The First Presbyterian’s Alternative Gift Market takes Christmas gift purchasing and gift giving to a whole higher level of expressing Christian Love for one another.

The AGM allows each of us the opportunity to purchase a charitable "gift" for someone who needs help and at the same time designate a personal family member as the donor of the gift.

The first Alternative Gift Market was started by Harriet Prichard in the Pasadena Presbyterian Church in California in 1980. Alternative Gifts International was formed out of that first Christian Outreach program.  They make use of Catholic Relief Services, Mennonite Central Committee, and Partners In Development and other established services as well as handling the relief directly with their own people.  The AGM catalog of gifts include hunger relief, shelters, medical assistance, sustainable agriculture, fresh water and many other basic necessities.More information about AGI can be found on their website altgifts.org .

Because of the generosity of the members of FPC, people, both locally and world wide are helped in so many ways.