This holiday season, you can donate to support work to protect coral reefs, fight global warming, protect sea creatures and eliminate unsustainable fishing. In return of your contribution, the recipient of your choice will receive an ocean-themed cookie cutter, an adoption certificate, a limited edition baking mitt and a sugar cookie recipe developed especially for this program by Warren Brown, owner of acclaimed bakery, CakeLove. Save the fish, eat cookies!!
Options available for $35.00, $75.00 $100.00 and $250.00 at Oceana

Heifer International allows you to donate anything from a cow (or a portion of a cow) to a llama to a flock of chickens in your recipient’s name. They offer printable gift inserts and e-cards for last-minute giving. also offers online gift cards you can print out yourself.

From the Heifer.org website:

Heifer’s mission is: to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth.

$10.00 through $10,000.00 at heifer.org

Kiva is the charitable organization that everyone is talking about. No wonder!! they do great stuff! The scoop from the Kiva website:

Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can “sponsor a business” and help the world’s working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from the business you’ve sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your loan money back.

Kiva gift certificates let you give someone the power to change lives.
$25.00 – $5000.00 at Kiva.org