If you’re online you’ve probably already seen these various gift-giving lists:

Are gift certificates tacky and without thought?
Is it wrong to re-gift something used?
Must you eat fruitcake to be polite even if its really, truly disgusting?

We won’t do that to you here at Geezeo. Instead, we’ll be running down some gift ideas that fit into three basic criteria:

1 – Gifts that can fit into almost any budget (remember, you can set your holiday budget here!)
2 – Gifts that you can get without getting in your car (remember: we dislike parking lots)
3 – Gifts that will make even the coldest Scrooge on your list feel good, and you feel good for giving them.

Remember that! So this brings us to our first post: “Cute Social Studies Teacher Edition”.

Okay, remember those crushes you had on your teachers in school? (I adored my Italian professor…piccante!)

Well, lets not forget that a good majority of these hard-working folks operate on budgets smaller than the amount of cloth used in Italian swimwear. Micro-Speedos not your thing? Micro-budgets aren’t their thing, either. Don’t hate them, hate the system.

Enter the solution. DonorsChoose.org allows you to find your hometown school’s very specific needs. You can chip in and know that your money is going directly to good use. Donate in your name or someone else’s. Who on your list wouldn’t feel good to know they helped some young kid reach his or her potential?

Here’s a great video of the DonorsChooose.org founder. Did I mention he was a Social Studies teacher?

Donate here: http://www.donorschoose.org

Not sure which project to choose? Here’s a great starter list: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/viewChallenge.html?id=17752

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