"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
...
> This year we're not giving loved ones much by way of gifts. I got a
> new BBQ pit, my daughter got an iPod dock (don't tell her, okay?), D
> got a new cell phone (she already knows), and there are a few
> stocking-stuffer things around. But friends and the rest of the clan
> won't be getting any snacks or gewgaws or shiny widgets they really
> don't need. Instead we made donations to a couple of charities.
>
> Through Heifer International we bought some livestock (sheep and
> chicks) for their efforts to improve people's lives world wide . And
> through Feeding America (used to be Second Harvest) we bought a passel
> of food for people in need here at home. The Feeding America Web site
> says that a buck can buy 20 pounds of food. That means $100 will buy
> a ton -- literally a ton of food.
>
> Relevant URLs:
> http://www.heifer.org/
> http://feedingamerica.org/

My boss gave a goat in my name one year :-) Best Christmas present I've
ever "received"!

TammyM