Cards for KIVA gift cards- $1-$5

Cards for Kiva www.cardsforkiva.com

Does this sound familiar? You're at the end of a long day, and you hear your cell ring. It's your BFF and you remember it's her b-day. You tell her you'll be right over, but on your way you secretly head for the store. There you spend more time than you'd like trying to find a card to no avail for less than $6. C'mon, don't feel cheap, cards should NOT cost as much as a present!

Well Cards for Kiva has a solution for you. Stock up on their homemade cards with most selling at $3 or less. SHIPPING IS FREE! What could be better than free shipping? 100% of the proceeds goes to KIVA.org, an organization which lends microfinance loans to people all over the world. The loan is given to real people in need, and then 100% of the loan is repaid back. So the same $3 (from one card), for example, can be used and re-used forever to eliminate poverty in third world countries. You can learn more about KIVA and check out the people Cards for Kiva provides loans for at www.kiva.org

Starter Kit for Change- $40; purse only- $25

Starter Kit for Change www.starterkitforchange.com

This kit has everything you need to make a difference just by making easy, everyday choices.

The kit comes with a handmade bag made of recycled goods, each unique but always with the quote "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" (Mahatma Gandhi). The bag is also available to purchase alone.

Some things included in the kit: Fair trade hot chocolate, sudoku, a ready-to-plant tree, charity envelope, gratitude cards and a recycled journal + pencil.

Even the gift tags have seeds that can be planted!

"Remember the Thirsty" t-shirt $15

The Love Alliance www.thelovealliance.net

For every sweatshop-free tee sold, 25 percent of the proceeds goes directly to a relief organization that provides life-saving, clean water.

Currently, nearly two million people die each year due to waterbourne-related diseases; 90 percent of those who die are children under the age of 5.

One of the organizations The Love Alliance supports is Thirst Relief International. TRI exists to save lives and change the world by providing safe, clean drinking water. TRI projects exist in Cameroon, Zambia, India, Mexico, Kenya, Tanzania and in the Congo and the Amazon.

You can check out more about Thirst Relief from the video below or at www.thirstrelief.org