Revive your generosity with presents with a charitable bent for everyone on your list, and take your rightful spot on the nice list.
Robin Wright can do no wrong in our eyes, but now she’s making a real difference—the lauded actress of Princess Bride and House of Cards fame has teamed up with her friend and designer Karen Fowler to make jammies mean something. The two created socially-conscious sleepwear company Pour Les Femmes, where 100 percent of the profits go to Action Kivu and Synergie Des Femmes, two organizations that support female victims of violence in the Congo. // $10-20,000, plfdreams.com
Pastries from The Bread Project
Think a blueberry muffin can’t change someone’s life? Think again. The Bread Project, which supplies delicious pastries like buttermilk and cheddar biscuits with thyme and lemon almond poppy seed pound cake to Williams-Sonoma, has been helping low-income individuals get on-the-job training since 2000. Partnering with Berkeley Adult School and Oakland Unified School District Adult & Career Education, they offer ten-week bakery production programs at their facility in Emeryville, and in January, they launched a three-week intensive Bakery Bootcamp program to help clients with the most need get these skills even faster. // $40-80, available online at Williams-Sonoma
Athleta Workout Apparel
If you're planning to end 2015 with a give-back attitude, Athleta can help. The company is teaming up with Schoola to offer deep discounts for shoppers and raise money for the Malala Fund, which helps support girls' education projects around the world. On schoola.com you can buy fitness gear, sweaters, dresses and yoga pants donated by the brand at 60% off. 40% of the proceeds go directly to the Malala Fund. // schoola.com
Murphy-Goode 2012 Homefront Red
Drinking for a good cause? Yes, please. This blend of zinfandel, merlot, petite syrah, and petit verdot from Healdsburg-based Murphy-Goode, with juicy bing cherry and raspberry complemented by toasty vanilla notes with a long finish, is a tasty way to support our troops. Murphy-Goode donates 50 cents for every bottle sold to Operation Homefront, which provides emergency financial assistance to veterans and their families. // $14,available online through Murphy-Goode
Take your pick from a range of accessories and home goods at this newly launched online shop—For Goodness Sake curates goods, some private label and collaborative custom-made goods from select designers, and donates a minimum of 25 percent of net proceeds to its cause partners that focus on health, environmental, and educational initiatives that serve the Bay Area. // $35-350, forgoodsake.org
