For the last couple years of her life my Grandmother suffered from dementia. She really had no material needs because the nursing home took care of them. Each year, I struggled with what to give her for Christmas because I wanted to do something to honor her. That is when I came upon the idea to make a contribution to a charity in her honor. I then sent her a pretty card to help decorate her room for Christmas and included a note in it describing the charity I had made a contribution to in her name.
This brings up another area of ideas for alternative gifts. Make a donation of money or time to a person's favorite charity. Here are some other ideas on this topic:
-Do locks for love in someone’s honor
-Buy an animal or animals for someone in a third world country from Heifer International or other such organization. Heifer international has a catalog for this and will give you gift tags to send in your Christmas card.
-Make a donation to someone's favorite organization in their honor
-Volunteer for a specific number of hours to someone’s favorite charitable organization in their name.
Hope this gets you started on thinking of ideas along this line.
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