gift guide 2018
Gifts That Give Back
In the spirit of Tikkun Olam — “repairing the world” — give the gift that keeps
on giving with these charitable products and organizations.
JODI FELD SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
KIDBOX CARES
PACKED WITH PURPOSE
THE HEALTH NUT
Skip the mall this holiday season — and every
other season — and place an online order with
Kidbox. Co-founded by Israeli-born (with Syrian
roots) Haim Dabah — who’s worked with Simply
Vera Wang, Karl Karl Lagerfeld, Marchesa and
more — Kidbox is the first kids’ stylebox mixing
cool brands, awesome savings and a mission to
clothe children in need. Like StitchFix, Kidbox
users start by taking an online quiz asking your
child’s size, style, likes, dislikes, do’s and don’ts.
In 3-5 days, Kidbox will ship a custom-created
boxful of designer duds for your kiddo, straight
to your door. Try on everything at home and
decide what to keep, what to return. For every
complete box you purchase, Kidbox, partnered
with Delivering Good, will donate new outfits
to children affected by poverty or tragedy. Upon
checking out, you and your child have the option
to choose the organization to support. In its first
year, Kidbox Cares donated to 25,000 children
in need — the goal of the program is to donate 1
million outfits. There’s no monthly fee for the ser-
vice, and you can cancel at any time, which means
that you can donate up to five or six outfits per
year just for being stylish. Kidbox.com.
Since 2016, Packed with Purpose (PwP),
founded by Leeatt Rothschild, has been
making a lasting, meaningful impression
with its high-quality gift packages and
boxes. PwP has curated a selection of
gifts from socially conscious companies,
dedicated to community involvement, that
“stand out and do good.” PwP creates gifts
for conferences, events, company clients
or employees, holiday gifts or just that
someone special. Every beautifully pack-
aged gift box provides a note, detailing
the important social impact each item is
making. You’re not only giving recipients
a gift they will enjoy, but you’re also help-
ing organizations continue to do good in
the world. Some “purposeful purveyors”
include Aspire Coffeeworks, Big Picture
Farm, Project Fire, Detroit Food Academy
and Cooper Street Cookies. Packages start
at $40; create your own or choose one
of many themed boxes.
Packedwithpurpose.gifts.
About 20 years ago, Diane Orley sampled
some nuts from her sister’s recent trip to
India. The nuts had been soaked through
an Indian tradition and Orley fell in love
with the taste and crunch, so she began
experimenting and perfecting her own
three-day process of soaking and dehydrat-
ing nuts. Soon she was making and gifting
nuts to everyone in the community and,
in 2008, the Health Nut was born. Orley’s
process changes the texture and makes for
a delicious, oil-free, salt-free, crunchy nut
that also retains vital enzymes and helps aid
in digestion. The Healthy Nut is currently
made in Orley’s Bloomfield Hills home
under the cottage law, but soon she plans
to partner with her niece and moving to a
facility as the business grows. A portion of
all her proceeds goes to the George Orley
Mental Wellness Initiative, which works
to combat the stigma attached to mental
illness — founded after Orley’s son died of
suicide in 2013. The Health Nuts can be
purchased at Palate Pleaser and Equilibrium
Studios, both in Bloomfield Hills, or online
at thehealthnut.org.
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