Alternative Gift Guide 2022

ALTERNATIVE GIFT GUIDE

CONTENTS Table of

A Letter from The Glenn Institute 3

Agape Youth and Family Center / Kate Barnette 4

Agape Youth and Family Center / Lily and Virginia Hernandez 4

Artists First / Alexandra Yuan 5

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta / Aidan Gao................................................................................................. 5

Atlanta Community Food Bank / Daksh Khanna 6

Atlanta Rescue Dog Cafe / Aaron Fisher 7

Audrey's Angels / Audrey W DeShetler 7

Blessed Backpacks / Ellie Myers and Sadie Clayton 8

Book Buddies / Aidan Kephart 8

Book for a Purpose / Anna Wickliffe 9

Candidly Kind / Kara Stevens 9

Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Water Warriors / Jillian Griffin 10

Children's Literature for Children, Inc. / Debbie Green 11

Childspring International / Jennie Patterson 12

Circle of Women / Josephine Conley ......................................................................................................................................... 12

Dolphins Challenge Cancer / Sarah Latham 13

Double Play/Triple Play / James Rhee 13

Earthjuice / Maggie Liu and Raleigh Bunting 14

Gold Hearts for Cures / Caryssa Snyder and Saachi Singh 14

Guatemala JanTerm: House to Homes / Meghan James 15

Heart for Africa Khutsala Market / Millar Freeman and Laura Harris 15

HeART for Charity / Katherine Andrews and Dorothy Verner 16

Lekotek of Georgia / Munday Tyrone 16

Level Up / Lara Hodgson 17

Make-A-Wish / Presley Tsang 17

Minority Outdoor Alliance / Ashley and Durrell Smith ......................................................................................................... 18

Most Valuable Kids of Greater Atlanta / Anna Banner 19

Middle School Woodcats / Patrick Egan 19

GIFT GUIDE

CONTENTS Table of

NavRatnaNavya / Divya and Navya Sinha 20

Odyssey Atlanta / Josephine Conley 20

PERIOD. / Shayla Lieu 21

Petal Designs / Heather Kase Alpert and Cary Jones 21

rad+addy / Radhika Laskar and Addy Labouchere ................................................................................................................ 22

Releash Atlanta / Molly Morris Nguyen 22

Sixty Feet / Emma Grace Roe 23

Spanish 2 / Nicole D'Antonio 24

Tennis Service Club / Ashley Piedad and Riley Sager 24

Thank Our Teachers / Peter Davis 25

The Bee Conservancy / Sophia Wang and friends 26

The Ocean Cleanup / Emily Federovitch and friends 27

UNICEF / Ava Wong 27

Veterans Empowerment Organization / Claire Diaz 28

Wells of Hope International, Inc. / Amanda Corley 28

Westminster BFAS Club / Frankie Sayer ................................................................................................................................. 29

Zambezi Elephant Fund / Betsy and Bill Verner 30

ALTERNATIVE GIFT GUIDE

PURPOSE Presents with a

For the last 16 years, the Alternative Gift Fair has been a joyous, holiday spirit-filled family event that brings our campus and community together in celebrating the season of giving. A variety of student groups, vendors, volunteers, and attendees make the Alternative Gift Fair an event to remember every year. This year, The Glenn Institute and PAWS Community Service Committee are excited to welcome Westminster families, neighbors, and friends to this treasured annual event to celebrate Presents with Purpose.

We are also excited to continue the new tradition of the Alternative Gift Guide. Created in 2020 as a way to virtually offer the Alternative Gift Fair for the community, we quickly realized that the guide allowed for a wider audience to participate in the Alternative Gift Fair and decided to continue to offer it along with the in-person event. Please enjoy browsing the Alternative Gift Guide and consider supporting our student, parent, and community partner organizations. From coffee and tea to handmade jewelry and Christmas ornaments, both shopping experiences include something for everyone on your shopping list! Your purchases and donations made at the Alternative Gift Fair and through the Alternative Gift Guide directly impact local and global charitable organizations and nonprofits.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

With gratitude, The Glenn Institute PAWS Community Service Committee

We've sprinkled in photos from the Alternative Gift Fair in years past—enjoy reminiscing with us as you shop!

