Receiving charity Christmas gifts "adopt an animal" etc, How do people feel about this?

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Just interested as to how many people would feel disappointed if they were given a certificate for 'adopting a donkey' say, rather than a physical or monetary gift of the same value? Given that many charities are down on donations this year, and some Christmas gift recipients are saying they don't really 'need' anything ( and they really don't) would you feel short changed?
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a mosquito net
vaccinations
a virtual football
3 x puppy sponsorship
a bale of hay
a goat
the recipients seem to like the idea. They didn't need anything , and this way a charity benefited.
Win win
They got a card and good wishes anyway.
These days the present list has been severely pruned so I hardly buy anything.
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I give already to a select few charities both in time and donations,.
It's also not something I'd gift to someone. Who I gift to is because I want to give them something nice that they may not have bought themselves.
The type of person that would probably really appreciate such a gift could quite possibly be someone that already goes above and beyond for charities.
Second thoughts, some small children may well like adopting an animal, but some of these is more of a package with teddies, newsletters etc so I would consider this.
But I'd much rather the giver just donated to charity in their own name, don't use my birthday/Christmas gift as the reason. To me, it looks like the giver gets all the kudos for doing "a really good thing", but the receiver doesn't get anything. Just give a card, and do your donating in private, no need for everyone else to know.
If you could live one day of your life over again, which day would you choose?
I know this isn't as likely as the national 'adopt/supply a whatever' but I would be very mindful that just because I wanted to do it, the recipient might not be as keen on the chairty concerned. I know I could buy my DD an adopt the animal and she'sd be thrilled but other than that I'd have to know someone really well.
We do a "name out of the hat" for our family so we each have only 1 present to buy - which is fine. But some the gifts are garbage. (1 of my brothers gave my OH a sandwich box a few years back, unwrapped, nothing in it. Bro thought it was witty, OH looked at it and didn't say anything, I ended giving it to a friend for her young child).
And sometimes things get left too late to post (we live in different countries) so I've had things arrive in March, obviously posted late January that should have been received in time for Christmas.
So going onto an Oxfam or whatever site, on 23rd Dec, buying a chicken for somebody in Africa or wherever, seems a great alternative.
2023 £1 a day £54.26/365
BUT then I started receiving lots of begging letters from the donkey sanctuary and I was worried because after the 12 month period my friend had paid for, I felt that they'd want the donkey to receive ongoing support. It stands to reason. Buying an annual adoption subscription would cost me £36 (which isn't a fortune I know but it's more expensive than any gift I would buy for a friend and it's a big chunk of money when you're on a pension) and I was concerned about what was going to happen the following year - and all the years after that when I didn't subscribe. An awful position to be in.
Although I did feel it was a great idea, it caused me quite a bit of anxiety. It was only when I discovered that more than one person 'adopts' any animal did I feel I could opt out of subsequent donations since all the donkeys would be equally supported by other donors.
So I do think that if people are going to give this kind of gift to someone, they do need to think long and hard about what will happen when the period of their adoption ends - as well as the effect this will have on the recipient of their gift. I was happy for the donkey but quite miserable knowing that I couldn't possibly keep up the subscription when the 12 months was over. Obviously the sanctuary hopes that people like me will keep up subs but sadly I wasn't able to. I had to ignore all the mail they sent me (and they sent a lot) and it all became quite upsetting in the end.
Now my daughter and I make a joint donation to a different, small, independent charity every three months. We buy hay bales and carrots direct from the supplier and know that these donations will actually make a difference to neglected animals. There are so many different charities that it's difficult to choose which one and how to support it so we just do our best. We wish we could do more for more charities but on limited incomes it's just not possible.