2006 Shopping List
(For current year's shopping list, click here)
Local
GirlVentures
GirlVentures strives to help adolescent girls discover and access their strengths through safe outdoor adventures, creative arts and group interaction.
| Item | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Warm clothes, raingear and hiking boots for a courageous outdoor adventurer! | $100 | |
| One day of rockclimbing for a girl | $50 | |
| A climbing harness or lightweight LED headlamp | $25 | |
| A clean, brand-new, durable quart water bottle | $10 |
La Casa de las Madres
Offering Shelter, Advocacy and Support Services to Battered Women and their Children.
| Item | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| A night of safety for a woman and her three children at La Casa de las Madres' Emergency Shelter. | $100 | |
| Immediate, live response to 20 Hotline calls: providing crisis counseling, resources and referrals on La Casa's 24-hour, state-wide, toll-free line | $50 | |
| A facilitated support group, helping survivors emerge from the trauma and isolation so often inflicted through domestic violence. | $25 | |
| 50 wallet-sized resource cards for victims of domestic violence: small enough to hide, important enough to save a life. | $10 |
Livability Project
To help businesses and communities evolve from the oil economy to local green economies.
| Item | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Branch member | $250 | |
| Leaf Member | $100 | |
| Flower member | $50 | |
| Veggie member | $25 | |
| Funds used to implement garden: may include fruit trees, seedlings, tools, and education | $10 |
Milo Foundation
A nonprofit, no-kill organization providing an alternative for homeless pets throughout Northern California, through education, adoption services, and providing sanctuary for animals until permanent homes can be found.
| Item | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intake, evaluation, and initial vaccine treatment for each newly rescued pet | $75 | |
| Spay for a female canine | $50 | |
| Neuter for a male canine | $40 | |
| Spay for a female feline | $35 | |
| Feed a dog at our Sanctuary for a month | $25 | |
| Neuter for a male feline | $25 | |
| Fleece cat hammock for kitties waiting to be adopted | $20 | |
| Annual rabies vaccine for a dog or cat | $10 | |
| Chew toy for a puppy or young dog | $5 | |
| Brass bone tag to identify Milo dogs | $1 | |
| Deluxe cat nip mouse | $1 |
Pacifica Beach Coalition
Pacifica Beach Coalition is dedicated to protecting and restoring Pacifica's natural resources through education and activities such as beach cleanups, removing non-native plants, and supporting the startup of related groups.
| Item | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay for an entire student beach cleanup | $120 | |
| Hire a student to coordinate a beach cleanup | $40 | |
| Hire a student to do a beach cleanup | $20 | |
| 1-2 native plants for beach restoration | $10 | |
| Bags and/or gloves for beach cleanup | $5 |
Pacifica's Envionmental Family
A nonprofit organization, concerned about the natural world of Pacifica, California. Its goal is to increase environmental awareness in the community and in the schools.
| Item | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Join the California Native Plant Society | $45 | |
| Hire a student to remove non-native plants on the beach | $30 | |
| Large plant for beach restoration | $10 | |
| Small plant for beach restoration | $5 |
Peninsula Habitat for Humanity
Builds homes for low-income families in San Mateo County through volunteer and community support.
| Item | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| A door in a home | $100 | |
| A window in a home | $50 | |
| Household appliances for a home | $30 | |
| Trees and shrubs for landscaping a home | $20 | |
| Painting and finishing supplies for a home | $10 | |
| Share of buiding materials for Habitat home | $5 |
International
Alternative Gifts International
Authentic, life-giving gifts that build a partnership with people in crisis and protect and preserve the earth's endangered environment - to nourish and sustain a more equitable and peaceful global community.
| Item | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| See separate gift list. | $0 |
Heifer International
Dedicated to ending world hunger and caring for the earth by providing livestock, trees, training, and other resources to help strugging families around the globe.
| Item | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| See separate gift list. | $0 |
Mission:Guatemala
Helping Guatemalans, especially women, better their lives through education and income generating activities.
| Item | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| A year of education | $480 | |
| A sewing machine for an artisan group | $300 | |
| Three months of education | $120 | |
| A month of education | $40 | |
| Sewing lessons for one woman | $20 | |
| Transportation for weavers to get their products to market | $20 | |
| Small business training for a artisan group | $15 | |
| A week of education for a Guatemala Indigenous young woman | $10 | |
| Thread for a woven shawl | $10 |