Oxfam Urges Shoppers to 'Be' the Gift They Give This Year at OxfamGifts.com

THIS YEAR, BE A GIFT THAT GIVES BACK

BOSTON, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Be helpful, be giving, and be caring. Be the best thing to happen to a family and the best gift you've ever given when you do your holiday shopping with international relief and development organization Oxfam America. This month, Oxfam launches its annual Unwrapped holiday gift-giving campaign encouraging shoppers to look for deeper meaning in the gifts they give, reminding shoppers that "You Are What You Give."

"Gift-giving can be a thoughtful process that reflects on the giver as well as the recipient. We think 'you are what you give' so why not give a gift that helps others and is fun at the same time?" said Stephanie Kurzina, vice president for development and communications at Oxfam America. "Be a hardy pig, an income-generating vegetable garden, or an essential and productive tool."

Oxfam's Unwrapped catalog offers items that symbolically represent the organization's lifesaving work, and each purchase is a contribution toward Oxfam's many programs that help people living in poverty throughout the world.