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We are in outstanding company according to TheStreet.com
Yesterday, TheStreet.com named its list of the Five Best Gift Cards in the United States. The best gift cards, by category, are: Category-Best Gift Card Retail: Costco Online: Amazon.com Bank: American Express Restaurant: Darden Restaurants (Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Capital Grille) Charity: TisBest Charity Gift Cards We’re pleased to be included in such outstanding company….
'Tis the Elves That Make The Cards
People often ask how TisBest produces and sends out hundreds or thousands of charity gift cards each day – each with a different image and code – and each packaged in a greeting card with a unique and personal message. (Our error rate is less than 0.1%) The answer is elves hard at work.Seriously though,…
Operation Smile
A good friend of mine had twin boys several years ago. Both were good-looking and healthy with one exception: one of the boys had a cleft lip and pallet. A cleft is an opening in the lip, the roof of the mouth or the soft tissue in the back of the mouth. This little guy…
Black Friday Recap
While this is not normally a news site, we’re happy to report that no one was trampled to death during yesterday’s “Black Friday” shopping excesses. Your intrepid TisBest reporters dutifully scoured the newspapers and online sites for pictures of boot prints on faces and blood-drenched T-shirts at Macy’s, but no, there were none to be…
Kiva Is Not A Four-Letter Word
Yesterday in the New York Times was an article about Kiva and its lending practices. NYT: The Fiction of Kiva’s Loans. Kiva is famous for making direct connection between ordinary citizens and recipients of microloans. If I have $30, for example, I can search on Kiva for a needy entrepreneur who can use my $30…
Covenant House
It has been far too long since our last “Spotlight” post, especially considering the caliber of the 250 National Charities and the list of amazing local charities that is growing daily from across the nation! We are starting a new series and are really excited to kick it off with a post about the work…