Americans consume $ 100 billion in gift cards every year, and 70 percent of consumers we surveyed said they would prefer to
give a local gift than a traditional gift card from a big brand.
Not exact matches
Leave a thank you note for the trash collector,
give the mailman a
gift certificate to a
local restaurant, or get a dozen cupcakes for the UPS guy.
They thought the tourist aspect would make the store worth it, but they found, on a day - to - day basis, people wanted to buy the more inexpensive candy bar with a
local label to
give as vacation
gifts.
Our goal was to create a consumer -
gifting platform that would let Facebook friends
give each other real - world
gifts from the best
local businesses.
She also
gave gift certificates to the
local water ice shop for — you guessed it — grape water ice.
In fact, you can
give these donations as
gifts (many of them come with an «experience» such as a safari when you donate to a
local exotic animal zoo) and get good karma points, a tax write - off, and a genuine thank you to boot.
If an itemizing taxpayer with a tax rate of 39.6 percent
gives $ 100 to a
local college, for example, that charitable deductible
gift has an after - tax cost to the taxpayer of $ 60.40 because of the $ 39.60 reduction in his or her income tax bill.
Even for
gifts such as P.L. 480 food aid, the State Department was
given «counterpart funds,» a
local - currency equivalence of the value of the food.
The building of the
local hospital, the ambulance that got me there before I died from blood loss, the image of God in the paramedics that made them
give their lives to rescuing people they've never met, the wisdom of the surgeon, the intelligence and skill of the thousands of individuals whose discoveries have made operating theatres and anaesthesia possible — all of these are gracious
gifts of a loving God, whose mercy enables healings to take place across the world that would, in any other generation, be considered quite miraculous.
I declined as I didn't want to profit from this
gift I was
given, but as I know from the story of the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4 that the Lord uses testimonies to draw others to Himself, so at my own expense I had my testimony printed at a
local print shop for a few hundred dollars, and am distributing it with New Testaments to people as the Lord leads.
But that is absolutely no reason not to find a
local Body of Christ and use the
gifts and talents God
gave for the growth of the kingdom.
I can not
give you any specific scripture references that verify that, but the alternative is to assume that every
local church (or specific community of faith) has identical
gifts and resources, and that every community has the same problems and needs.
Along with a
gift card, they
gave me a list of
local restaurants who served Certified Angus Beef and Lindy's Landing in Wauconda was one of the restaurants on the list.
The parents where absolutely floored by his attentiveness and his attention to detail when it came to their daughter that they wrote the Account Manager a Thank You letter and
gave Christian two $ 50
gift cards to
local Orlando Restaurants.
Gifts of the Season
Giving Program lets Grand Casino Guests and Associates nominate
local non-profits to receive one of four $ 5,000 donations
We love
giving gifts, but it feels so much better to find something unique and have those
gifts support small business and
local makers in our own city.
We love supporting
local artists, especially this time of year as we begin thinking about
gift giving.
A few birthdays ago, Jon
gave me the incredibly thoughtful and generous
gift of flower «credits» at a
local florist; over the course of three or so months, I walked around the corner and picked up fresh flowers whenever I wanted them.
Support a
local business and
give your child's teacher a yummy meal to look forward to with a thoughtful restaurant
gift card.
Take on some of the cost by either purchasing a
gift certificate to a
local craft or dollar store or pick up some of the items yourself — even better, ask each parent to pick up one craft item to
give at the holiday time or end of year.
For the average customer browsing the parenting bookshelf at her
local bookstore, she might pick up a copy of On Becoming Babywise:
Giving Your Infant the
Gift of Nighttime Sleep and think yahtzee!
You could
give her a
gift certificate to a
local yoga studio for prenatal yoga classes and a
gift card to a Nordstrom or DSW to buy some shoes when those dogs start barking with all of that extra weight.
The
local organization, Veterans for Peace,
gave the Southern Tier the option on Saturday to turn in their guns in exchange for grocery
gift cards.
