The material is a combination of 100% cotton and washable velvet in tundra red, appliqués in black dot and textured fleece. The comforter measures 45″L x 36″W. This dust ruffle is washable velvet with a black dot trim. The matching accessories include diaper stacker, toy bag, valance, mobile, hamper, pillows, whale lamp and shade, photo frame, and 3-piece wall art.
The manuafacturer, Cotton Tale Designs, will make a donation to the World Wildlife Fund on sales of all Arctic Babies items.
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Healthy Child Healthy World (HCHW) is a national non-profit organization which is dedicated to educating parents, caregivers and the general public about environmental toxins that affect children’s health.
Organic Style offers 20 stems of these beautiful gerbera daisies
The daisies are Certified Organic by Quality Assurance International, and grown with the least environmental impact.
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Torina’s World: A Child’s Life in Madagascar
Parents for centuries have been lecturing their kids about “the hungry kids in Africa”. But those words are usually meaningless.
Photographer Joni Kabana changed all that with this book created in 1997, with photographs of the daily life of a then-eight year old girl named Torina. Her then-nine year old son helped her edit the images into a book and add simple text which showed the struggles of life in a remote mountainous village living in a small hut. The book was an amazing way to remind kids in developed countries how blessed they are.
Joni returned to see Torina in 2007, still living in the same hut but with seven brothers. The book is being published again, this time with part of the proceeds helping Malagasy charities and funding for educational activities in Madagascar. And the little girl Torina herself whose story was told ten years ago is now on her way to being a doctor.
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But this book is a very personal one that doesn’t have to do with small business. It’s about his wife Laura. Laura passed away from breast cancer in November 2007, leaving behind Mr. Moutray and their beautiful young daughter Charlotte.
The book, published one year later, is a beautiful tribute to Laura Moutray. In Mr. Moutray’s own words, the book was written so his daughter would better know her mother once we grew up. It’s a beautiful story of the life of a young couple with the world in front of them, shattered by a devastating disease, and the strength and faith of a wife and mother.
A portion of proceeds will go to the Laura Moutray Fund for Women’s Ministries at First Baptist Church of Alexandria VA, as well as to breast cancer research.
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If you haven’t heard about freerice.com, you’re in for a treat.
While this isn’t a “gift giving” item, it is a great way to help out a good cause. Here’s how the site works: you’ll be shown a vocabulary word. Just pick the right definition, and 10 grains of rice will be donated to the United Nations World Food Program.
Is this for real? Yes. The site is run by the United Nations World Food Program and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. It’s paid for by sponsors whose ads you’ll see across the bottom of the screen.
Click on a couple words, and you can learn some vocabulary while helping feed the hungry. There are few better ways to kill time!
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You probably know about the Discover® More Card
(the same card that was once called the Discover Platinum card), “the card that pays you back”. Each month, a full 1% of your purchases are given back to you in the form of “cashback”. And every quarter, you’re able to sign up to receive a full 5% cashback on things like gas, hotel expenses, home improvement stores, restaurants, movies, and more. The cash you get back is saved for you on the Discover Card site until you “cash it in”.
Most people may not realize that the money you earn from the Discover Card cashback can be donated directly to charity. Specifically, you have options to donate your cashback bonus to:
Children’s Miracle Network
Children’s Miracle Network is a non-profit organization that raises funds for more than 170 children’s hospitals. Sponsor organizations, media partners and countless individuals unite with Children’s Miracle Network hospitals to help sick and injured kids in local communities. Donations to Children’s Miracle Network create miracles by funding medical care, research and education that saves and improves the lives of 17 million children each year. To learn more go to childrensmiraclenetwork.org.
Junior Achievement®
Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating young people about business, economics and free enterprise. Volunteers throughout the U.S. and 97 countries bring the real world to students and open their minds to their potential. Your Cashback Bonus helps educate the world’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) in their fight to find a cure for diabetes and its complications. Use your Cashback Bonus to help fund research and provide support for those in need.
Make-A-Wish Foundation®
The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. Use your Cashback Bonus to make a difference in a young person’s life.
Operation Homefront
Operation Homefront provides emergency assistance and morale to U.S. troops, to the families they leave behind, and to wounded warriors when they return home. The organization leads more than 4,000 volunteers in 31 chapters nationwide. Since its inception, Operation Homefront has provided critical assistance to more than 45,000 military families in need.
In fact, Discover will donate an additional amount to the organization listed that gets the most contributions.
Apply for the Discover® More Card today! and earn cash that you can use to help a great cause. In fact, you’ll make more money for your charity than if you had a cause-related card, which typically donates 0.3% to 1%, not 1% to 5%. And unlike with other cause-related cards, the money you donate is fully tax-deductible.
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For the past month, The March of Dimes has held their March for Babies event throughout the country to support funds to help prevent birth disorders and defects.
If you missed the walk this year (or if you walked and forgot to get a T-Shirt), you can still support the March of Dimes by buying this T-Shirt (or other accessories) at Zazzle.Com.
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Here is the perfect collectible for any fan of Superman or of Christopher Reeve. It’s the Christopher Reeve as Superman Statue
Available on June 3, 2009, this is a very limited edition collectible depicting Christopher Reeve as Superman from the 1978 movie. It stands 12 1/4 inches tall, and is made of cold-cast porcelain, is hand-painted, and stands on the Superman S-shield base.
The statue is sold from DC Comics Direct, and includes a 4-color Certificate of Authenticity, packaged in a colorful box.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this item will be donated to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.
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Faces of Freedom Profiles of America’s Fallen Heroes: Iraq and Afghanistan
In today’s world where the military seems nothing more than just a poker chip among politicians of all kinds and something to be exploited by news media, this kind of book brings it all home. No matter what you think of the wars in the Middle East, the one thing that is clear is that these young men and women who serve their country and gave everything fighting against those who would take our freedoms away from us–they deserve to be remembered and honored.
Some of the proceeds from this book will go to Fisher House and Wounded Warrior Project, two exceptional charities that help families of soldiers stationed around the world.
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John McCain was a presidential candidate in 2008, and sure enough history repeated itself. This is a man who suffered unspeakable torture for his country and served his country his whole life. He deserved better than to be ripped apart by Democrats and Republicans alike, not to mention the press.
This is why, this Memorial Day, I’m pleased to recommend this gift for purchase for a young person in your life. It’s My Dad, John McCain
The book obviously paints a nice picture of McCain (literally–Dan Andreasen painted color-and-sepia-tone art for the book), but in a world where heroes are harder and harder to find, maybe that’s not such a bad thing for someone learning to read in Grades 2-4.
The publisher is donating a portion of proceeds to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, one of the best-run charities in the country which benefits families of fallen military.
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