Five Valentines Day Gift Ideas for Charity

Valentines Day is all about the love. Why not extend your love to include your favorite charity? Giving charitable gifts is a generous way to spend Valentines Day. Forget about flowers and candy. There are people starving in the world. They have no roof over their head, very few clothes and little to eat. What can you do for charity in the name of love this Valentines Day? Plenty. Here are five ideas to get you started.

1. Making blankets for charity with love on Valentines Day. Nothing says love like the warm protection of a soft fleece blanket. Consider making blankets for hospitals and homeless shelters this Valentines Day. Whether your blanket goes to a low income child or a lost soul, it's sure to be appreciated. What other gifts can warm the less fortunate this Valentines Day?

2. Scarves, coats, hats and gloves are excellent Valentines Day gifts for charities. Would you send your child out without a coat in this weather? Parents of less fortunate children often have no choice. Consider sorting through outgrown outerwear to warm the poor on Valentines Day. While you're at it, check the rest of your wardrobe as well.

3. Give to food banks for Valentines Day. Thanksgiving and Christmas are traditional times to give to local charity food banks or volunteer in soup kitchens. By Valentines Day, shortages loom on the horizon. How about starting a new trend? Don't forget to slip in a few Valentines Day treats for children who may not get them otherwise.

4. Business owners can share love on Valentines Day with gift certificates. If you have a service business, it costs nothing but your time to be generous to charities on Valentines Day. Other business owners might donate groceries, or even a percentage of their daily profits on Valentines Day. Surely these generous business owners will be rewarded with good Karma and blessings.

5. Children can give valentines and candy to the less fortunate on Valentines Day. Buy an extra box of the type of Valentine cards kids give at school. Have kids tuck some treats into small bags. Don't forget to include and label some sugar free treats for diabetic children. Attach a card to each treat bag. Deliver them to a local charity. Teaching kids to be generous at an early age stays with them for life. Plus, that little bag of candy may be the only gift a homeless child receives for Valentines Day.

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