Dear Westminster Community,

Agape Youth and Family Center

Kate Barnette

Agape provides support programs for underserved youth and families in Atlanta. The need for Agape's work is more critical now than ever. Job loss and significantly reduced work hours have created extreme economic barriers to the families Agape serves. Proceeds will be used to ensure that students are supported with oneon-one tutoring, homework help, and mentorship as well as a hot dinner nightly.

Christmas ornaments and baked goods: $5–$15

Agape Youth and Family Center

Lily and Virginia Hernandez

Agape's programs provide academic and family support services, focusing on character development, academic achievement, reading proficiency by third grade, high school graduation, and post-graduation placement for nearly 225 children. This work is even more critical as we combat pandemic learning loss and support students through academic recovery. Agape's mission is to empower and support underserved families to discover and embrace their full potential. Agape achieves this mission by offering comprehensive programs and services designed to break the cycle of generational poverty. We want to educate people about Agape and direct your donations to help the children at Agape who have experienced learning loss through the pandemic.

Artists First

Alexandra Yuan

Artists First is an inclusive, non-profit art studio empowering artists of all abilities. Artists First uses creative self-expression to build equity, equality and empowerment in the Saint Louis region and beyond. We believe in bringing art to the community as a means of integration, healing, support, and finding common ground. The proceeds will go to this nonprofit organization to help increase the reach of this institution, and their mission directly aligns with the goal of the Therapy in Art Club at Westminster.

For more information, visit: artistsfirstatl.org

Glass ornaments: $10–$15

Glass pendant necklaces: $12–$15

Glass magnets: $5

Glass coasters: $15–$20

Ring holders: $16–$20 Winter landscape paintings: $20–$40 Mugs: $15–$20

HOW TO SHOP | email alexandrayuan@westminster.net or call 404-357-0737

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta and Blue Ivy Learning USA

Aidan Gao

Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta is the first nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) and Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (AMEMSA) communities in Georgia and the Southeast.

Through our work, we envision a social movement in which communities of color are fully empowered, active in civic life, and working together to promote equity, fair treatment, and self determination for all.

Founded in 2010 as the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center (AALAC), our organization became part of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliation in 2014. Since then, we have re-organized our focus areas more specifically into four groups: Policy Advocacy, Organizing & Civic Engagement, Impact Litigation, and Legal Services.

Sweaters and t-shirts designed by Westminster students: prices may vary

For more information, visit: advancingjustice-atlanta.org

HOW TO SHOP | call 678-739-1088

Atlanta Community Food Bank

Daksh Khanna

Help Our Neighbors Facing Hunger

Our Impact: Every $1 helps provide 4 meals.

Right now, one in ten people in metro Atlanta and north Georgia don’t have enough to eat. Our gift will now help give food and hope to children, families, and seniors right here in our community. Together, we provide food for better lives. The Atlanta Community Food Bank's mission is to fight hunger by engaging, educating and empowering our community. We work with more than 700 nonprofit partners to distribute over 65 million meals across metro Atlanta and north Georgia.We’re a member of Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger relief charity made up of over 200 food banks.

Atlanta Rescue Dog Cafe (ARDC)

Aaron Fisher

Atlanta Rescue Dog Cafe (ARDC) is a nonprofit with a unique mission: to prevent animal cruelty and help keep pets in loving forever homes, off the streets, and out of shelters. ARDC aims to prevent pets from ever becoming rescues in the first place through innovative humane education, pet therapy, and communitybuilding programs throughout Atlanta and beyond that promote empathy, compassion, and kindness.

T-shirts: $25

Dog collars: $18–$28

Pet-themed belts: $35

Dog leashes: donation only

For more information, visit: https://therescuedogcafe.org/

HOW TO SHOP | email afisher@therescuedogcafe.org

Audrey's Angels

Audrey W DeShetler

Audrey's Angels brings awareness to childhood cancer and the need for childhood cancer research. All proceeds will be donated to Solving Kids Cancer and The Rally Foundation.

Christmas Ornaments

For more information, visit: audreys-angels.com

HOW TO SHOP | email mdeshetler@gmail.com

Blessed Backpacks

Ellie Myers and Sadie Clayton

Almost 40,000 veterans in the United States are currently suffering from homelessness, with more than 51% suffering from severe mental illness and severe isolation. Our mission is to give back to those who sacrificed so much to protect our country and the freedoms we enjoy today by partnering with United Military Care (UMC) to distribute backpacks full of essentials to homeless veterans in Georgia. With the money made from the Alternative Gift Fair, we plan to buy the food items that will go into the packs—with UMC providing toiletries and handling distribution—and begin to spread information about this issue plaguing 800 veterans in our home state alone. Help us begin the process this holiday season and give to those who have sacrificed an inconceivable amount for us.

