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A Charitable Birthday

Oh hey, my birthday is coming, and maybe you’re intending to help me to celebrate it (how nice of you) but don’t want to do something as conventional as a present (though I am always happy to receive them), and if so, read on. Thing is, it’s been a while since I’ve received anything especially meaningful for my birthday. I’m not actually in dire need of anything, and all of this spending money on me could probably be put to better use. So I was just thinking, if you’re up for it, then making a donation on my behalf would be a lovely gesture.

Here a few possibilities, then, with the lovely thing being that it still ends up looking quite like a birthday thing since most of these will come with some sort of acknowledgement or keepsake that you can pretend is my birthday present:

No, it’s not a charity, but one of the things you could contribute to is the David Lynch documentary project called the Lynch three Project. The lithograph is very nice and it would be lovely to be able to hang it somewhere in my room. [via Lynch three Project] I don’t know if it ships here, but I sure hope so.

Alternately, you can also support the efforts of the World Wide Fund for Nature, more popular known as the WWF. They have this lovely thing where you can have a plushie and a photograph as a keepsake if you make a donation. [via WWF] I’m mostly partial to the Amur Leopard.

“Puppies Behind Bars trains inmates to raise puppies to become service dogs for the disabled and explosive detection canines for law enforcement.” If purchased from the site, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the Puppies Behind Bars photograph book will go towards helping the puppies. [via Puppies Behind Bars]

You could also make a gift donation to the World Land Trust, of which Sir David Attenborough is a patron. [via The World Land Trust]

Finally, while it isn’t a donation per se, a portion of the proceeds from these art prints at The Working Proof will go to corresponding charities. [via The Working Proof]

And if none of this appeals to you and all else fails, when you can’t find a present, don’t know what I like to eat, and are pulling your hair out over Gloomsday, always remember that you can fetch me a balloon. Really, I’m not that hard to please.

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