For this season of gifting, Life brings together 10 great ideas where every purchase can also help those who are less fortunate than ourselves.
Phufa.
Phufa.
Phufa Shop
Phufa Shop welcomes the Year of the Tiger with its special New Year collection, featuring an adorable tiger that is lying down and dreaming of its favourite ice cream. HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn created the yellow tiger and composed a poem for the new collection to deliver a message that Thai people must be patient and hopeful about the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Co-designed by the fashion brand Asana, this special collection features polo shirts in six colours (380 baht), masks in three colours (150 baht), mask straps in two colours (60 baht), and foldable canvas bags in three colours (150 baht). Other items include greeting cards (60 baht), notebooks (120 baht for A5 and 65 baht for A6), and white shopping bags (140 baht).
Proceeds from sales will return to the community participating in the manufacturing process, and benefit the sustainable development of children and youth in the country's remote areas.
Available at all 20 branches, including Online Phufa Shop.
Contact: phufa.org
02-655-6242/3
Art for Cancer.
Art for Cancer by Ireal
Art for Cancer by Ireal has created New Year gift sets titled "Art For Life" for those who wish to maintain a healthy work-life balance. The set features a calendar (199 baht) and a year planner (450 baht) in two pastel colours. Among the highlights are different drawings and inspirational quotes from cancer patients on a calendar's pages to restore positive energy after a tiring day. There are also two options for the Art For Life planner's cover: the original design or the organisation's logo.
Other merchandise includes Mind Therapy Box Gift Sets (1,190 baht), a new T-shirt collection (450 baht), an art gift set (2,500 baht), and a "Change Your Attitude" notebook set (190 baht). Proceeds will go to help cancer patients.
Contact: artforcancerbyireal.com
099-356-3561
Gifts from the Marsi Foundation.
Marsi Foundation
For art aficionados, the Marsi Foundation transforms Princess Marsi's surrealist painting collection "Beauty And Ugliness" into six New Year gift sets with special promotions.
The gift sets feature limited-edition stationery items, including three folders in three prints (350 baht), New Year cards (350 baht), five notebooks with postcards and pencils (500 baht), one hardcover notebook with one folder, stickers and pencils (500 baht), one complete collection of Princess Marsi's Painting with stickers and postcards (1,000 baht), and one complete collection of Princess Marsi's Painting with one folder (1,700 baht).
Customers will receive free stickers when spending over 2,000 baht, a "Je me souviens" notebook for over 5,000 baht and one scarf with a green parrot design for over 10,000 baht.
Proceeds from every purchase will go to the Marsi Foundation to provide art grants and support to students as well as the Thai art community.
Contact: Line: @marsi.foundation
02-258-941
Samsuan cake set.
Samsuan
As part of the Christmas and New Year celebrations, Samsuan offers gift sets with special promotions.
For the new box set, Four Fruit Omakase Lucky cake (999 baht) features cakes flavoured with original coconut chiffon, mango, chocolate with fresh strawberry jam, and banoffee toffee. Customers will receive a 100 baht discount for two boxes.
For the signature menu, young coconut chiffon (95 baht) is topped with young aromatic coconut pulp and special salted jaggery caramel sauce. The nine-piece set costs only 750 baht.
Samsuan creates two vegan-friendly drinks by selecting the best organic coconuts from Ratchaburi: sugar free Greek coconut yoghurt (95 baht for 175ml and 285 baht for 475ml) and organic namhom, or coconut water, rich in vitamins and minerals (59 baht for 230ml and 199 baht for 1 litre).
Other festival dishes include coconut chiffon wedding cake with flowers (1,290 baht), MUSE cake with strawberry and chocolate (825 baht), Samsuan special rolls topped with fresh fruits and Ferrero Rocher chocolate (899 baht).
Part of the proceeds will be used to purchase general medical kits for children in the Northeastern. Since June, Samsuan has provided financial help and support for many children's foundations.
Contact: Instagram: samsuan.official
063-664-0794 or 093-292-5642
Ramathibodi Foundation's charity memorabilia.
Ramathibodi Foundation
In an effort to stop global warming and promote wellness, the Ramathibodi Foundation has released a dazzling array of flasks and tumblers in collaboration with 14 leading designers for the seventh annual "Power Of Giving" campaign.
