Don’t heed what the post office tells you—it’s never too late to send cards! When you purchase your Holiday Cards through American Charity Cards, AIDS Foundation Chicago will receive twenty percent of the proceeds. Tell Me More: Choose from a wide variety of styles and then personalize your cards by selecting a Greeting of the Season and writing your very own message. You pick the color of the text as well. Prices vary by quantity. How to Buy: Log on to http://ac.holidaycardstore.net/ac/main.aspx. Visit www.aidschicago.org for more information.

Summer camp in the middle of winter? You bet! Open A Journey of Hope: Inspiring Stories of Courage and Unconditional Love and share the triumphs and challenges of children impacted by HIV/AIDS who visit Camp Heartland for a week of carefree adventures and caring support. This powerful and beautiful 132-page full-color book by Neil Willenson, Camp Heartland’s founder includes a collection of more than 100 gorgeous photographs by award-winning photographer Katja Heinemann. Edited by journalist Kurt Chandler, A Journey of Hope features the stories, poems, and reflections by and about the campers. With camps in Minnesota and California, Camp Heartland attracts young people ages seven to seventeen from across the nation; the nonprofit also offers year-round support and an educational program Tell Me More: The book can be personally autographed by author, Neil Willenson. $22.95. How to Buy: Call (800) 724-HOPE. For more information, log on to www.campheartland.org (where you may also link to Amazon’s ordering page for the book).

The time is ripe for ONE WORLD Wine for AIDS. Through this new initiative, Suncé Winery of Sonoma County is offering some of the best of California wines as a way to raise funds for AIDS. Two thousand cases of each award-winning wine selected for this program have been reserved for ONE WORLD Wine for AIDS, which boasts a fundraising potential of over $1 million. Twenty-five percent of all wine sales, including three-pack crates and twelve-bottle cases, will benefit local and national nonprofit AIDS service agencies, including the AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) and the Richmond Ermet AIDS Foundation. Tell Me More: The Red Wine 3-Pack Connoisseur Collection Wood Crate Wines include a 2003/2004 Wild Hare Vineyard Merlot, 2003/2004 Rodella Vineyard Pinot Noir, 2004/2005 Pena Creek Vineyard Zinfandel. $98. Want a case? Wild Hare Merlot, $384; Rodella Pinot Noir, $432; Pena Zin, $360. (Taxes and shipping costs not included.) How to Buy: Log on to www.wineforaids.org; call (877) WINE-AID; or stop in at Suncé Winery, 1839 Olivet Road in Santa Rosa, California.

Talk about one-stop shopping! Under One Roof is a San Francisco-based retail and on-line store which raises unrestricted funds for over thirty-five HIV/AIDS organizations through the sale of gift merchandise. One-hundred percent of the sale proceeds go to the organizations. Here are just some of the items that might strike your fancy: The ever-popular designs of Christopher Radko grace the AIDS 2005 ornament, Shy Rabbit ($45), as well as the Breast Cancer 2005 ornament, Flower Power ($46). Also check out one of Under One Roof’s more popular items: the Birdhouse, creatively constructed out of recycled license plates (all states available) and made in California ($38). Tell Me More: Under One Roof spearheaded The Above and Beyond Fund to help the victims of Katrina living with HIV/AIDS. Part of its call was to encourage individuals to give “above and beyond” what they might ordinarily give to AIDS in order to keep AIDS funding at normal levels. Here’s your chance to step up to the plate. How to Purchase: Log on to www.underoneroof.org for a unique shopping experience—many aisles of delights

Indulge in compassion and help out Project Angel Food, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that delivers meals to men, women, and children living with HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses. Lavish your loved ones—and yourself—with a Deliciously Scented Angel Food Cake Candle by ILLUME. The heavenly scent of angel food cake has been hand-poured into a sophisticated frosted glass pillar with lid, exclusively for Project Angel Food. Tell Me More: Approximately 4 inches tall, sixty-hour burn time. $24 each or two for $45, plus shipping. • Delight in the Swarovski Crystal Covered Angel-In-Flight Ornament, exquisitely crafted in white gold plate with hand-applied red Swarovski crystals in the shape of a heart held in the angel’s palms. Tell Me More: This exclusive objet de fantasie was designed by Erin Lareau. Classic Ornament (no crystals): $15; Ruby Heart Angel Ornament (red crystals on heart): $ 35 each; Fully Pavé Angel Ornament (covered in crystals): $65 each, plus shipping. How to Buy: For these and many other items (including scrumptious Angel cookies), log on to www.projectangelfood.org and click on Shop, or call (323) 845-1800, extension 245

Who said luxury isn’t portable? Tocca’s Bagno da Viaggio gift set offers travel-size versions of some of Tocca’s most popular products, all designed to pamper you. Tell Me More: Set includes Body Cream & Fragrant Body Wash (4 oz. each) as well as a Cleopatra travel candle, all scented with cucumber and tangy grapefruit. $38. • C.O. Bigelow’s Men’s Travel Bag is a stylish Dopp kit, complete with two side pockets and two inner pockets. Tell Me More: The kit is packed with five men’s essentials: Dr. Galen Original Shave Cream (2 oz.), Lip Balm (.5 oz.), Peach Nut Liquid Soap (2 oz.), Herbal Skin Tonic (2 oz.), and Original After-Shave (2 oz.). $45. One-hundred percent of these proceeds go to God’s Love We Deliver, a nonprofit providing nutritious meals to those living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other serious illnesses. How to Buy: Call (800) 889-6515 or log on to www.godslovewedeliver.org, where you can also browse through a wide variety of fundraising products, including brownies (a perennial favorite) and triple chocolate chip cookie mix from GLWD’s famous baker, Chuck.

Brighten your home and invest in the community at the same time! Designer Barclay Butera recently launched The Barclay Butera Foundation, which is “committed to fostering a variety of locally-based programs that enrich their respective communities through artistic, cultural and/or socially-conscious endeavors.” In time for the holiday season, the Foundation is debuting two elegant home accessories (designed and manufactured by Barclay Butera) to benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles. The lavish, white-on-white Angels in L.A. Pillow is made from heavyweight, high quality linen and white goose/down feather fill, and contains 4,000 stitches that form the AIDS ribbon and the words “Angels in L.A.” Also available: mixed sets of Votive Candles with a specialty-fragrance and offered in a custom box set of three (matches included). Tell Me More: APLA also offers Christopher Radko’s first-ever State of California ornament. How to Buy: Log on to APLA’s Web site at www.apla.org or the Butera Web site at www.barclaybuterafoundation.org. The items will soon be available through Butera’s Los Angeles showrooms as well.