Gift Ideas for $5 and under

This gift will provide an 80 lb bag of concrete - our volunteers will mix it with water and use it to anchor a swingset, slide, or climbing structure for kids to play on! more

Your gift of $5 will provide 14 meals to school children. You will be giving the gift of nourishment and making it easier for families to send their children to school. Your donation will enhance children’s capacity to retain knowledge and increase their problem-solving skills. more

Your gift will provide one sign language dictionary for a family. Deaf trainers introduce the dictionary to the families, and show non-verbal activities that get families and their Deaf children communicating better. more

This gift will provide two 4-inch tomato, green pepper, or herb plants for a pizza garden - helping kids learn how food comes from the earth to the table! Alternatively, your gift can provide two flowering plants to beautify the playground for everyone. more

Clean, fresh bedding provides the "carpet" at the bottom of a horse stall. Bedding is soft enough to feel more like standing in a grassy pasture. Clean bedding is a great surface for horses to roll, and it provides the absorbency for waste materials so they are more contained and easier to remove. more

This $1 gift will provide a complete year of culturally relevant, age-appropriate Bible lessons to a child in the poorest and most hopeless regions of the world. more

Miracle Balloons: Children’s Miracle Network’s most recognizable symbol and greatest fund raising tool—the red and yellow Miracle Balloon—is sold online and in more than 33,000 sponsor locations throughout North America. more

This gift will provide a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy with a journal, which is included in Chemo Comfort kits. This book can be a place to vent fears, frustrations, hopes and dreams. The book can also be used to keep track of symptoms and reactions to chemotherapy. more

Your donation will demine and build one square meter of a soccer field in a mine-affected country, saving lives and giving kids safe places for recreation and social development. There is need for reunification of war-torn regions to help sustain what often is a fragile peace. more

Your gift will help provide the equipment needed to best document DtM's field research. The research collected will be brought back to the design studios in order to develop innovative solutions. more

Your donation will fund 10 pounds of clay – much needed raw material for artisans in developing countries to pursue their craft and build their business. more

IMED, an Opportunity International partner, is a microfinance organization based in Chennai. When the tsunami struck, the IMED staff was quick to respond, surveying the damage in stricken areas, participating in relief activities and gauging the future needs of tsunami victims. more