Raffle basket: $5 Giftcard: $3

For more information, visit: unitedmilitarycare.org

HOW TO SHOP | email blessedbackpacksWM@gmail.com

Book Buddies

Aidan Kephart

Book Buddies is a nonprofit organization of volunteer teens who share their love of reading with young children in their communities. Book Buddies volunteers read to children in schools in their communities, read to groups of students online through Zoom, and record readings for the Book Buddies website for students to enjoy at any time. Proceeds will be used to 1) purchase a lighted stand to for recording books for the online library; 2) make T-shirts for volunteers to wear when they present to a partner location; 3) purchase a laminator to make nametags for volunteers; and 4) purchase books to give to students on special occasions—we believe there is no replacement for a physical book that kids can hold to nurture a love of reading.

Canvas bags: $5 Bookmarks: $1

For more information, visit: mybookbuddies.org

HOW TO SHOP | email aidankephart@westminster.net

Books for a Purpose

Anna Wickliffe

The Books for a Purpose club is fueled by the mission to give underprivileged children access to literature and reading materials. We will give 100% of our proceeds from the Alternative Gift Fair to Ferst Readers, a nonprofit based in Madison, Georgia. Ferst Readers mails age-specific books and resources to underprivileged children every month until their fifth birthday. The money we raise through the Alternative Gift Fair will benefit children from low-income families who are part of the Ferst Readers program in Cobb, Dekalb, and Fulton counties. You can find more information about Ferst Readers at ferstreaders.org.

The Books for a Purpose club aims to promote a love of literature through service. Since the club was established in 2021, we have organized an Upper School book drive (donating more than 150 books), established a successful English tutoring program in the middle school, and led numerous meetings for our 70+ members. We are thrilled to participate in this year’s Alternative Gift Fair to benefit Ferst Readers!

Bookmarks: $2.50–$3.50

Chocolate treats $1.50–$4

For more information, visit: ferstreaders.org

HOW TO SHOP | email annawickliffe@westminster.net

Candidly Kind

Kara Stevens

Candidly Kind was founded in 2018 by Grace and Carrie Key to spread light, love, and acceptance for people with Down syndrome through Grace's art and life. Products feature Grace's original artwork and catch phrases. Grace has Down syndrome, but it does not define her. Candidly Kind gives more than 25% of profits to charities. Some nonprofits they support are GiGi's Playhouse Atlanta, Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta, Best Buddies Georgia, Sibley Heart Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Ruby's Rainbow, Celebrate EDU, and the National Down Syndrome Society.

T-shirts, sweatshirts, tote bags and stickers: $12–$60

For more information, visit: candidlykind.com

HOW TO SHOP | email carrie@candidlykind.com

Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) Water Warriors on Campus

Jillian Griffin

The mission of the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) Water Warriors on Campus program is to recruit, engage, and educate high school and college students to become stewards of the Chattahoochee River, and ultimately the environment, on their school campuses and in their community. The program's vision is to inspire students to create a sustainable future for the environment and the Chattahoochee River through innovation and connection with others. The Water Warriors on Campus program is an ongoing, mutually beneficial partnership between CRK and college/high school students that runs for seven months throughout their school year. The proceeds from this event will help support the Water Warriors on Campus program and Chattahoochee Riverkeeper's important work.

Children's Literature for Children Inc.

Debbie Green

Children's Literature for Children (CLC) is a 501(c)(3) educational organization working to improve the lives of children using books as the gateway. CLC has provided gently used and new books as well as reading volunteers to inner-city Atlanta public elementary schools. We have built 13 library buildings at government schools in Kenya, partnering with Mount Kenya Academy to manage the libraries and distribute books collected here in Atlanta through Reader-to-Reader book drives. Having distributed more than 2 million books to children in need, we are committed to breaking the cycle of poverty through literacy and books. Visit childrensliterature.org for more information.

