2024 AdVic Holiday Gift Guide
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It’s that time of year again. As the weather turns cooler and the leaves change color, we gear up for the holiday season, which means gifts for loved ones, clients, business partners, and team members.
With every purchase, we can support great businesses and worthy causes, spending dollars with organizations committed to serving people and the planet. As a certified B Corp ourselves, Ad Victoriam Solutions (AdVic®) takes this responsibility seriously, and we wanted to share some of our favorite corporate gift options with you.
Whether you’re looking for one-off gifts for your team or clients, something fun for someone special on your list, or a great nonprofit to donate on someone’s behalf, we’ve got you covered.
Sweet Treats
The closest thing to a sure thing, just about everyone loves something sweet. And there are some great options from some wonderful companies for you to find the perfect gift.
One of our go-to employee gifts comes from Yonkers, NY, a company that became famous for its innovative open hiring model. Greyston Bakery makes some of the best brownies you’ll ever eat, and we recommend the Indulgent 8 box, which features some of their most popular brownies.
Another sweet treat to add to your list comes from another mission-driven B Corp, The Lancaster Stroopie Company (Stroopies). They employ female refugees, offering meaningful employment, English classes, and transition services as they adjust to life in a new country. Order a Deluxe Pack (and try the Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel) and enjoy a cup of coffee from one of our recommendations later in this blog.
One final amazing sweet treat comes packed with a double benefit, delicious chocolate, and helping a community ravaged by Hurricane Helene. Based in downtown Asheville, French Broad Chocolate was badly flooded and their downtown tasting room remains shuttered. From their bonbons to their chocolate bars, you can’t go wrong with anything from this B Corp, but our choice is their incredible hot chocolate mix.
Coffee & Tea
Just like sweets, coffee & tea are generally a safe bet for most of the people on your list. And some great companies are doing incredible work throughout their supply chains. They also happen to brew some really tasty beverages.
Here in our home state of Georgia, we are lucky enough to have two amazing B Corp coffee roasters, Thrive Farmers and Cafe Campesino, who started one of the first coffee-buying cooperatives. Both companies pay fair market value to farmers around the world for some of the best coffee you’ll ever drink. We recommend Cafe Camepsino’s Historic Grounds blend, whose proceeds support the creation of the Americus Civil Rights Museum.
Outside of Georgia, there are also a couple of great Black-owned, certified B Corp, midwestern coffee companies doing incredible work. BLK and Bold, with new investor Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders, makes a delicious Cold Brew. And Last Mile Cafe, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, donates 10% of all revenue to charity. Our pick is God’s Gumbo, a yummy blend from Ethiopia, Honduras, & Colombia.
And for the chai tea lover on your list, check out Sachai Tea, a B Corp out of Birmingham, Alabama. Their team works directly with their farmers in India to deliver a delicious variety of loose-leaf and chai concentrate options. With their original, harvest, and decaf concentrates, we recommend their sampler pack.
Potent Potables
For someone on your list who wants something a little stronger, a couple of amazing B Corp distilleries also made our list.
For the rum drinker on your list, there is a woman-owned distillery in Crested Butte, Colorado making award-winning rum. And yes, they ship throughout the US (to 38 different states), Check out their entire selection on their website and support this B Corp that won a Best For The World award in 2021.
And if rum isn’t your recipient’s thing, check out our go-to for client and community partner appreciation gifts, Makers Mark distilled bourbon. You can even get a custom label printed for that special someone on your list while getting them something they want. And you can feel good about your purchase–not only is Makers Mark a B Corp, but they’re also the first distillery to become Tier 3 Certified Regenified–read more about their sustainability commitments here.
Gift Boxes
If you’re looking to give a little bit of everything, gift boxes can be a great option. And our friends at Better Made Easy have you covered–they even offer a B Corp-themed gift box that includes two of the gifts we already mentioned, Sachai Tea and Greyston Bakery brownies! The site has a variety of standalone gift options as well, so there will be something for everyone on your list.
And if you’re in Georgia, check out Retaaza, a B Corp out to end produce waste in the Peach State. They have a “produce as a perk” option for fresh produce deliveries year-round! Order as a gift for a client, a new company-wide perk, or a treat for an important business partner.
Charitable Giving
For the minimalist on your holiday list, give them the gift of charity. Donating is an easy and impactful way to give a meaningful gift.
After the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene on western North Carolina, our B Corp community has been stepping up to help those affected by the storm. The planning team behind BLD Southeast has organized a small business relief fund for B Local Asheville and you can contribute here. This is tax-deductible, and all donations will be distributed to locally-owned small businesses in the region.
In Georgia, there are three charities we have been supporting for many years now. Working to address the lack of diversity in the Salesforce ecosystem, Tech Forward continues to scale its impact as it provides CRM career training and job placement in our industry. In Atlanta, HYPE provides STEM education to girls of color in metro area middle and high schools, cultivating a pipeline of diverse talent for the tech industry. And last but not least, there’s our own B Local Georgia, which we helped launch in 2018. Through their all-volunteer board, they use any money raised to host free community events for B Corps, purpose-driven organizations, and students across Georgia.
We’d like to thank Profitable Purpose Consulting‘s Nathan Stuck for his help compiling our 2024 AdVic Holiday Gift Guide.
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