Participating fashion brands include Asava, Disaya, Greyhound, Issue, Janesuda, Kloset Etcetera, Milin, Painkiller, Patinya, Poem, Rotsaniyom, Shaka, Smileyhound and Vickteerut. Their pieces have been created under the theme "Heart" as the Ramathibodi Foundation believes that the heart is a key to happiness.
Each set in the Power Of Giving collection is available for 799 baht, with each designer offering their own concept.
Asava's products feature colourful flowers in a heart shape under the theme of "Giving And Sharing". Similarly, Janesuda presents the flower as happiness when people appreciate its beauty, and Painkiller creates its unique "Giving And Sharing" design. Disaya's logo is a teddy bear, symbolising love, warmth and cuteness, following the theme "Live Your Life With Love". Greyhound's picture shows a smile from the heart when people have meals together. Its design idea goes along with its unique style "Simple But Never Boring". Issue's bottle has a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe as a merciful giver, while Kloset Etcetera features hearts of different colours and characters. On Milin's products, there are butterflies with the phrase "Daring Dash". Swan Lake inspires Patinya's latest collection "Love Me Tender". Poem uses perspective lines to create architectural and geometric shapes. Rotsaniyom's collection, "Love Each Other", promotes harmony and open-mindedness. Shaka expresses femininity by mixing two symbols of hearts and women together, while Smileygroud's new design "Infinity Heart" is adapted from its original logo for its goal to support the joint force. Vickteerut's notion of "Live Your Loveful Life" is interpreted in many different shades and colours.
Proceeds will go to help patients in need and support Ramathibodi Hospital.
Contact: ramafoundation.or.th.
085-953-3330 or 086-369-7980
Dog God Do Good T-Shirt Collection.
Doggod Do Good
Doggod Do Good has released a new T-shirt collection, featuring the neon print "The Fifth Element Is Dog". The brand's logo is a Doberman's face, screened on the T-shirt's back. Prices range from 888 baht to 1,212 baht.
Pichapat Mongkolamornpat, founder of Doggod, would like to raise public awareness on animal issues such as elephant abuse and coral destruction, as well as the problem of stray cats and dogs. All profits will help improve animal welfare in Thailand. This year, proceeds from the new collection will be given to the Home for Handicapped Animals Foundation.
Contact: Line: @doggod
Instagram: @doggoddogood
Good Goods products. Good Goods
Good Goods
The Good Goods shop at CentralWorld has a wide variety of products made by local people from across the country. With contemporary design, the products aim to promote local wisdom, preserve cultural legacy and support communities towards happiness and sustainability. Highlight products include an upcycled bag, a sedge wickerwork bag and Bhu Chee Duen coffee. All proceeds will help with community development and cultural preservation across the country.
Contact: Line: @aboutgoodgoods
Heartwarming caramel custard from Merry Tales.
Merry Tales
Merry Tales would like to share the heartwarming story of love and warmth from mother to child through their premium homemade custard.
Made from fresh, high-quality ingredients such as whipped cream from France, this soft, chewy custard is available as a box set for 250 baht. One set contains two cups of custard.
Behind this Merry Tales' recipe, the owner loves the mellow flavour of her mother's caramel custard and wants to represent this dessert as a spirit of love and goodwill, which make perfect gifts for this festive season.
Part of the proceeds from every purchase will be dedicated to rescuing homeless cats in Bangkok.
Contact: Line: @merry_tales
Instagram: merry_tales
Oil products from Pat Pat Shop.
Pat Pat Shop
Pat Pat Shop offers 16 gift sets for this New Year by selecting the best organic products from Chaipattana Foundation's many projects and communities. Each set encompasses a wide range of seed oils, herb tea and Thai rice from Phathum Thani, or hair and skincare products. Prices range from 380 to 2,600 baht.
The gift sets are now available for pre-order. All profits from the purchase will go towards the Chipattana Foundation to help fight the epidemic and provide support to the poor in rural areas.
Contact: 02-282-4425/109-112
Line: @PATPAT9SHOP
Kidsdee Family T-shirt.
Foundation For Children
Foundation For Children has launched a special New Year T-shirt collection under its project "Kids-Dee" to build a strong family relationship in society. Each T-shirt features the phrase "Kids-Dee Family" that marks the family as the most important social institution in a child's well-being and development.
This collection is available in eight colours for 269 baht (size S,M,L) and 289 baht (size XL, XXL). Proceeds from the sale will support children and parents struggling with the long-standing financial crisis during the pandemic.
Contact: ffc.or.th
095-269-0734
