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Posted By Katie On December 19, 2014 61 Comments

$1 Donated For Each Comment: Cows For Christmas For A Last-Minute Gift Idea

Filed Under: America's Farm Table 61 Comments

Need a last-minute gift idea that doesn’t require heading out to a crowded mall? It won’t result in any returns or exchanges. Instead of gifts, give cows. Through a group of friends, Rockin’ Rural Women on Facebook, we are raising funds to help Heifer International. Donate here. Cows have nine times the impact on poverty-stricken communities as their offspring keep giving. Heifer International works with communities to give cows that families can milk and provide much needed nutrients and extra income. Additionally, they help install stoves that can burn manure for cooking and heat. I have already donated to Heifer International for Cows for Christmas and will add to my donation on Christmas Day.

With each comment on this post through Christmas Day, I will donate $1 per comment, up to $250 additional to Cows For Christmas. Just comment below on what your favorite Christmas gift is that you ever received. My 1985 Cabbage Patch Doll is still a big memory for me and definitely a favorite childhood Christmas gift.CowsForChristmas

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  1. Steph Halter Merkle says

    December 19, 2014 at 1:09 pm

    Love it. Nice job!

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  2. MNGobbleGal says

    December 19, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    Favorite Christmas gift … it’s a toss-up between my Cabbage Patch Doll (named Emmeline Susan) and my Barbie Townhouse (3 stories with an elevator)!! πŸ™‚ Luckily, I still have both! Merry Christmas to you and your family, Katie!

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  3. carolyncares says

    December 19, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    Very neat idea! Our daycare provider decided that, instead of having the kids exchange gifts this year, they would pick out an animal from the Heifer International catalog to purchase to bless others. Thank you for helping to spread that joy! πŸ™‚

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    • carolyncares says

      December 19, 2014 at 1:20 pm

      Forgot to mention my favorite Christmas gift…last year, when our daughter was celebrating Christmas and New Years with her boyfriend, he proposed. We now have gained a great son-in-law! Not directly a gift to me, but he is a gift to our family!

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  4. Shelby says

    December 19, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    Great idea! I purchased two families chickens last year, I think it’s a good program.

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  5. Crystal Cattle says

    December 19, 2014 at 1:15 pm

    I loved the handmade Barbie Dream Home my sister and I got one year, and the farm set another year. Excited that we are going to be able to give a cow to a family this year!

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  6. Dawn Nagel says

    December 19, 2014 at 1:32 pm

    Nice work Katie as always! Great idea!

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  7. karen says

    December 19, 2014 at 1:34 pm

    My favorite gift was a red haired Cabbage Patch Kid named Grace.

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  8. miranda says

    December 19, 2014 at 1:44 pm

    Think my favorite would be my rocking horse.

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  9. Janice Person aka JPlovesCOTTON says

    December 19, 2014 at 1:56 pm

    My brother has given me a hive of bees before for Christmas… especially twisted since I am the only member of the family allergic to bees. What, he couldn’t give me a duck?

    In terms of favorite presents… The metallic green Schwinn bike that was my roadpass for years to come stands out amazingly clear but a close second was a year my mom won something that we all got a part of… so much fun! I may need to write a post about that!

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  10. Hannah Miller (@HannahMoMiller) says

    December 19, 2014 at 2:25 pm

    This is a great cause, love giving to Heifer International.

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  11. Rebecca says

    December 19, 2014 at 2:48 pm

    My favorite would have to be an awesome sled I got when I was 9. Too bad we don’t really have that many hills in eastern South Dakota!

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  12. Christina Romero says

    December 19, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    A calf…

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  13. Jillian says

    December 19, 2014 at 3:08 pm

    Favorite Christmas gift? A purple bike when I was little! πŸ™‚

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  14. Shannon says

    December 19, 2014 at 3:30 pm

    Not to bring bad news but… I stopped donating to Heifer about 5 years ago when they started promoting going meatless to save the planet in their magazine. πŸ™ I haven’t given to them since and they published my complaint letter to the editor. I’ve also discouraged others from contributing to them. I’ll see if I can find the issue.

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    • Cathy says

      December 19, 2014 at 6:22 pm

      Hadn’t heard that, would like to know the details.

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  15. DelRae says

    December 19, 2014 at 4:07 pm

    Such a great cause!

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  16. Cathy says

    December 19, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    Thanks for doing this.

