• Give memberships to gyms, spas or yoga centers.
  
• Consider contributions to environmental groups.
  
• Museums and charitable organizations have unique offerings.
  
• Try to find out the percentage of money that goes to the charity or cause.
  
• Ask your favorite store if they have items that give back to different causes or charities.
  
• Some other companies that give back to the outdoors include: Merrell Footwear, North Face and Columbia Sportswear Co.
  
• Request a financial statement so you know how and where the money is being spent.
  
• Many non-profit organizations offer gifts that benefit all sorts of causes.

Charity Gifts
www.charitygifts.com
Choose a charity and go shopping. Several different charities can benefit from your purchase. For many years we are proud to have worked extremely closely with our charity clients and fundraisers to provide the range of products and services required to run successful charity mail order, branch and retail operations

Charity Gift Baskets
www.justgive.org
This popular feature is the perfect gift for birthdays, anniversaries, or any occasion. Each charity basket features four related charities and is sure to make a difference to your friends and family and to the non-profit organizations that benefit from your gift.

Charity Malls
www.chooseyourcharity.com/malls
Allowing people to make a difference while shopping online. For referring you to a shopping site, the charity mall get a "sales commission," which generally ranges from 1-30 percent of what you spend. The charity malls then pass on a portion of this sales commission to the charity you choose. School mall sites work like charity shopping malls, but the money goes to the school you choose.

Organic Style magazine
610-967-7664
www.organicstyle.com, orgstyledm@aol.com
Your ultimate source for everything organic: health, beauty, food, home, garden, travel, work, family and soul. Packed with many products and choices that are both beautiful and good for the environment, delicious, healthy, stylish and soul satisfying.

Green Home
San Francisco, Calif
415-282-6400
www.greenhome.com, help@greenhome.com
Green Home is a store that sells environmental products. There's also an online magazine, Green Home Living, and a rigorous product approval policy. You'll find all the information you need to start detoxifying your home.

American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024
212-769-5606 (9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday)
Library Services: 212-769-5400 (11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday)
www.amnh.org
Visit the website for information about lectures and programs related to current exhibitions, as well as day trips, kids' programs, classes and the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival.

Patagonia
Reno, Nev.
800-638-6464
www.Patagonia.com
Since 1985, Patagonia has donated 10 percent of their annual profits (or 1 percent of sales,
whichever is greater) to hundreds of grassroots environmental groups. That's $17 million in cash and another several million in gear. Patagonia also works steadily to reduce pollution brought on by their business, choosing less harmful catalog stock or energy sources, using recycled polyester when possible, and using only organic rather than pesticide-intensive conventional cotton.

Celebrity Charities

Hollywood Charities
www.hollywoodcharities.org
With offices in Los Angeles and Cleveland, this organization has positioned itself amongst celebrities, athletes, musicians, singers film companies and entertainment venues with platforms such as public fund raisers, promotional events and benefits, educational and awareness programs and live auctions of memorabilia, autographs and tour merchandise. Items auctioned include the script from Spy Game signed by Brad Pitt and Robert Redford, a boxing glove signed by Muhammad Ali and a pilot script signed by cast members of The Sopranos.

Newman's Own
www.newmansown.com
Mr. Newman donates all of his after-tax profits from the sale of his products to charity, which has added up to over $125 million so far. Areas of Giving include arts, affordable housing, children's funds, disaster relief, education, elderly groups, environmental causes and hunger relief.

Conservation International
www.conservation.org
CI works with companies that have a commitment to the environment, including Starbucks Coffee Company, United Airlines, The Walt Disney Company, McDonalds, Sony Entertainment and Chiquita Brands International. Harrison Ford is the vice-Chairman.

Lucy Library
www.lucylibrary.com
Whenever you buy any title listed on LucyLibrary.com, 5-15 percentof the purchase price is donated to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation.

Save the Manatee
www.savethemanatee.org
Jimmy Buffet's Save the Manatee Charity was started so the public could participate in conservation efforts to save endangered manatees from extinction. Currently, there are about 40,000 members. Historically, the organization has spent about 12 percent on administrative and fundraising costs. Most of the Adopt-A-Manatee funds go directly to manatee programs.

Oprah Winfrey
www.oprah.com
Oprah's Angel Network contributes to a number of recognized charities chosen by Oprah herself.

P.E.T.A.
www.peta.org
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is a non-profit organization operating under the principle that "animals are not ours to eat, wear, perform experiments on or use for entertainment." There are over 87 items donated to P.E.T.A. from celebrities, starting at $0.01-$69 and available on eBay.

Concern U.S.A.
www.concernusa.org
Celebrities such as Cindy Crawford, Joan Cusack, Isabella Rosselini, and Judy Collins have donated handbags for the annual Concern Fundraiser. The auction is going to be held at the Brigid Awards Luncheon on January 31^st 2004. For more info on this event go to www.concernusa.org/Brigid

Country Cares
www.countrycares.org
This organization holds an annual online auction coinciding with the 2003 Academy of Country Music Awards show. It features items donated by artists participating in the show and its rehearsals, as well as some other very special items. Proceeds go the St. Jude Children's research Hospital.

Light show
An Elton John Collection of Candles, by Slatkin & Co. that can be found at Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. Proceeds benefit the Elton John Aids Foundation.

Other Great Charities

Rain Forest Site
www.rainforestsite.com
Good gift ideas: Sip a Cuppa, the coffee and tea gift set. This $26.95 6-canister set buys 2,290 square feet of threatened rain forest land.

Luc Seychelles
www.lucseychelles.com
The Giving Package: Three luxe soaps, a creamy citrus lotion, and a $25 certificate that can be given to any American charity. Total: $50

Vermont Country Store
www.vermontcountrystore.com
Donates 25 percent of proceeds to benefit breast cancer research. Good gift ideas: Rose-scented Soap — $8.85 for a set of 3 bars

Hunger Site
www.hungersite.com
Buy a nine-piece sampler of honey varieties in 1-ounce vials, and the hunger site will fund 50 cups of food for the needy — $53.95

Bombay Co.
www.bombayco.com
10 percent of each purchase goes to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Good gift ideas: Jackson teddy bear — $18

God's Love We Deliver
www.godslovewedeliver.com
Order a catalogue on-line, proceeds from all products go to home cooked meals for people with AIDS.