Happy Easter, friends! I thought this might be a good day to try to find a good bargain for donating. I focused my efforts on the My Stuff Bags Foundation, the first one on our Charities page. The My Stuff Bags Foundation’s goal is to provide a duffel bag filled with new belongings to each of the nearly 300,000 children each year who must enter crisis shelters and foster care with nothing of their own. What an amazing thing. In addition to accepting new, purchased items, they also accept donations of homemade blankets to gift to children in their bags. I’m kind of thinking about organizing a make-a-blanket event later this year, if anyone is up for it! For now, I’ve found a few deals that would make great donations. The donations address for My Stuff Bags and some other excellent charities are listed right on our Charities page.

Here’s what I found- they’re all at Amazon, who happens to make “sending as a gift” incredibly easy: the super-adorable lilac Carter’s Embroidered Velour Blanket. It’s an unbelievable $6, 57% off the original $15, and even ships free withAmazon Prime (signup for Amazon Mom!) For more snuggles, try the North American Bear Smushy Elephant in pink- it’s just $7, 50% off the original $14! And the super-sweet Cloud b Polar Cuddle Bear Sleep Aid is just $17, 44% off the original $30. We just bought one of each to send over, and spent $30 for $59 worth of snuggly stuff! No donation is too small, even a single $6 blanket would help! You guys are the best for supporting this charity!