Question topics included financial incentives
given by the City to Altronix (which hosted the Mayor for a visit just before the press conference), whether the mayor has concerns about offering such incentives, whether his jobs task force will work with
local communities, whether his affordable housing plan conflicts with his plan to enable more manufacturing in the city, what a base livable minimum wage is, whether the mayor is concerned about the possibility that Republicans may control the U.S. Senate next year, whether NY State has done enough to assist NYC in obtaining hazard mitigation money from the federal government, the Mayor's views on items sold at the September 11th Museum
gift shop and what the first «tangible» product of the task force will be.
Mr. Biggie was a former candidate for state office, the winner of the 2006 Community Leader Award from the Buffalo Alliance for Education and is the founder of Buffalo Christmas Wishes, which is a
gift giving campaign for
local children.
During the season of
giving, the Children's Hospital of Georgia is receiving significant
gift donations from a
local Kiwanis club and Resolute Forest Products.
If you plan to
give this as a
gift, grab some nice glass jars at your
local dollar store.
I bought close to a hundred pounds of herbs, hoping to mix pregnancy tea and herbal sitz baths to
give as
gifts or sell through
local health food stores.
On Saturday we attended the Live Love
Give event at our
local Pier1 to learn all about creating an amazing
gifts for Mother's Day.
This season I'm trying to
give experiences over mindless
gifts I found a good deal on, donate in friends names and to shop
local.
Give her a
gift certificate to her
local spa and offer to babysit so she can go unwind.
Dorian * admits he pays a lot more to be a «sugar daddy» to various «sugar babies» — to
give younger women extravagant
gifts in exchange for their company — than he would if he frequented his
local brothel.
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Several
local restaurants and businesses are willing to
give dinners or
gift certificates, said Stokes.
Still more students will be
given tens of thousands of
gift certificates to
local establishments.
Gifts or
gift certificates from school business partners and other
local businesses were
given.
Give each teacher a
gift card to a
local pizza shop.
During our employee luncheons, key employees are
given trophies for their success and a
gift card to
local restaurants and shopping destinations.
Have a wonderful holiday season, shop in your
local bookstore and
give the best
gifts in the world — books.
Simon and Schuster has just launched a new holiday campaign called «
Give the
Gift of Reading» to support
local independent bookstores and Literacy Partners, whose mission is to strengthen families by empowering parents through education.
Prepare now so you'll be ready to
give away copies as
gifts, to list your book on Amazon or Barnes & Noble, and to sell it at
local coffee or
gift shops.
If an itemizing taxpayer with a tax rate of 39.6 percent
gives $ 100 to a
local college, for example, that charitable deductible
gift has an after - tax cost to the taxpayer of $ 60.40 because of the $ 39.60 reduction in his or her income tax bill.
Perhaps the very best way to go about
gifting a pet is to actively involve the pet parent - to - be in the selection process by
giving them a
gift certificate that covers the adoption fee of an animal at a
local shelter or rescue group.
Local Artist & ARL supporter, Jenn Marquez Photography will be there
giving away $ 15
gift certificates toward a photo session!
Appalled, I rallied the
local veterinarians and got them to agree to join me in humanely euthanizing the dogs and cats, just like the
gift we were
giving Quin» C.
Local Artist & ARL supporter, Jenn Marquez Photography will be at the show
giving away $ 15
gift certificates toward a photo session!
Working with Pets for Patriots, AWA
gives local veterans, service members and their families the
gift of unconditional friendship and love while providing millions of dogs and cats a second chance at life.
With your one donation, you
give a
gift to your friend, a
local cat or dog, and that pet's future family.
• If you
give directly or through payroll deduction at your
local United Way, consider designating your
gift to Freedom Guide Dogs.
In an effort to encourage overall fund development for
local nonprofit agencies by including planned
gifts alongside annual fundraising and capital campaigns, TCF launched the Planned
Giving Partnership (PGP) in November 2008.