Each item in the REDF Social Enterprise Gift Guide is handcrafted by an individual striving to reenter the workforce after experiences like homelessness or incarceration. Shop now and help support an economy that works for everyone!

Mountain Mindful

Mountain Mindful, in southern West Virginia, hires people who face barriers to employment to create socially and environmentally sustainable products. Shop their gifts for eco-conscious friends or family members.

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Homeboy Industries

This mouthwatering array of butter cookies from the Homeboy Bakery in LA is made fresh daily by individuals seeking life renewal at Homeboy Industries, the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world.

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Bright Endeavors

Hand-poured by young moms in Bright Endeavors’ Chicago-based job training program as they light the way toward their goals, the Juniper Berry & Fir candle captures the best of winter.

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Purple Door Coffee

When you drink Purple Door Coffee, you’re pouring into the lives of Denver’s unhoused teens and young adults. The Colorado coffee roastery creates opportunities for life change through job training and employment.

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Thistle Farms

This box contains a Gratitude Candle, Room Spray, and matches made by Nashville survivors of trafficking and domestic abuse. Every morning for over 20 years, Thistle Farms lights a candle as a symbol of sanctuary and hope.

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Homeless Garden Project

Dry skin will delight in Homeless Garden Project’s all-purpose salve - handcrafted by individuals in their job training program experiencing homelessness - with local Santa Cruz beeswax, healing oils and botanicals.

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HHPLIFT

Set the tone for chilly days and festive nights with HHPLIFT’s Winter Afternoon candle, handcrafted by Chicagoans from disinvested and overlooked communities who are paving a path to success.

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Vena Vena Handcrafted

Vena Vena Handcrafted was launched from a homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles. These leather bags, accessories, and home goods are all handmade by Vena, a local leather artist.

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Goodwill San Francisco

Goodwill San Francisco selects some of its best donated treasures to shop online. Purchases fund their mission of creating second chances for people facing multiple barriers to employment through job training programs.

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Sweet Beginnings

On Chicago's west side, Sweet Beginnings provides formerly-incarcerated individuals with transitional work and teaches job skills through the production of local honey and honey-infused skincare.

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Unibody Fitness

Join Unibody Fitness, the house wellness and social justice built! They offer in-person and virtual personal training services from their New York studio, all led by formerly incarcerated wellness coaches.

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More Than Words

Youth designed, this super soft fleece pullover highlights black authors AND supports More Than Words (MTW) youth, young adults in the foster care system, court-involved, homeless, or out of school.

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1951 Coffee Company

Brew a cup of coffee from 1951 Coffee Company, a nonprofit that promotes the well-being of refugees by providing job training and employment while educating the surrounding Bay Area community about refugee life.

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Rebel Nell

Shop Rebel Nell’s unique jewelry created in Detroit from repurposed material such as fallen graffiti. Purchases support employment, equitable opportunity, and support services for women overcoming barriers to work.

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Wagster Treats

Wagster Treats are healthy for dogs and good for the community! The treats are baked by a dog-loving team building job skills to overcome homelessness and disability. There’s even a holiday Dog Lover's Gift Box!

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MADE by DWC

Created with love by the women of MADE by DWC in LA, this gift collection funds Downtown Women’s Center’s career and mentorship programs that provide hands-on training to end homelessness and change lives.

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Mickey’s Popcorn

Made by survivors of domestic violence in Memphis, TN, this gourmet popcorn uses top shelf, double oaked barrel Kentucky bourbon, and has notes of honey and vanilla in addition to the buttery brown sugar goodness.

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UTEC

UTEC’s products are handcrafted by young adults working to carve out better futures. Their cutting boards are made from salvaged New England hardwoods and finished with mineral oil and beeswax for protection.

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The Kitchen

Forge City Works’ carefully packaged holiday & year-end gift boxes will surprise and delight your recipient, as it transforms the lives of Hartford, CT residents in their culinary job training and food access programs.

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Mindful Works

Mindful Works’ offers a wide range of hand-sewn products - from poufs and ottomans to patch pouches. All goods are handmade in Colorado by individuals in recovery from mental health challenges.

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Home Start, Inc.

Light up your home with warmth and love with Home Start’s Holiday Vibes candle, made by young women in their San Diego Maternity Housing Program as they build their capacity to become independent and self-sufficient.

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Beautiful Day

Beautiful Day’s premium gifts (granola, bars, coffee) are handcrafted by former refugees as part of a job-training program in Providence, Rhode Island. Gifts are all-natural, award-winning, and sent in a hand-decorated box.

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Women's Bean Project

Women's Bean Project believes all women have the power to transform their lives through employment. This gift box is made with clean, healthy ingredients and lovingly hand-packed by women in the Denver program.

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Mile High Workshop

From billboards to bags, these one-of-a-kind upcycled totes, assembled and manufactured by individuals overcoming barriers to work in Denver, are selling fast. Each purchase supports Mile High’s job training program.

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Ground Up

Share the tastes of Oregon with this three jar holiday tasting flight from Ground-Up, a not-just-for-profit business that makes healthy and delicious nut butters, providing employment to women overcoming adversity.

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InnerCity Weightlifting

Reduce stress and give back with in-home virtual training sessions from InnerCity Weightlifting. Training with ICW supports its mission of ending street violence and fighting systemic racism in Boston.

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Greyston Bakery

Greyston Bakery doesn’t hire people to bake brownies—they bake brownies to hire people. Gift delicious Greyston Brownies and give the gift of opportunity, self-sufficiency, and success to a hardworking individual.

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CONBODY

CONBODY is a prison style fitness workout that hires formerly incarcerated individuals in New York City to teach fitness classes. Buy a virtual workout pack and do the time with the best trainers straight out of the system.

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Create Common Good

Create Common Good offers gift bags of maple coconut granola mailed directly to your loved ones for the holidays! Each purchase supports job training for returning citizens in Idaho as they gain new skills.

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Open Arms Studio

Thoughtfully designed from seed to stitch, Open Arms Studio’s Market Tote is cut from Texas-grown organic cotton to create zero fabric waste and then sewn by refugee seamstresses earning a fair wage.

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Clean 360

Clean 360 offers small-batch, handcrafted bath and body products made by individuals in Oakland who have been disconnected from the workforce for an extended period of time.

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