You can help
support human rights and care for the environment by remembering these
tips: buy fair trade whenever possible,
when store shopping support local businesses, recycle wrapping paper or better
yet use old newspapers or self-decorated paper bags instead, make a present
yourself instead of buying something from the store, consider as a present
giving your time and talents to help out a friend or family member (coupon
book), etc., or donate to a charity that works to uplift human rights and/or
protect the environment in honor of your friend or family member.
Did you know you
can support the Congregation this Christmas while shopping online at Amazon.com
for presents? You can, through Amazon
Smile! It works just like the regular
Amazon, but by going through http://smile.amazon.com/ first, and
searching for “Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word”
and selecting that as your charity.
Then, from every purchase you make on Amazon .5% will be donated back to
the Congregation.
We also encourage
you to consider giving an alternative Christmas gift this year through Women’s
Global Connection (WGC). This year, WGC invites you to do something different
when thinking about what to give that person who already has it all. Give more
than a gift to one person; give to better a family’s daily lives and change the
future for people in places such as Tanzania and Peru. WGC’s Alternative
Program is a way to transform the lives of others in the name of your loved ones.
You can help alleviate poverty by supporting access to clean water, funding
education, or building family businesses. See what your donation in the name of
a loved one could do at http://www.womensglobalconnection.org/
Have a Very Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year from the Congregational JPIC Office!
Go into all the world,
and
preach the gospel
to every creature.
-Mark 16,15-
Great reminder! Thanks for all the options.
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