Green Options » tisbest http://greenoptions.com/tag/tisbest Posts tagged 'tisbest' Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en The Gift Card that (Literally) Keeps on Giving: TisBest http://sustainablog.org/2008/11/26/the-gift-card-that-literally-keeps-on-giving-tisbest/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/11/26/the-gift-card-that-literally-keeps-on-giving-tisbest/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:19:17 +0000 Jeff McIntire-Strasburg http://sustainablog.org/2008/11/26/the-gift-card-that-literally-keeps-on-giving-tisbest/ TisBest gift card with Earth Hands imageSo, I got the inevitable question from my wife this morning: “What do you want for Christmas?” My inevitable answer: “I don’t know.” As this game plays out over the next few weeks, my answers will change: “nothing” is next, something completey unsexy but totally useful will follow (she hates those), and, finally, I’ll say “Why not just make a donation in my name.”

But, I might mix it up this year: “How about a TisBest gift card?”

I heard about these cards just over a week ago, and love the concept: a gift card for charitable donations. According to their press materials, TisBest is

…a Seattle-based company that offers tax-deductible charity gift cards online in amounts from $10 to $5,000. Charity gift card recipients then choose to donate the funds on their gift card to one of 250 carefully selected charities organized into categories as diverse as: the environment, health, children, education, arts and culture and women’s issues.

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