{"id":613305,"date":"2009-12-08T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.reallynatural.com,2009:\/\/2.2422"},"modified":"2009-12-08T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T06:00:00","slug":"heifer-international-meaningful-gifts-that-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/613305","title":{"rendered":"Heifer International:  Meaningful Gifts That Change the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"hieferinternational.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reallynatural.com\/pictures\/hieferinternational.jpg?resize=235%2C235\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"235\" width=\"235\" \/><br \/>\nEvery year, I struggle to find gifts for my parents. They really don&#8217;t need anything, and I don&#8217;t want to buy gifts that will just end up at the Salvation Army or be sold at a garage sale in the near future.  Last year, I purchased a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reallynatural.com\/archives\/gifts\/5_ways_to_get_a_green_deal_on.php\">Community Supported Agriculture<\/a> half share for my father.   This year, I&#8217;ve decided to give a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heifer.org\/\">Heifer International<\/a> gift to my dad.  \n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Choose a meaningful gift to give a loved one and help children and families around the world receive training and animal gifts that help them become self-reliant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I loved my Heifer gift. I don&#8217;t need more chocolate or knick-knacks. Knowing that a family gets a goat for milk, and can be self-sufficient is a great positive thing to bring into the world. It&#8217;s wonderful to know a family has been given help in my name.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Eileen, Rochester NY<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nI chose the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heifer.org\/site\/c.edJRKQNiFiG\/b.2698389\/\">Hope Basket<\/a>&#8221; for my father.  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Heifer Hope Basket, with its chickens and rabbits, offers just that to Heifer&#8217;s project partners. What can be more hopeful to a struggling farmer than a gift of fast-multiplying livestock? Rabbits are easy to care for and reproduce quickly, allowing their owners to sell the offspring for extra income once they&#8217;ve fulfilled Heifer&#8217;s &#8220;Passing on the Gift&#8221; promise; and chickens lay eggs and provide manure for vegetable gardens. That&#8217;s why this gift of Hope goes on and on, lasting much longer and helping more families than the usual gift basket filled with pastries or presents ever could. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nI hope my father appreciates the Heifer gift.  During this season of excess and overconsumption, I feel it is important to extend the spirit of giving to those with the greatest need. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/QJZmIazcjqNx2E0rfa1PukDvC9A\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/QJZmIazcjqNx2E0rfa1PukDvC9A\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/QJZmIazcjqNx2E0rfa1PukDvC9A\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/QJZmIazcjqNx2E0rfa1PukDvC9A\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, I struggle to find gifts for my parents. They really don&#8217;t need anything, and I don&#8217;t want to buy gifts that will just end up at the Salvation Army or be sold at a garage sale in the near future. Last year, I purchased a Community Supported Agriculture half share for my father. 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