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  17. J.P. says

    December 19, 2014 at 6:35 pm

    Wonderful! Love this! πŸ˜€

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  18. Candace W says

    December 19, 2014 at 6:43 pm

    A puppy made a pretty amazing gift one year. Merry Christmas all, what a great cause!

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  19. kelci says

    December 19, 2014 at 8:01 pm

    amazing

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  20. kellieforag says

    December 19, 2014 at 8:16 pm

    Love this! Will be sharing on my page!

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  21. The Farmer's Wifee says

    December 19, 2014 at 8:45 pm

    Love this!

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  22. tori says

    December 19, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    ❀️ Love this idea! Good work! Cows are always a great gift.
    Merry Christmas!

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  23. Roxanne Henke says

    December 19, 2014 at 10:42 pm

    I was in (maybe) 4th grade and I opened a rectangular box…not “big,” but flat and long. It was filled with Barbie Doll clothes that my Mom had sewn…including several very fancy prom dresses and a “Wishek Badgers” cheerleading outfit…remind me to tell you about it, the detail was so amazing I can still remember it (50-some years later). Sheesh, that makes me sound reeeaaallly old~!

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  24. Maggie says

    December 19, 2014 at 11:13 pm

    Heifer International is such a great organization! Thanks for your generosity!

    Your Cabbage Patch kid reference did remind of the dolls I received. I had a regular CPK, then received a preemie, Peter Nelson. He is now my two-year-old’s constant companion. Another favorite doll and Christmas gift was a Gerber baby. My dad made my sister and I wooden cradles to go with our dolls and my mom sewed a blanket, pillow and mattress for them. My kiddos have all played with them.

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  25. Dempsy says

    December 20, 2014 at 3:50 am

    Thank you for your willingness to bless others.

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  26. Brenda says

    December 20, 2014 at 6:16 am

    Great idea! This is the first that I’ve heard of Heifer International. Sounds like a great cause

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  27. Jane Smiley Face says

    December 20, 2014 at 7:50 am

    Sure hope that negative comment doesn’t prove to be true. I’d like to continue to believe in this organization. My best Christmas gift is when my kids are all in church with me!

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  28. Stephanie says

    December 20, 2014 at 7:53 am

    Santa have me my first cats when I was five years old, and they led me to realize my dream of being a veterinarian. πŸ™‚

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  29. Heather says

    December 20, 2014 at 8:39 am

    Cabbage Patch doll

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  30. Dana T says

    December 20, 2014 at 8:40 am

    Last year my brother and father gifted me two hand crafted memory boxes that are unbelievably beautiful. Blew me away. Merry Christmas everyone πŸ™‚

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  31. Amanda says

    December 20, 2014 at 8:50 am

    When I was a kid, we went through nearly a decade of poverty. Not homeless, but definitely poor. One year, every gift under the tree was homemade, except one: my copy of Shel Silverstein’s “Where the Sidewalk Ends.” To this day, that’s my favorite gift ever.

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  32. Kim Sakevich says

    December 20, 2014 at 8:57 am

    What a great way to give back. I hope your comment campaign proves successful! One of my best Christmas memories was when the Sega Genesis came out. I always liked to open the small boxes first and save the big ones for last… I opened the #2 game controller first…I can’t describe how excited I was to open that last big box. lol Pure surprise and joy. I hadn’t expected to receive a Sega system, but my parents said I had been “extra good” that year, and they made a last minute decision to get it for me. πŸ™‚

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  33. Rochelle says

    December 20, 2014 at 9:02 am

    My favorite Christmas gift would have to be the year Mom and Dad gave my brothers and I 4 wheeler. We had so much fun with it.

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  34. jane says

    December 20, 2014 at 9:06 am

    What a nice idea. Christmas stockings are my favorites

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  35. Jeff Buckingham says

    December 20, 2014 at 9:46 am

    Heifer International does such great work. Thank you for supporting this wonderful organization.

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  36. Kelley W. says

    December 20, 2014 at 10:03 am

    A wooden wagon with red removeable sides. I asked Santa for it and watched tv Xmas morning while sitting in it. I loved it.
    It’s a great thing you’re doing. Merry Christmas!

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  37. Cia Nelson says

    December 20, 2014 at 11:45 am

    A stuffed dog that I thought I would never get. I still have it today!! Such a special memory for me.

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  38. Rachel Krabill says

    December 20, 2014 at 2:26 pm

    Cabbage Patch Doll definitely stands out!

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  39. DebbieLB says

    December 20, 2014 at 3:33 pm

    Frankly, no gift really stands out from my childhood! That is pretty telling. My favorite thing about Christmas is midnight church service we always went to growing up. As a kid, I was so excited to go, but I always fell asleep during the service!

