ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR

Buy local nonprofit donations as gifts for your loved ones

Get your family members and friends touching gifts that will have a very real and positive effect on people and communities in need, especially in these extremely challenging times! There will be a cause for everyone on your shopping list.

It’s the holiday party of the year with live music, a bake sale, supervised kids’ crafts, raffle prizes, and of course your neighbors.

Learn about the important work each charity is doing, shop their gifts, and find volunteer opportunities.

Struggling to find a gift for your father who says he doesn’t want more stuff? Buy a week of groceries for a needy family and give your father a certificate we provide to let him know.

Trying to teach your children the importance of philanthropy? Each year we work with our charity partners to offer nearly 50 gift options from $3 to $50, making gifts of donation possible for the most modest of holiday budgets.

Alternative Gifts of Greater Washington exists to help direct some seasonal spending to local nonprofits. Each year we select a dozen or so direct-service charities who provide ‘gifts of charity’ which you can buy in honor of your loved ones.