A Gift Card That Keeps on Giving

One of the things I've been doing for my aunt for several years is making a donation for her with a wildlife organization. The organization allows us to pick a wild animal for the sponsorship and they send us a certificate and sometimes a small gift to include on Christmas. It's usually a stuffed animal of the real animal we are sponsoring.
When my mother lost her last dog, Tinker, to old age, we didn't want to get her another live animal as she was having problems with her health and taking care of herself. Instead, the last Christmas she was with us, we sponsored a shelter dog for her. She received the dog's photo and an update every so often from the shelter. Two months later, when my mom was hospitalized for the last time, she asked me to bring the photo of "her dog" to the hospital. When I called the shelter to check up on the dog for her, the woman even sent my mom a get well card from her dog.
In the end, that gift of sponsoring a shelter animal had much more meaning than we could have imagined.
For people who has too much stuff, why not give them the gift of knowing they received something that is helping a cause they believe in.
Most charities now either offer gift cards or sponsorship packages, so pick one that is meaningful to you or the recipient and feel really good about that gift this year.