ECHOage – An Alternative to Traditional Gift Giving
March 3, 2010
Children’s birthdays can get overwhelming with too many gifts – ECHOage is a great alternative to traditional gift giving. It’s is a charity-driven, online birthday party service where children learn the value of giving and receiving while celebrating.
Step #1. Choose an invitation, select a charity and invite your guests. Charities include both U.S. and Canadian organizations such as Healthy Child, Healthy World, Autism Speaks, Reading Is Fundamental, WWF and Free the Children.
Step #2. Guests RSVP and contribute online and you get to watch the giving grow on your ECHOage Tracker.
Step #3. When your party is over, ECHOage will send half of the money collected to buy a dream gift for your child and the other half to the charity your child has chosen.
This is a great way for the birthday child to learn how to not only receive gifts but to give them, too. It’s also the perfect opportunity to talk with your children about charity work and to let them choose which cause to donate their gift money to.
