A Great Christmas Opportunity!

it's time for giving!!! well, soon anyway! so i thought i'd do a quick shout-out about a great opportunity. world vision international is an organization that helps people in great need both in america and abroad. normally, people can sponsor children through this organization, but in the holiday season they also open it up to provide unique answers to various needs.

in my family, we let the kids pick out some of the gifts we will give instead of the typical gift-giving craze. they really get into it and usually like to get farm animals. (pigs, of course, would be my preference in the farm animal department.) last year world vision also started adding other categories like educational supplies and tuition, hiv meds, business loans for widows, etc. one that really struck a cord in me was the donation to girls that are getting out of the sex trade. they help them get out, find counselling, and get solid vocations.

so, if you are interested in a bit of a different christmas this year, how about checking out http://www.worldvisiongifts.org