Feel-Good Holiday Gifts that Give Back

Proceeds from Sentaler’s hypoallergenic alpaca ribbed knit hats and scarves will go towards SickKids Hospital.

$5 of each purchase of this sweatshirt will be donated to Equitas, an organization that works locally and abroad to eradicate the causes of poverty and build a world based on the principles of justice, inclusion, equality and respect for human rights.

With the purchase of every Peace Collective garment $2 is donated to Breakfast Club of Canada, which provides a Canadian child in need with two healthy meals while at school.

Toronto-based brand, Kotn, works directly with cotton farming families in Egypt to rebuild the industry from the inside. Their model is like farm-to-table, but for your clothes, and by scrapping the middleman, they ensure a fair wage for their workers. Kotn has their own pro-literacy organization in the Nile Delta and are organizing a fund that builds schools in rural farming regions.

With every pair of eyewear you purchase, TOMS will help give sight to a person in need. One for One.

One hundred per cent of the sales price of this hand and body lotion goes directly towards supporting human rights, animal protection and environmental conservation causes.

For every sale of the bar of Fun, 2.5 per cent goes into the Fund, a Lush initiative which supports charities that create safe places for children to play after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.

One hundred per cent of the profits from this purchase will support Indigenous Youth Empowerment programming run by WE, focused on empowering Indigenous youth to be leaders in their communities.

Gifts of Light allows you to buy a service or item that will go directly to a patient of CAMH and give on behalf of someone on your gift-giving list. Gifts of Light services and items include a patient birthday party, an emergency kit, healing with music and more.

Handcrafted by a mama in Kenya, proceeds from this bracelet will go towards health, employment and educational aid for women and children in developing countries.

Twenty per cent of the purchase price will be donated to UNICEF.

Purchase of this product directly contributes to the global fund to fight AIDS.

The purchase of a fruit tree through World Vision will provide families with fresh fruit to eat and sell at their local markets. The fruit itself will also provide essential nutrients such as vitamins A and C which help boost immune systems to protect children from diseases like malaria, measles and pneumonia. The purchase of this tree will also include agricultural training and more for the family receiving the tree.

This purchase through Plan International Canada will put a book in the hands of a teacher or a child in developing countries.

Giftgowns has partnered with local charities and hospitals to give hospital gowns to people going through difficult times. For every $50 dollars that’s donated, a gown will go to someone’s loved one to make them smile.