Are you gearing up to go on the hunt for great Black Friday deals? Want to save yourself some trouble and avoid the trampling crowds this year? Ever thought about giving someone a goat? A goat is a great gift for anyone on your shopping list.
[<a href="//storify.com/heifer/goats-make-awesome-gifts" target="_blank">View the story "Goats Make Awesome Gifts" on Storify</a>]<br /> <h1>Goats Make Awesome Gifts</h1> <h2>Need a reason to skip shopping the stores for Black Friday deals? Here are just a few.</h2> <p>Storified by Heifer International · Mon, Nov 19 2012 08:51:06</p> <div>Need a reason to skip shopping the stores for Black Friday deals? Here are just a few.</div> <div>NACWOLA Mbale Women's Goat Project - HIV/AIDS (21-0632-80)Heifer International</div> <div>Look how happy these goats have made this little boy!</div> <div>NACWOLA Mbale Women's Goat Project - HIV/AIDS (21-0632-80)Heifer International</div> <div>In places where grazing land is limited, goats can thrive on fodder grown and collected by the family. Zero-grazing pens for goats help protect the environment, allow for easier goat manure collection, keep the animals safe from harm and disease, and free up valuable time for farm families.</div> <div>Consolidation & Institutional Capacity Development Project / Alinafe Dairy Goat Project (21-1601-01)Heifer International</div> <div>Kids with goat kids are the cutest!</div> <div>Mary Malambo With a Goat KidHeifer International</div> <div>img05Heifer International</div> <div>If you've never met a goat, let me go on record saying they are some of the funniest livestock you'll ever find.</div> <div>Heifer International</div> <div>What's sweeter than feeding a baby goat a bottle? Not much.</div> <div>DS11-131Heifer International</div> <div>DS12-008Heifer International</div> <div>This young man knows the value of the goat kid he's holding. It's greater than any gift you'll find at a department store.</div> <div>Western Highlands Integrated Livestock Development Project (21-0713-01)Heifer International</div> <div>Look! Baby goats in a trough!</div> <div>DS5_Ghana 080Heifer International</div> <div>This woman loves her goat. I want to squeeze them both.</div> <div>DS11-332Heifer International</div> <div>If you gave me a goat from Heifer for the holidays, I'd be almost as happy as this boy.</div> <div>DS10-0333Heifer International</div> <div>How can you possibly say no to this cuteness?</div> <div>Dairy Goats for Unemployment in Paskuqani CommunityHeifer International</div>
Heifer Has the Best Black Friday Deals
Okay, so we're not running any discounts or BOGOs. That wouldn't exactly be fair to our project participants. But I challenge you to find a deal on a gift at a big retail store that will delight your loved one AND change a hungry family's life.
Aside from being my very favorite farm animal (why are they so awesome?), goats are the ultimate deal. Did you know more people in the world drink goats milk than cows milk? It's no accident. Goats milk is easier to digest because its milk fats are smaller. Goats are also considerably easier to keep because of their compact size. Mama goats can have two to three goat kids per year for several years, which can be sold for profit or kept to quickly increase a family's herd size.
But don't just take it from me. Take it from one of our Heifer Haiti project participants:
I am Deinage Pierre Gelerme. I am 54 years old and married with seven children: five sons and two daughters. Some of them go to school and some don't. We don't have enough money to send them all to school.
I received four female goats from Heifer. Two of them are pregnant. Not only did Heifer give me the goats, they also trained me on how to take care of them. I am taking good care of them now. With these goats, I hope to improve my life economically and feed my family better than before. I am very appreciative for the distribution of goats in my community. It is a good way to fight hunger and nutrition problems in the area.
This post is part of our What to Give series, where we're helping you choose the best Heifer gift for your loved ones. Read previous What to Give posts here , and subscribe to the What to Give series here .
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