Valentine's Gifts that Give Back

     Valentine's Day is coming soon.  If you're reading this then you're probably the kind of person that wants to make a difference and make the world a better place.  The good news is you can buy Valentine's gifts for someone special and also support some worthy causes by giving these Valentine's gifts that give back to charity:

Flowers

• Charity Bouquets by Teleflora offers two floral arrangements that give up to 20% of the purchase price to cancer research organizations
• Organic Bouquet offers charity bouquets of eco-friendly flowers with a portion of the proceeds going to participating charities
• Sears Flowers offers several floral arrangements, some of which support cancer research organizations
• Wisteria Flower Shop in Los Angeles is an eco-friendly flower shop that gives 10% of the proceeds from every floral arrangement to a participating charity of the customer's choice

Chocolate & Treats

• Seattle Chocolates donates 100% of the profits from the sale of Survivor Chick Chocolates and the Extreme Dark Chocolate Truffle Bar to women's cancer charities
• Divine Chocolate offers an assortment of fair trade chocolates that support cocoa farmers
• Bake Me A Wish offers the Freedom Cake -- for every cake purchased, one will be delivered to a soldier serving overseas
• Endangered Species Chocolate has a wide selection of chocolates with 10% of the profits donated to protect endangered species
• PartyBeans allows you to create personalized gifts with your own full-color photo, text, and choice of JellyBelly beans.  A portion of the profits help fund Autism research.
  
• Cheryl&Co. offers cookie gift boxes with up to 20% of the purchase price going to charity
  

Jewelery & Shoes

• Charity Charms offers dozens of charity- and cause-specific sterling silver charms and matching jewelry with 25% of all online proceeds going to participating charities.  Check out the charm benefiting WomenHeart (the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease).
• Kyra's Collection offers sterling silver jewelery with 100% of the profits going to designated charities
• TOMS Shoes: for every pair of shoes purchased, a new pair is given to a child in need

Wine

• Hope Wine donates 50% of the profits from each bottle to a corresponding cause.  For example, 50% of the profits from Merlot sales are donated to charities that support the fight against AIDS
• Trinity Oaks Wine: for each bottle of wine sold, a tree is planted.  So far 868,528 trees have been planted through their "One Bottle One Tree" program.

Other Gifts

• GiftBack offers a variety of flowers, and other gifts, that give 10% of the purchase price to a charity of your choice
• The Hunger Site Store offers a variety of Valentine's gifts that help fund food for the hungry
• Product Red has a wide selection of products that support the elimination of AIDS/HIV in Africa
• Shop Heart is the American Heart Association's on-line store with many gift items that support the organization
• Give a charity gift card from JustGive or CharityChoice with a certain dollar amount and the recipient selects a non-profit organization to receive the funds
• Jockey offers a stuffed bear with $3 being donated to adoption charities for each bear purchase
• BeGreen's Valentine's Gift of Green includes one metric ton of carbon offsets.  For each order, three trees will be planted and you'll receive a carbon offset certificate.
• Atlanta Vocal Project is providing singing Valentine's in the Atlanta area with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Cure Childhood Cancer

Free

• Send a free customizable e-card through Ferrero's Share Something Sweet campaign and $1 will be donated to Share Our Strength

Have a particular item in mind not listed here?  Shop at We-Care.com and they will donate a portion of the cost of your purchase to the charity of your choice.  With over 800 merchants, they're sure to have what you're looking. 

Have other ideas or suggestions?  Add them in the comments.

*A special thanks to all the folks at Help A Reporter Out for helping pull this list together!

Comments

[Erik Marks]

For Charity Gift Cards, be sure to also look at TisBest Philanthropy - the originator of the Charity Gift Card!

www.TisBest.org

TisBest Philanthropy offers the most beautiful charity gift cards, with over 50 different standard designs, or you can upload your own photo. And with TisBest cards, you can check the status to see when each is spent and on which charity. Cards can be sent by email, printed on your printer or printed on recycled plastic and sent by mail.

Sincerely,
Erik Marks
Executive Director
TisBest Philanthropy

[gifts Philippines]

I need to think unique gifts for valentines.

~Ashley