Christmas Gift of Charity

by Anna Petrocco

The gift of charity is a great Christmas tradition for my boss, Julie Colehour, and her family.

Julie gives the gift of TisBest Charity gift cards every holiday season to her two kids, ages 8 and 13. The charity gift cards are given the night before, so the meaning of giving doesn't got lost in the mix of the gifts from family and friends the next day. The first Christmas Julie gave the gift cards to her children, her son, age 5 at the time, was asked by his grandma what his favorite gift was after all the presents were opened. He quickly replied, "the credit card that helps the animals." His TisBest charity gift card!

TisBest.org offers charity gift cards in amounts from $10 to $5,000. TisBest designed the Charity Gift Card to be a meaningful and interactive gift - allowing the gift-giver to feel good by giving a unique gift and allowing the recipient to feel good by helping others.

Cards can be sent three ways, virtually through email, printed at home from your personal computer and in the traditional gift card format (made of 100% recycled plastic). You pay the face value of the gift card you purchase (TisBest deducts $1.95 per gift card for processing). The gift giver receives notification of when and on what charity a gift card is spent, as well as a personal note from the gift card recipient.