You’ve probably noticed that global temperatures and sea levels are rising — and with them, the urgent need for action to protect our planet. This holiday season, give a gift that makes a lasting, positive impact by preserving biodiversity, protecting endangered species, and supporting countless other environmental efforts. With Greater Good Charities, you can honor a loved one with a gift that not only celebrates them but also helps safeguard our natural world.
This gift-giving season, Choose Your Good by donating in honor of a loved one that creates a positive impact on our planet. Each gift supports efforts to protect at-risk or endangered species, conserve habitats, and create a more sustainable future. You can send a personalized Ecard with your message and seasonal wishes, delivered immediately or scheduled for a future date.
Check out this list of 6 meaningful gift ideas that also protect our planet.
A Buzzworthy Gift: Holiday Hive Drive
Hurricanes Helene and Milton wiped out plant forage and damaged beehives, threatening the starvation of billions of bees used to pollinate food crops across the country. These honey bees will starve to death if we don't act now.
Greater Good Charities has already provided 58,000 gallons of syrup and nearly 62,000 pounds of pollen substitute to beekeepers in Florida, feeding more than 10.5 billion bees. We’ve also provided 21,000 pounds of sugar to North Carolina beekeepers to help feed their hives. But our work is far from finished.
We need your help to deliver 3 more rounds of food to ensure bees can survive through the winter and make the trek to states across the nation to pollinate next year's crops!
Give the Gift of Protection for species at risk
Biodiversity is crucial to our planet’s survival and we're running out of time. Human influence has marked our planet, leaving many species on the brink of extinction, 30-50% of which might be gone by mid-century. With your donations, we're working to save endangered, threatened, and at-risk species such as manatees, jaguars, and red wolves. This holiday season, give the gift of protection for our planet’s vulnerable species.
Feed Starving Manatees
Manatees are a threatened species. Each year, they are brought to rehabilitation facilities in Florida because they are starving, injured in boat strikes or fishing net entanglements, or plagued by toxic algae such as red tide.
This holiday season, Greater Good Charities is partnering with Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) to rebuild its facility after Hurricanes Helene and Milton flooded the aquarium. This destroyed the their essential life-support systems, which kept the water safe for the animals. We urgently need your support to rebuild so CMA can continue rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing manatees back into the wild.
Join us in protecting threatened species and vital ecosystems. Make a holiday gift today to help rebuild Clearwater Marine Aquarium and save manatees.
Protect Red Wolves
There are currently less than 20 individual red wolves living in the wild. Red wolves are dying along at an alarming rate due to vehicle strikes on US Highway 64 in eastern North Carolina. In the last 14 months alone, 5 endangered red wolves have been killed by vehicle strikes.
In partnership with the Center for Biological Diversity, we’re helping to build a wildlife crossing across US 64 to ensure a future for this rare and remarkable species. Will you help us make the world a safer place for the endangered red wolf?
Help Save Jaguars
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When wildfires tore through Brazil's wetlands, endangered jaguars suffered from severe burns and smoke inhalation. Among these was Itapira. She had burns on all four paws, was severely dehydrated, and was too weak to survive on her own. After waiting a day without any sign of improvement, the decision was made to sedate her and perform a rescue.
Greater Good Charities is partnering with teams on the ground to provide lifesaving medical care to jaguars like Itapira who were injured during the fires. We need your help now!
Help Save the Pangolin
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The pangolin, known for its beautiful, armor-like scales, is rapidly disappearing. They are the most trafficked mammal in the world due to being illegally poached for their meat and scales. Now, pangolins are critically endangered and only a few remain in the wild. This holiday, you can help fund safe enclosures that act as rehabilitation centers for pangolins rescued from the trafficking trade and to help them breed. We need help NOW to intervene before we lose this animal for good.
This gift-giving season, you don’t need to waste your hard-earned money on trinkets or random Amazon finds. You can do so much more. Give them something meaningful and impactful for our planet Earth and the species who call it home - no need to break the bank!
This holiday, Choose Your Good. And together, we’ll make it greater. Donate Now!
