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Millions to benefit from generous donations

Heifer International thanks donors for their contributions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Dec. 30, 2011) – Nearly two million people across the globe will be given the hope of a better life and the dignity of self-reliance thanks to the generous donations to Heifer International this past holiday season. We at Heifer are grateful for those donations and for the opportunity to spread our work into new villages, towns and cities to help even more.

Make A Resolution That Makes a Difference

This New Year, resolve to give a family hope with a Heifer International animal

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Dec. 29, 2011) – A New Year’s resolution can provide the motivation to start anew, with a fresh outlook and goals. This year, harness that hope and impart it to someone who really needs it, with a gift of a chicken, llama, or a cow.

Heifer launches effort to help U.S. hungry

Heifer International kicks off new initiative in Appalachia and Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Dec. 19, 2011) – When Americans think of hunger, they often think of swollen bellies and jutting ribs in countries far away. But Heifer International knows that malnutrition is often right next door. That's why Heifer, the global nonprofit known for gifts of livestock and training, is starting a bold new initiative right here in the United States.

Give While You Get: Catalog Spree Gives Back 5% of Sales on Free Shipping Day

On Free Shipping Day (December 16, 2011), Catalog Spree will donate five percent of all purchases made through the app to Heifer International, which will help those in need around the world. Catalog Spree is the highest-rated catalog app for the iPad® and is the only catalog shopping app that offers free exposure to charities who publish catalogs.

"Luckily, Heifer never charges shipping on its llamas in South America or chickens in China," said Rich Cason, Heifer International's director of Internet Marketing. "But we know shoppers will love the chance to get a deal while also helping Heifer move hungry families into self-sufficiency."

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Gifts to Heifer International are tax-deductible

Investing in a family’s future provides help for the family, tax savings for you

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Oct. 14, 2011) — Tax season is still several months away, but now is the time to think about making a charitable donation to claim a deduction on your taxes for 2011.

This year, ask for your own Heifer International animal gift

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – This year, don't just give the gift of a cow, goat, pig, camel or other animal from Heifer International's colorful catalog, ask for a similar gift yourself. There's joy in giving, but there's joy in receiving, too, especially considering the difference the gift you give or receive will make in a family's life.

Alternative gift from Heifer International more than symbolic

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Some may see the value of an alternative gift as mostly symbolic, but for the families that partner with Heifer International, the value is real and tangible, from the steady supply of milk from their cow or goat to the fruits and vegetables on their tables to the higher income they earn by selling their excess crops and goods.

Moving smallholder farmers beyond subsistence to secure

Heifer International alternative gifts provide hope, opportunity for a lifetime

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—This season there is an alternative to gifts that are meaningless and quickly forgotten: a goat, a cow or a flock of geese. These alternative choices from Heifer International add a new dimension to giving, especially when the recipient promises to pass on their animal's first female offspring to a neighbor in need, multiplying the impact and the benefit.

NPR Discusses the Holidays and Ethics of Consumption

What if you simply bought 1/2 as many gifts this year? Buy half as many gifts and see if you can find things that will last, things that are made really well. And for each gift you don't buy, write a card to that person and tell them how important they were to you this year. If you have kids (and it's hardest to cut down when it comes to your kids) try and get them one cool thing that relates to nature and the environment (books about tigers? Everyone loves books about tigers). If they are old enough, use that present to explain the links between our "stuff" and the natural world. If you are up for it, replace some presents for adults with gifts in their name to something like Heifer International. Rather than yet another Christmas sweater, they get to see that money go to buying chickens for a family that will then raise more chickens and, maybe, become self-sustaining.

Parents set the example for children’s giving spirit

Heifer International, families we help, depend on youth’s ingenious generosity

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Dec. 01, 2011) – When it comes to children’s ingenuity to raise money for a cared-about cause, nothing is off limits. At Heifer International, children are among our most generous givers. A scan of news stories proves that—a kiss for a cow, lemonade for a llama, car washes for water buffalo, read-a-thons for rabbits.

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