Childspring International

Jenny Patterson

Childspring International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Atlanta. Our driving force and mission is to provide life-changing surgeries for children from developing countries and transform communities as a result. We have developed an expansive collaborative network with domestic and international medical partners that also includes in-country coordinators. Childspring has implemented a cost-effective model that prioritizes in-country treatment and maintains family preservation. The surgical conditions we address include heart, hernia, orthopedic, cleft lip/palate, and ophthalmological conditions. Surgeries are provided free of charge in the child’s home country to help aid faster recovery and maintain community support. When necessary, we bring the children to the U.S. to receive surgery. It is our vision to become a leading advocate to provide medical care for children throughout our global community. Money raised through events and grants pays for these surgeries. If you would like to make a tax deductible gift and sponsor a child’s surgery this holiday season, please visit our website.

Donations are greatly appreciated.

For more information, visit: childspringintl.org

HOW TO SHOP | email grants@childspringintl.org

Circle of Women

Josephine Conley

Circle of Women's mission is to provide access to education to girls without it. The money raised during the Alternative Gift Fair will be going to Project RAIN, a project that Circle of Women has recently taken on. Project RAIN is an initiative started by the University of Florida's chapter of Circle of Women to increase access to education for secondary school girls in Niger. For this project, Circle of Women is partnering with Agadez Learning Center (ALC) and RAIN to provide funds to build a new dormitory. This dormitory would double the potential enrollment that ALC could support. This project is particularly important because the secondary school retention rate in Niger is extremely low, as many families must split their income among many children, and older siblings often have to drop out and care for younger family members.

Student-made art and jewelry: prices vary Hot cocoa kits: $5

For more information, visit: circleofwomen.org

HOW TO SHOP | email josephineconley@westminster.net

Dolphins Challenge Cancer

Sarah Latham

Dolphins Challenge Cancer (DCC) is the Miami Dolphins' signature fundraising initiative where 100% of proceeds are donated to the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Last year, DCC raised $8.4 million (the largest charitable fundraising event in the NFL), with funds directed toward the advancement of cancer care through breakthrough science, leading-edge technology and personalized patient care. Upper School math teacher Sarah Latham and her daughter will be doing a 100-mile bike ride in February in support of this initiative.

Handmade oyster shell ornaments: $10–$15

"W" ornament needlepoint canvases with threads: $30 Beach-themed, hand cross-stitched pillow: $150

For more information, visit: https://dolphins.donordrive.com

HOW TO SHOP | email sarahlatham@westminster.net

Double Play/Triple Play

James Rhee

In 2017, after playing teams that did not have adequate equipment, Westminster students, James and Julia Rhee founded Double Play. Since then, Double play has recycled & donated ~ $90K in gear to help kids who want to play but lack the gear. In 2021, Triple Play was formed to help level the playing field at the next level. During Covid, Triple Play funded a scholarship to support kids who want to play but could not due to finances at their community recreation league, NYO. This year, in partnership with Dicks Sporting Goods, Triple play will provide $300 in new gear to NYO player, and our hope is to raise enough money to help cover the cost of NYO registration. This is around $350. 100% of all our profits will go to support a local kid who wants to play but cannot due to finances.

Treat-filled mugs: $25 Tote bag with sports toys: $50

For more information, visit: tripleplayatl.org

HOW TO SHOP | email jamesrhee@westminster.net or call 404-405-8459

Earthjustice

Maggie Liu & Raleigh Bunting

Earthjustice is a nonprofit environmental law organization. They provide free legal representation to clients fighting to protect people’s health, to preserve places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. Most of the donations go to providing free legal representation on the behalf of citizen groups, environmental organizations, and other organizations to ensure government and private groups follow the law. The donations they receive will also go to fundraising that provides increased public, media, and policymaker awareness of environmental issues and the role of law in solving them.

Crocheted stuffed animals, bookmarks, ornaments: $5–$20

Embroidered decorations: $15–$20

Stickers: $1–$5 Jewelry: $1–$5

For more information, visit: earthjustice.org

HOW TO SHOP | email maggieliu@westminster.net or call 470-667-9398

Gold Hearts for Cures

Caryssa Snyder and Saachi Singh

Gold Hearts for Cures is a student-run organization dedicated to raising awareness for childhood cancer. Around 400,000 children around the world are diagnosed with cancer each year. Furthermore, childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children, yet the government only provides 4% of funding to research for a cure. Our proceeds go to CURE Childhood Cancer, an Atlanta-based organization that both conducts research and raises awareness for childhood cancer. The symbol of our organization, the gold heart, represents the gold childhood cancer ribbon and how our “gold” hearts are with the multitude of families affected. Having a golden heart means leading with a heart centered around the golden rule, which states, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Our mission is to have a golden heart for others by spreading awareness for young children who should not be suffering. Cancer doesn’t discriminate.

