Holiday Shopping: 8 Gifts that Give Back!

This holiday season after 1.5 years of the pandemic and now more than ever, it’s so meaningful to find gifts that give back to a worthy cause and organization. Below, my annual roundup for Live! with Kelly & Ryan to infuse your gift-giving with reason and charity.

CATEGORY GIFTS FOR LOVED ONES:

FOR HER: Charms Necklace Set $110, kendrascott.com

The Metastatic Breast Cancer Charm Necklace Set features a trio of delicate charms -- Rose Quartz, Butterfly, and Butterfly Wing—and is available in Silver, Rose Gold or Gold.

Give Back: 50% of proceeds will support Kendra Scott’s Legacy Retreat through Inheritance of Hope for families with a parent battling metastatic breast cancer or other terminal illness. Additionally, each purchase of this necklace provides a woman undergoing cancer treatment with a gift of jewelry and a handwritten note of encouragement!!

2. FOR THEM: More Acts of Kindness Please Sweat Set, $120, murad.com

Skincare brand, Murad has teamed up with The Mayfair Group to create a limited-edition “More Acts of Kindness, Please” sweat set! You can buy it as a set or as separates--The crewneck ($75), sweat shorts ($65) and the set ($120), which is available in unisex sizes S-4XL: Available in sizes S/M, M/L, L/XL and XXL.

Give Back: 100% of profits from each purchase to No Kid Hungry, which is an organization that strives to end child hunger in America and provide healthy food children can eat.

3. FOR GRANDPARENTS: Photo Calendar with Stand, $24.99, paperculture.com

This personalized calendar with 12 of your favorite photos come complete with a stand, a great gift for his desk or grandparents! Printed on 100% recycled, post-consumer paper. Fabulous way to get organized early for 2022. They also have holiday cards and postcards, and monogrammed stationery as a gift for the New Year!

Giveback: For every order, paperculture plants a tree! So far, they have planted 1,000,000 trees!

4. FOR KIDS: Stuffed Animals, $26-28, thelittlemarket.com

These oh-so-soft animals are handmade by artisan women in rural communities of Peru. They earn fair wages and benefit from educational and training programs. Each animal is knit from 100-percent Peruvian cotton thread and available in 35 assorted animals!

Give back: Each purchase empowers artisans at Naguska in Peru.

CATEGORY: GIFTS FOR FRIENDS

5. This is About Humanity Candle, $44, thelittlemarket.com

Each candle is created with a clean-burning coconut-soy wax blend finished with a pure cotton wick and is available in scents: peppermint, eucalyptus, coconut milk. The talented women artisans work in a safe, supportive, and empowering environment, where everyone is treated equally and with dignity. They earn living wages, can participate in flexible work schedules, and have access to additional support, including critical services that refugees need.

Giveback: 50% of each candle purchase price goes to support the This is About Humanity Fund, which raises awareness & funds for vulnerable communities and helps families on both sides of the border.

6. HOLIDAY BOSS BISCUITS, $15 FOR 4; bayoubakeryva.com/biscuits

Fresh from our nation’s Capital, delicious, mouthwatering shortbread holiday “Biscuit with the Champs” cookies in a signature pink box--a nod to the Ted Lasso biscuits craze--handmade by Celebrity Chef David Guas of Bayou Bakery, Coffee Bar & Eatery.

Give Back: 50% of proceeds from each purchase to benefit Blue Star Families, a non-profit organization that helps link military and veteran families with civilian families into a beautiful community of mutual support!

Pre-order today! The first shipment goes out Wednesday, December 1, 2021.

7. Lazy Dog Restaurant Holiday Gingerbread House Kits, family 4-pack $27.80, lazydogrestaurants.com

This Family Kit of four houses has everything you need to make a darling gingerbread house village: small candies, icing and pre-cut edible gingerbread walls and roof pieces. Available now through December 31, 2021. (If you live near a Lazy Dog Restaurant, you can buy a solo gingerbread house for pickup and delivery! Visit their website for more.)

Give Back: 100% of the net proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity International, which helps families in need of a decent place to live in communities across the U.S.

8. Nuzzie Weighted Blanket, from $150, shopnuzzie.com

As we know, weighted blankets can help improve sleep quality and help you fall asleep faster. Nuzzie’s weighted blankets in a range of sizes from youth to king and bright colors are breathable and 100% sustainably made… Every blanket recycles up to 400 water bottles! The blanket is available in Kids ($150), Full ($225), Queen ($250) and King ($275)

Give Back: For every weighted blanket sold, Nuzzie donates a blanket to SoldiersAngels.org. that sends care packages to deployed service members overseas, and to our Guard and Reserve units right here on American soil.

Give-backs may have a limited-time offer, check individual vendor Web sites for details. Prices reflect time of publication. This is editorial.