Three Holiday Gift Ideas That Give Back

Aging Deer Finds Companionship with Young Turkeys

August 4, 2020

Start checking holiday gifts off of your list.

And revel in knowing That you are making a difference too!

This holiday season, include Green Chimneys in your celebration with gift-giving ideas that support therapeutic programs for children and animals. Your purchase provides our students a path to healing and helps maintain a safe and caring home for our animal partners.

Pick from three holiday gifts ideas that give back:

Sponsor an animal makes a great holiday gift

1) Sponsor an Animal

Contribute to the care of Green Chimneys animals on behalf of the animal-lover in your life. Sponsor an Animal this holiday season with opportunities starting at $25. We will send you or your gift recipient a special letter with a photo of the animal and his or her story. Select an animal sponsorship

2) Green Chimneys 2019 Animal Calendar

Our 2019 animal calendar features photos and real life stories from our Farm & Wildlife Center. Enjoy 12 months of award-winning photography by Jason Houston and get to know some of our beloved animal partners. A great gift for yourself or a loved one. $19.50 See who else is part of our 2019 animal calendar

Amazon Smile gives back to Green Chimeys

3) Shop with Amazon Smile

Will you be purchasing presents on Amazon? Or perhaps you regularly use Amazon for yourself? Either case, before you shop, login using AmazonSmile. By doing so, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to Green Chimneys! Starting shopping with Amazon Smile

Chinchilla

The Green Chimneys wildlife classroom is home to an adorable pair of chinchilla brothers who are often the first animals students want to hold. The brothers are inquisitive and playful but also very shy so students must be calm, and allow the chinchillas to come to them. The students love to build tunnels and play areas for the chinchillas and watch them in their favorite activities: taking dust baths (an instinctive act to clean their fur) and eating raisins. Considered to be the softest animal in the world, the chinchilla is a rodent native to the Andes Mountains of South America, and is a relative of the porcupine and guinea pig.