Bracelets: $10

For more information, visit: curechildhoodcancer.org

HOW TO SHOP | email goldheartsforcures@gmail.com

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Guatemala JanTerm: Houses to Homes

Meghan James

Students currently enrolled in Westminster's Guatemala JanTerm class will be selling Thrive coffee and other items from Guatemala to help fundraise for the service learning project with Guatemalan organization From Houses to Homes. Students will work along side future homeowners to build permanent housing for families with the From Houses to Homes organization.

Whole-bean, ground, and K-cup Thrive coffee $20

For more information, visit: fromhousestohomes.org

HOW TO SHOP | email meghanjames@westminster.net

Heart for Africa Khutsala Market

Millar Freeman and Laura Harris

Khutsala™ Artisans (Khutsala meaning "hard working" in the siSwati language) was created to provide profits that go toward caring for orphans and vulnerable children. This Heart for Africa™ initiative provides employment for women and men from all over the Kingdom of Eswatini. Each employee receives training in multiple areas including but not limited to bead craft, jewelry making, and ceramics.

Items made in Eswatini including ornaments, keychains, and handmade wood crafts like bowls, coasters, charcuterie boards, and more.

HOW TO SHOP | visit khutsala.com

HeART for Charity

Katherine Andrews and Dorothy Verner

HeART for Children! is an annual project that creates a coloring book consisting of art made with love by children, for children. Inspired by her 17-year-old cousin, Stella, who was diagnosed with B-Cell lymphoma, Katherine Andrews enlisted her peers at Westminster and throughout the Atlanta community to donate drawings. With the support of the Glenn Institute, the Civic Engagement Fellows, and the many talented artists at Westminster, she has compiled hundreds of handmade drawings into coloring books for pediatric inpatients. HeART has printed and donated the first, second, and third editions of the coloring book to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Seattle Children's Hospital, and Stanford Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Proceeds from the Alternative Gift Fair will go toward printing more books for the 2023 edition!

Coloring books; $15

For more information, visit: heartforcharityatl.com

HOW TO SHOP | email katherineandrews@westminster.net

Lekotek of Georgia

Munday Tyrone

Lekotek of Georgia provides learning tools and resources to young kids and families living with a variety of disabilities. Since December 1983, Lekotek of Georgia has provided program services to more than 7,000 families traveling from 42 Georgia counties and three states. Currently 852 families receive services every year. Lekotek serves children with a wide range of disabilities including but not limited to attention deficit disorders, speech delays, cognitive delays, autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, hearing and/or vision loss, mitochondrial disorders, other neuromuscular disorders, and spina bifida. We primarily serve children from birth to 8 years of age, with computer services also available to adolescents and young adults. Minimal fees are charged for some activities, but full and partial scholarships are always available, and no family is ever denied services due to inability to pay.

Homemade hand-painted candles: $8–$15

For more information, visit: lekotekga.org

HOW TO SHOP | call 404-219-5700

Level Up

Lara Hodgson

I published a book called Level Up this year with my co-author and longtime business partner Stacey Abrams. It tells the story of our 17-year business partnership and how our differences are our superpower, with lessons on leadership, life, and entrepreneurship. I would like to sell the book, sign copies, and donate the proceeds to the Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (RICE), a hub for Black-owned businesses in Atlanta.

Copies of Level Up: Rise Above the Hidden Forces Holding You Back

For more information, visit: levelup2day.org and russellcenter.org

HOW TO SHOP | email lohodgson@gmail.com

Make-A-Wish

Presley Tsang

The mission of Make-A-Wish is to fulfill life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. By granting wishes for wish children, Make-A-Wish hopes to support critically ill children by renewing hope, uplifting spirits, and encouraging belief in the impossible. Make-A-Wish grants thousands of unique wishes each year, and the proceeds from the Alternative Gift Fair will go directly toward Make-A-Wish via the organization's Youth Leadership Council in order to make more wishes possible.

