Category: KIN Alternative Gift Fair

For over 25 years, KIN has been organizing and hosting an Alternative Gift Fair, and we’re adapting to our new environment by taking the Fair VIRTUAL! Bring your holiday shopping list and join us to meet representatives of 15 different non-profits, who can tell you about their work, and how you can support it in honor of someone on your list. You can tailor your donations to please the person you are honoring and get a gift card that you can give or send.  No wrapping, no boxes – just a simple and meaningful remembrance.

How will this work?  Please register for the Fair via Eventbrite, and we’ll send you the link to the Fair Zoom.  You can come on December 5 anytime between 11AM and 3PM and choose which organizations you’d like to learn more about.  We’ll send you to whichever breakout rooms you’d like to go where you can chat with the volunteer or staff.  No pressure to make a decision right there – when you leave, you’ll have all the information you need to ponder and then donate.

We are also supporting Ten Thousand Villages, Seattle’s non-profit Fair trade store.  They will tell you how to “shop” the store online, and then pick up your purchases right here in Kirkland the next week. Another gift idea that will support a family in need via their beautiful handiwork.

Sign up now by going to https://tinyurl.com/KINFair2020. We’ll email you the Zoom link for the Fair before it starts.

The winter holidays are just around the corner. Avoid the stress of giving the perfect gift to your friends and family with a gift that is truly meaningful!

At Kirkland Interfaith Network’s Alternative Gift Fair you can make a donation in the name of your loved one to two dozen wonderful local, national, and international non-profit organizations.

How does it work? You make a donation that can purchase a new window for a house being built by Habitat for Humanity, or pay for the training of a Hero Rat for landmine removal, or a night in a shelter for a homeless family.

You will receive a lovely card to give to your loved one explaining the donation that was made in their honor. No malls, no lines, no wrapping, and no wondering if it is the right size and color. Best of all it is a gift you give twice as it will bless someone in our community, nation, or world that is in need as well as your loved one.

Join us at the Peter Kirk Community Center behind the Kirkland Performance Center on Saturday, November 16, between 10AM and 4PM. The address is 352 Kirkland Avenue in downtown Kirkland. Parking is available at Kirkland Urban and at the Kirkland Library.

Let this holiday season be filled with joy, surprise, and meaning with a gift from the KIN Alternative Gift Fair. See you there!

If you’d like to help let people know about the fair, click here to download materials: 11×17-color, 11×17-gray, 8.5×11-color, 8.5×11-BW, 2-up-5.5×8.5-color, 2-up-5.5×8.5-BW, 4-up-4.25×5.5-color, 4-up-4.25×5.5-BW. And please share this post!