Here are some charities you might want to help.

www.innfromthecold.org  helping homeless families in Calgary

Maybe instead of buying someone a gift (that they probably dont need) buy them a goat or pigs or shoes for a village from the Worldvision catalogue or sponsor an entrepreneur via Kiva..

Worldvision https://catalogue.worldvision.ca/gifts/Forms/Home.aspx?mc=3221603&lang=en

Kiva:  www.kiva.org

Operation Christmas Child http://www.samaritanspurse.ca/occ/

Getting ready to deliver Shoeboxes in Peru.. Oct 2008

Dave sitting with some kids after they received their shoeboxes

Carolin helping...

Check out these eyes... made our eyes tear up!

One of my favorite pics...