Raffle tickets (prizes include jewelry, gift cards, cosmetics gift baskets, and more): $10

For more information, visit: tinyurl.com/makeawishpresleytsang

HOW TO SHOP | email presleytsang@westminster.net

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Minority Outdoor Alliance

Ashley and Durrell Smith

Co-founders and husband and wife team Durrell and Ashley Smith are committed to cultivating a more inclusive world and amplifying the urgent need for all communities to be involved in conserving our natural resources. The Minority Outdoor Alliance believes that the outdoor industry should emulate nature itself and should be filled with color and diversity. CEO Ashley Smith says, “We are living in one of the most momentous times in history, and it is no coincidence that conversations regarding DEI and conserving natural resources are at the forefront of collective conversation. At this point, we must release the energy of our past and step into a future where there is an appreciation of the worth of all living beings and an appreciation of the worth of our natural world. The Minority Outdoor Alliance is a service to the world that my husband and I love to provide, because it is a solution that enables us to unite members of different communities for the cause of conservation. It is imperative that every single human being understands the urgency of caring for our natural resources and that we all learn to work together to conserve as much of the natural world as we can so that it is here for posterity.”

T-shirts and Yeti mugs: $25

For more information, visit: minorityoutdooralliance.org

Most Valuable Kids of Greater Atlanta

Anna Banner

Middle School Woodcats

Patrick Egan

We teach Middle School students how to woodwork. WoodCats in the Middle School uses recycled pallet wood to make festive holiday-themed signs. All are entirely student-made and become a source of pride for each student.

NavRatnaNavya

Divya and Navya Sinha

My name is Navya and I have been making handcrafted clay jewelry for several years now. I successfully raised $10,000 for the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) in the summer of 2021 by selling my jewelry, and I also donated my earnings from Spotlight on Art at Trinity School and Westminster's Alternative Gift Fair to other social causes. I would love to continue to raise money for the ACFB and want to donate 100% of my sales to them this year. I’m grateful to my school for giving me a platform to showcase my art and help me support an organization whose mission is close to my heart.

Handcrafted clay earrings and necklaces: $15–$50

For more information, visit: acfb.org

HOW TO SHOP | email divsinha@gmail.com

Odyssey Atlanta

Josephine Conley

Odyssey’s mission is to expand the ambitions of Atlanta students and empower them on a successful journey to college and a fulfilling career.

For more information, visit: odysseyatlanta.org

HOW TO SHOP | email jenniferkellett@odysseyatlanta.org

PERIOD.

Shayla Lieu

PERIOD. is a global youth-fueled nonprofit that strives to eradicate period poverty and stigma through service, education, and advocacy. Through the distribution of menstrual products, promotion of youth leadership, and championing of menstrual equity in policy, PERIOD. aims to center those disproportionately affected by period poverty and support local efforts for menstrual equity.

Homemade cookies: $15–$20 per box

For more information, visit: period.org

HOW TO SHOP | call 404-713-2841

Petal Designs

Heather Kase Alpert and Cary Jones

A portion of our proceeds will benefit a farm that supports rescued horses that participate in equine therapy for special needs children.

Small painted canvases and canvas gift totes

HOW TO SHOP | email hh.kase@gmail.com

Feed America...with Slime!

Radhika Laskar and Addy Labouchere

We are two seventh grade girls who are very interested in making the world a better place for all people. We are activists and are working hard to make our community a better place. In the past we have supported organizations like the Clean Air Task Force and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, through bake sales. We know that the Westminster community is very fortunate to have the opportunities that we have, and this is not something that everyone has. For the Alternative Gift Fair, we are donating to Feed America because we are trying to help people in different ways.

Customized slime: $3–$7

Slime multipacks: $1–$15

For more information, visit: feedingamerica.org

HOW TO SHOP | email radhikalaskar@westminster.net

Releash Atlanta

Molly Morris Nguyen

Releash Atlanta is a 501c3, not for profit, 100% volunteer run, GA Department of Agriculture licensed charitable organization that works tirelessly to save dogs from high kill shelters throughout the state of Georgia. Releash Atlanta operates 100% on the donations they receive from the public, and every penny of those donations go directly to the dogs in their care, or to the ones that soon will be.

Ceramic Ring Dishes, ornaments, and more: $10–$50

*Etsy shop opens December 5! Please add a note at checkout to indicate Alternative Gift Guide-related sale.

