cement) to build a sand dam that supplies valuable water to a village in Tanzania or Zambia

Give Education
$300 provides a one-year Global Family sponsorship for a child or young adult in Vietnam or Honduras. 

Give A Farmyard
$350 fills a farmyard with animals and helps families change their economic status by providing a healthy diet and income. 

These projects represent the work of the organization we grew out of, Mennonite Central Committee in the major areas of relief, agriculture, environment and education.

If you are not able to visit our stores, 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.