5 Mother’s Day Gifts that Give Back

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This Mother’s Day, why not treat your mom to something lovely while at the same time helping a charity that you appreciate? This is the idea behind these five thoughtful gifts that serve a dual purpose. Go ahead and splurge – mom deserves it and so does the charity.

1.  Alex and Ani bracelets: Twenty percent of the proceeds from some of their specific bracelets will go to the Hasbro Children’s Hospital, March of Dimes and Women & Infants Hospital.

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2. Go to Honoryourmom.io and you can upload a picture of you and your mom. Then make a donation to Samahope, which is a nonprofit that funds doctors who care for women living in poverty, and you’ll get a personalized web page for your mom.
3. Davidstea.com has a beautiful tea collection that helps with the development in farming communities. The collection includes divine tea choices such as Buttered Rum, Cinnamon Rooibos Chai, Green & Fruity, Green Rooibos, Guayusa, Rooibos, and Blood Orange Pu’erh teas.
4. For the mom who loves wine, purchase a 2011 California Pinot Noir from One Hope and ensure that half of the profits from the bottle will go to the ASPCA to help fund pet adoption around the country. Check it out at www.onehopewine.com
5. By a bracelet for mom that says “woman” in braille and enjoy the 25% proceeds that will be donated to Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Find this offer at www.everythingbutwater.com

Living Beyond Breast Cancer

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The LBBC (Living Beyond Breast Cancer) charity was established back in 1991 as a response to the need for support and information on the subject of breast cancer and its treatment for women.  The charity has, today, really come a long way since then.  It now has the capacity to provide help and support to women at any stage of breast cancer – be it the initial diagnosis, or parts of treatment, recovery and anything else they might need or could help them navigate the breast cancer journey and its aftermath.

The LBBC’s mission is to “offer specialized programs and services for the newly diagnosed, young women, women with advanced breast cancer, women at high risk for developing the disease, and African-American and Latina women.”

In addition to the support the LBBC gives to its female patients, the organization provides assistance to those healthcare professionals who are helping these women.  This achieves two things:  it gives much needed support to the supporters; and it provides them with useful information which makes their job more effective.

One of the LBBC’s annual programs is called Yoga on the Steps, which will take place later this month on October 16.  It is the organization’s “signature annual fundraiser [that] provides a way for individuals and teams to join their communities in supporting women affected by breast cancer while experiencing the healing benefits of yoga.”