For more information, visit: releashatlanta.com

HOW TO SHOP | visit etsy.com/shop/goodgollyceramics

Sixty Feet

Emma Grace Roe

Sixty Feet serves imprisoned children in Uganda by meeting their immediate needs and seeking their long-term restoration. A team of nurses, social workers, and Bible teachers works with children who are in contact with the law to bring them hope and healing. Sixty Feet seeks to reunite families, teach children about Jesus, provide educational opportunities, and meet the essential needs of children by providing things such as food, soap, and clothing. For $60, you can serve one child for the entirety of their time in a facility. This includes any needed medical treatment, clothing (often children arrive with only the clothes they are wearing), discipleship programs, educational opportunities, and much more. They arrive typically experiencing multiple vulnerabilities, including homelessness, malnutrition, living on the streets, abuse, or abandonment. Your support allows Sixty Feet to come alongside these children and love them as Jesus does—by meeting their real needs and telling them about His love. Sixty Feet mugs:

Spanish 2

Nicole D'Antonio

As a culminating experience to end a unit of study on el Día de los Muertos, we worked in partnership with the Catalyst Lab and Spanish 6H. Spanish 2 students designed and fabricated Día de los Muertos-themed earrings to donate to the Spanish 6H class. The funds raised from sales of these earrings will be donated to a local nonprofit organization that specifically engages in outreach to Hispanic communities.

Earrings: $5–$10

For more information, visit: odysseyatlanta.org

HOW TO SHOP | email nicoledantonio@westminster.net

Tennis Service Club

Ashley Piedad and Riley Sager

The Tennis Service Club is a group of students who want to better their community through helping children succeed in both academics and athletics. We will partner with the Atlanta Youth Tennis and Education Foundation (AYTEF) to make a difference in children's lives in the Atlanta Community through teaching tennis and tutoring. Some of our Atlanta events include the Special Pops Tennis event and equipment and clothing drives. We also partner with Love All LLC, the organization of one of our founders, to help donate tennis equipment to Casa Pueblito orphanage in Costa Rica with the help from San Jose's Orange Tennis Academy. The past four years, one of our members has gone to Costa Rica to connect with these children, give them tennis lessons, and deliver donated items. All of our proceeds will either go directly to AYTEF or be used to buy new equipment for Casa Pueblito orphanage.

Tennis ball wreaths: $30 (large), $23 (medium), and $17 (small) Tennis player ornaments: $5 Tennis ball ornaments: $2 Cookies: $3

For more information, visit: aytef.org and casapueblito.org

HOW TO SHOP | email ashleypiedad@westminster.net or call 470-585-9411

Thank Our Teachers

Peter Davis

It’s been another challenging year for not only our teachers but also the world at large with many global health crises including COVID, natural disasters, and health disparities due to poverty. Thank your favorite Westminster teacher(s) by purchasing a "hero" gift and congratulatory note to be personally delivered as a well-deserved surprise. All proceeds will be donated to DirectRelief.org, a leading nonprofit providing muchneeded medical aid such as ICU kits, N95 masks, vaccines, generators, and emergency relief supplies to people most in need within the U.S. and around the world. Thank YOUR teacher heroes and protect OUR most vulnerable communities at the same time today!

"Teachers are heroes" yard sign with note to teacher: $20 "Heroes" coffee mug and cocoa with note to teacher: $10 "Heroes" lollipops (3) with note to teacher: $2

For more information, visit: directrelief.org HOW TO SHOP | email peterdavis@westminster.net or call 404-823-7879

The Bee Conservancy

Sophia Wang, Zainab Barodawala, and Arnika Alikhani

The Bee Conservancy is an organization that aims to protect all bees and secure environmental and food justice through education, habitat creation, and advocacy. Founder Guillermo Fernandez created The Bee Conservancy in order to save bees and empower underserved communities like the one he grew up in to produce healthy food and build green spaces. Bees pollinate 1 in 3 bites of food we eat and are vital to a healthy ecology. Without them, we would lose many common fruits and vegetables, such as apples, carrots, blueberries, and many more. Unfortunately, the bee population has been steadily decreasing each year. Compared to 1947, the U.S. honeybee population has declined by 60%. This massive and unprecedented dying off of bees is hurting our world. With the money earned from the fair, we could help expand the bee population by bolstering local communities and creating more safe spaces for bees to grow and thrive.

