Monday, November 24, 2014

2014 Christmas Gift Guide: World Vision! (U.S.) Ends 12/9 #giveaway #GiftCatalog #SponsorAChild #WorldVision #ChristmasGiftGuide #HolidayGiftGuide




Here in the United States, World Vision’s Teacher Resource Center (TRC) program provides new school supplies, backpacks, clothing, and other classroom resources to students in schools across the United States with 70 percent or higher poverty rates. For the most part, teachers and other school staff come to a World Vision warehouse facility or mobile TRC and “shop,” free of charge, for the products most useful to their students and classrooms. Occasionally, special events are held and product is distributed at the school. The FY13 TRC teacher survey was undertaken in response to requests from World Vision U.S. programs staff for information that could be used with current and future supporters to illustrate the impact of the TRC on children, teachers, and classrooms across America.

Poverty and its related problems produce a sense of hopelessness among young people in poor communities across America. Teenagers are often dismissed as part of the problem and rarely valued as part of the solution, especially in our most vulnerable areas. Young people who feel helpless, isolated, and unconnected to school, work, and other basic social structures are far less likely to make a successful transition to productive lives as adults. The Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) equips young people to become agents of change, capable of creating positive futures for themselves, their families, and their communities. Unlike many student leadership development projects, World Vision’s program engages young people from high-risk neighborhoods


World Vision also helps people in Africa, Asia, India, everywhere in the world actually! You can sponsor a child, donate money from $50 to $100 to help fight Ebola in Africa, or to help vaccine at child in another county. You can donate money to help people with clothing, clean water, chickens, ducks, goats, rabbits, sheep, a fishing net, a pig, and more! For $650, you can purchase a cow for a family in need! You can help a child go to school, with clothing and shelter, career training for a mother, and so much more!

You can also purchase Hand Crafted Gifts made from people in other countries. Your purchases of these products helps other people in need. How awesome would it be if you purchased all of your Christmas Gifts that are for others in your family or for your friends, with handmade gifts from World Vision! You could purchase a gift for someone, and you'd be helping those in need by doing so!


I had a chance to review a set of "Hand-Carved Serving Spoons." These are the perfect gift for holiday entertaining, each beautiful set of two hand-carved olivewood serving spoons is delivered in a gift bag of African fabric hand-sewn by local women. The serving spoons are made to benefit orphans of the Kamba tribe in Kenya. ($65 value) 

Since it began in 1996, the World Vision Gift Catalog has grown in popularity as a gift-giving alternative; more than 844,000 people helped someone through the Catalog in the last fiscal year alone. To order from World Vision’s Gift Catalog, visit www.worldvisiongifts.org or call 855-WV-GIFTS.

Follow Worldvision on Facebook and Twitter @WorldVisionNews.

Enter below using the Rafflecopter form for a chance to win your own set of Hand-Carved Serving Spoons! Giveaway is open to residents of the main 48 continental United States, 18 years of age and older.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Disclosure: I received a set of Hand-Carved Serving Spoons from World Vision in exchange for my post. No other compensation was exchanged or received. Airplanes and Dragonflies is not responsible for mailing out your prize. The sponsor, World Vision, will send out the prize to the winner.

41 comments:

  1. I have not in the past but will certainly consider doing so!

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  2. I am always looking to purchase items from third-world countries. I also participate in the Amazon Smile program which gives a percentage of my order to a charity of my choice. Thank you for the contest. These spoons are AMAZINGLY beautiful.

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  3. no and yes i would consider in the future.

    i normally sponsor children during the holidays to get them some gifts.

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  4. I've never heard of World Vision until reading this blog post. Now that I am aware of it I will be considering it.

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  5. I would more likely donate a gift like a goat and two chickens.

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

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  6. no i have 6 kids it disabled so limited income

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  7. We have never sponsored a child, but I think it would be a great idea. And my children would benefit as well seeing how they could help someone else.

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  8. I have not sponsored a child from world vision and am unable to consider doing so at this time. However, at a future point I may consider it, or at the least I may look into ways to help under privileged children.

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  9. I do not I am just learning about world vision and think it a really nice thing.

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  10. I have not done so but I would certainly onsider it.

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  11. I currently do not sponsor a child. As a teacher, I sponsor many children, unofficially, though. I would consider buying a gift for a family. The email I check most often is fossil316@aol.com

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  12. I dont and cant right now but i would like to i check jlfinnd@yahoo.com

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  13. Actually I would like to but at the moment I have 2 kids in college so I am not able to do so.

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  14. I don't sponsor a child at the moment - finances are not permitting - but we have in the past!

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  15. I dint sponsor a child , haven't thought about it

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  16. we don't sponsor a child now, but we are thinking about it

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  17. We do not sponsor a child from World Vision. While it is a great cause, it isn't our personal choice. We support our local charities to give closer to home.

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  18. I do not sponsor a child right now! We will discuss adding this to out list of donations

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  19. Ihave never sponsored a child, but I think i will consider it this year

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  20. I haven't. I don't have anything but debt currently, but I know a friend that I could probably get to sponsor a child. I'll ask :)

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  21. no and yes i would but not right now

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  22. I have not but I would love to help when I'm able!!

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  23. I wish I could but money is scarce.

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  24. i currently do not sponsor a child but i have been thinking about doing so

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  25. No I do not currently. I may consider it.

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  26. I do not but it sounds like a nice thing to do.

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  27. I used to either sponsor a child or buy gifts that went to help families. Unfortunately, money has become an issue since the 2008 crash. Now, I stick with contributing to our local food pantry by spending an extra $1-$5 per grocery trip, then taking it by when the bag is full.

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  28. I currently do not sponsor a child but I am strongly considering it.

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  29. I do not sponsor a child, but I would consider it in the future. Thanks for the giveaway! :)

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  30. I do not at this time. We may soon.

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  31. we don't sponsor a child now, but we are thinking about it

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  32. No and we can't afford to as we have no income after losing job and not being able to find another.

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  33. I do not currently sponsor a child but I would consider it in the future.

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  34. we dont but we do buy gifts for the kids through them

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  35. No I do not but I have in the past

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  36. CONNIE = Rose

    No, not at this time but I will definitely consider it.

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  37. No I don't sponsor a child, but I am considering it as it's a great cause!

    andysavi.mom@gmail.com

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