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Howard Lake | 12 December 1999 | News

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Giving gifts at Christmas

Heifer Project International are once again offering their compelling charity catalogue to online donors. Mugs, t-shirts and wrapping paper are so passé, dahling: this year why not buy a cow, a goat (“kids love kids!”), chickens or bees?

Animals are on offer for donations from $10 to $500. Don’t worry about whom to send the gift to: the animals are of course given by the charity to needy families.

This site’s use of humour in fundraising is well-conceived and executed. Read UK Fundraising’s report on Heifer Project International’s launch of its ark catalogue last year.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.

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