iGiveTwice: Holiday Gifts Which Give Back

Written by on December 14, 2009 in Featured, Tech - 8 Comments

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The Christmas shopping season is here and we wanted to help you share in the spirit of the season by thinking twice about where you shop and what you give this holiday season.

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iGiveTwice is a recently launched online campaign  to encourage all of us to give gifts with social and environmental benefits. Led by SocialEarth advisor, Olivia Khalili, it is an independent, non-affiliated campaign to alter the way that people think about  buying gifts and consequently, through their choices, change people’s lives.

“Criteria for gifts that give back are inclusive; if you feel that a fair-trade or environmentally sourced product fits, then it does. It’s about making a conscious decision about what one buys and understanding the potential good your purchase does. Originally, I made a commitment to buy only gifts that give back this holiday. I then decided to turn it into a campaign to sensitize people to cause-oriented giving options.”

iGiveTwice is not a product directory but products are listed and collected through user tweets and recommendations.

Follow this campaign on Twitter @igivetwice and help spread the word!

Image Source: Lifechurch.tv and iGiveTwice

Naiomi

Naiomi is passionate about business for good and social entrepreneurship. As co-founder of SocialEarth, she hopes to help create an information platform enabling those doing good to share their stories with those those seeking to help and are interested in moving our world forward.

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  • http://twitter.com/OKL Olivia Khalili

    Thanks for the support.

    iGiveTwice is partnering with MyContestSite.com to give away an iPod (RED) to support AIDS research. It just takes a tweet to enter (really) and by entering you help promote the message of choosing to buy gifts with a social benefit; by winning, you help sponsor AIDS research. Go to http://mycontestsite.com

    Tweet your favorite gift that gives back (is it TOMS Shoes, (Product) RED, OneHope Wines?) and we'll feature your product recommendation on iGiveTwice.com and tweet it out.

  • http://www.whocarescampaign.org/j-donate.php Emily Bell

    I love the iGiveTwice Campaign! Very cool! Consider the Gift of Health this holiday season by supporting the training of health workers in Africa. Tanzania faces a severe shortage of doctors, nurses and other health workers. For eg, there is only one doctor for every 30,000 people in Tanzania compared to one doctor for every 300 people in NY! Check out http://www.whocarescampaign.org/j-donate.php to send a tribute card or make a donation in someone's honor this holiday.

  • http://twitter.com/OKL Olivia Khalili

    Emily, great organization–I hadn't yet heard of them. Tweet it out and tag it #igivetwice and we'll feature it on the site. Thanks for the great suggestion!

  • http://twitter.com/OKL Olivia Khalili

    Thanks for the support.

    iGiveTwice is partnering with MyContestSite.com to give away an iPod (RED) to support AIDS research. It just takes a tweet to enter (really) and by entering you help promote the message of choosing to buy gifts with a social benefit; by winning, you help sponsor AIDS research. Go to http://mycontestsite.com

    Tweet your favorite gift that gives back (is it TOMS Shoes, (Product) RED, OneHope Wines?) and we'll feature your product recommendation on iGiveTwice.com and tweet it out.

  • http://www.whocarescampaign.org/j-donate.php Emily Bell

    I love the iGiveTwice Campaign! Very cool! Consider the Gift of Health this holiday season by supporting the training of health workers in Africa. Tanzania faces a severe shortage of doctors, nurses and other health workers. For eg, there is only one doctor for every 30,000 people in Tanzania compared to one doctor for every 300 people in NY! Check out http://www.whocarescampaign.org/j-donate.php to send a tribute card or make a donation in someone's honor this holiday.

  • http://twitter.com/OKL Olivia Khalili

    Emily, great organization–I hadn't yet heard of them. Tweet it out and tag it #igivetwice and we'll feature it on the site. Thanks for the great suggestion!

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