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  40. rachel says

    December 20, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    Such a wonderful selfless way to celebrate what the season really is! I hope one day to have my future agricultural classrooms participate in such a wonderful organization. My favorite Christmas gift was our yellow lab Jessie! Thank you for what you are doing and God bless!

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  41. Cairenn Day says

    December 20, 2014 at 10:52 pm

    When I was five, I asked Santa for a ‘real live puppy’. He delivered my ‘puppy’ early, in Nov, so she wouldn’t have to spend the night on the cold sleigh. She was a 6 month old Irish Setter, She topped my charts for good.

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  42. edges777 says

    December 21, 2014 at 1:01 am

    The gift of Eternal Life.

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  43. David Weber says

    December 21, 2014 at 6:35 am

    ThE birth of my beautiful wife on Jesus Day before I even knew her

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  44. Larry B says

    December 21, 2014 at 7:21 am

    First of all, very cool idea. We need more organizations like them, and I know what it means to have someone help anonymously. Now, here’s why I say that.

    When I was 10 we returned from mass to discover presents on our porch. My mother had been fighting cancer, and everyone knew it wasn’t going to be long. While many in our community (and that is a massive understatement) bent over backwards to help us, someone went out of their way to deliver a little extra joy while wishing to remain anonymous. My gift that year was a handmade red barn. I played with it growing up, and I’ve passed it down to my children who continue to use it. I wish whoever made it for me knew how much what they did all those years ago meant to me then, and how much what they did continues to mean to me now. Our “Santa” visited us for several years after Mom died, and we’ve never figured out who it might have been. But every time I see the barn, I am remained of the joy he brought me that night with no expectations of anything in return. I hope where ever he or she is that they are surrounded by loved ones who bring them the same kind of joy he or she brought me all those years ago. Merry Christmas everyone!

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  45. Brooke says

    December 21, 2014 at 9:27 am

    My favorite gift was my horse stable for my Breyer horses! I still have it and my 4 year old son plays with it now! Thank you for being so generous! I am happy that in a world full of hate that there are still people sharing love.

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  46. Ellen says

    December 21, 2014 at 1:28 pm

    πŸ™‚ Thank you for doing this. Heifer is great! My folks gave me an ant farm in 1964… best gift ever from when I was a kid. πŸ™‚

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  47. David Kuehnel says

    December 21, 2014 at 6:57 pm

    What a great idea. Heifer works!

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  48. 9fancyponys says

    December 21, 2014 at 7:51 pm

    I don’t have a favorite Christmas gift but I do want to thank you for raising awareness and supporting this cause.

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  49. Beth says

    December 21, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    My favorite gift is the three horses we rescued this year a month ago. I always wanted Santa to bring me a horse for Christmas but we lived on the farm with Grandpa and he said that we eat everything we raise and he didn’t have any recipes for horse. Thank God my husband’s family raised horses in early years and a 31 year old mare born here needed a home along with her 15 year old daughter and another 9 year old mare so I finally got my horse! And we’ve got Angus beef out in the barn too if we get hungry πŸ™‚

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  50. Kaitlyn says

    December 22, 2014 at 7:03 am

    Thank you for what you are doing!

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  51. Roxann says

    December 22, 2014 at 8:23 am

    Thanks for doing what you’re doing!
    My favorite gift is a care bear my mom made for me when I was little.

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  52. Nancy says

    December 22, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    My best gift was a scarf my sister knitted for me when we were kids.

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  53. spudmd says

    December 22, 2014 at 2:36 pm

    Hwider International is a favorite.

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  54. Mariann says

    December 23, 2014 at 5:33 am

    We woke up to 8 inches of snow Christmas morning 12 years ago (the first Christmas in our new house) We had gone to Mass Christmas Eve, my husband had left his farm partnership in the fall (don’t worry, he only went a little while without cows–now we have jerseys!), all the kids were old enough to be fun but young enough to be home. We had our first ever just us, build snowmen, make snow angels, play board games Christmas without rushing off for chores, other Christmas dinners. That was best.

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  55. Chey says

    December 23, 2014 at 2:42 pm

    My first fishing pole (:

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  56. Lori says

    December 23, 2014 at 10:52 pm

    A quilt my gramma made me.

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  57. riversidecattle says

    December 24, 2014 at 7:02 am

    Thanks for your donation, my favorite gift has been my camera my husband bought to take pics of farm and kids.

    Reply

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