The Ocean Cleanup

Emily Federovitch, Mary Helen Munger, Ansley Yeoman, Kathryn Johnson, Sayre Boutte, and Lucy Johnson

Currently, more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic fill our oceans, with many more polluting rivers. Using a long U-shaped barrier and floating systems designed to capture the trash, The Ocean Cleanup strives to clean up 90% of floating ocean plastic by the year 2040. With the support of their donors, they have removed more than 3 million pounds of trash from the ocean, published more than 20 peer-reviewed articles to help spread awareness, placed nine river interceptors in six different countries (halting and removing trash from the rivers), and much more. By donating our proceeds to The Ocean Cleanup, we will be contributing to their mission of building and placing more river interceptors as well as helping fund their development of technology used to remove garbage from our planet's water sources.

Jewelry trays/ring holders: $13–$20

Handmade earrings: $8

Seashell artwork: $3–$20

Imprinted clay decorated with recycled glass: $10

For more information, visit: theoceancleanup.com

HOW TO SHOP | call 404-398-1314

UNICEF

Ava Wong

UNICEF provides humanitarian aid around the world for children vulnerable amid conflict or developing countries. They also fight to prevent these disasters in countless sectors such as human rights, education, gender equality, and many more. UNICEF stands for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. The proceeds will be used to fund supply and lobbying efforts to put children at the forefront of international conversation.

Christmas candles and hot chocolate kits

For more information, visit: unicef.org

HOW TO SHOP | email avawong@westminster.net

Veterans Empowerment Organization

Claire Diaz

I am a Girl Scout working on my Gold Award project with the Veterans Empowerment Organization (VEO). VEO’s mission is to connect veterans to vital resources that will assist in rebuilding their holistic well-being and empowering them to make positive changes in their lives The VEO provides a range of resources for these brave veterans such as housing, job outreach, food, and therapy. The VEO is taking a new approach to therapy and plans to use a garden for its veterans meetings. The VEO and I are collaborating on a therapy garden that will include a prayer space, a meditation walk/area, and many new bright, colorful plants that the veterans and I will plant together. I plan to meet with veterans to design colorful rocks with messages of hope and inspiration that will remain in the garden to enhance the space. All proceeds will directly fund the VEO and the garden project for the veterans.

Hand-decorated oyster shells: $2–$10

These can be used as ring holders, salt dishes, paper cilp holders, hanging ornaments, and more.

Wells of Hope International, Inc.

Amanda and Ken Corley

Wells of Hope International Inc. exists to provide a sustainable source of safe water to the most needful people suffering from the world water crisis. The number one killer in the world is dirty water. A well in a village community gives a source of water free of waterborne diseases, allowing children to attend school and parents to work instead of searching for water. Give the "gift of life" in honor of a friend or loved one to provide clean water for one person, one family or an entire village. These gifts can be given in honor or in memory of a loved one. On the donation page of Wells of Hope's website, choose "Special Occasion Cards" to select birthday, anniversary, Christmas, Hanukkah and water filter cards. Wells of Hope International will send the card of your choice to the recipient on your behalf or send to you to give at Christmas.

Greeting card and a Sawyer water filter bucket for a family in Africa: $30

Greeting card and full or partial funding of a well project for a village: $10–$450

For more information, visit: wellsofhopeinternational.org

HOW TO SHOP | email wellsofhopeinternational.org/donate

HOW TO SHOP | email clairediaz@westminster.net

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Zambezi Elephant Fund

Betsy and Bill Verner

Did you know that Zimbabwe is home to the world's second-largest elephant population? These majestic animals face an uncertain future due to illegal poaching and an increasing loss of habitat. Fortunately, the Zambezi Elephant Fund (ZEF) is working to mitigate these threats. ZEF works with local authorities across the Zambezi Valley to protect the elephants and other wildlife by preserving their habitat. In addition, ZEF understands the importance of community development and fostering meaningful education and economic activity in the most threatened areas. ZEF works with its U.S. Fiscal Partner, ReWild (based in Texas), to raise funds.

Set of three beaded bracelets: $10

Also available: Elephant stationery, elephant onesies, and elephant ornaments for elephant lovers of all ages.

If you are interested in making a financial contribution to ZEF, visit https://secure.qgiv.com/for/zef or email Betsy Verner.

HOW TO SHOP | email bverner@bellsouth.net

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