I'm sort of doing a 180 on my views about bringing gifts (clothing & school supplies) to JA. In the past I've always brought a large suitcase full of clothes and school/art supplies to hand out. Lol, twice I've left the island with only the clothes on my back.
The 180 comes to mind when I return to areas and they look for my reindeer like I'm Santa or when other tourist got locals into thinking that the farrin people come with gifts.
So.... this trip I'm going to donate my "gift money" to the Theodora Project. Enough about my views...
So, your thoughts...do you bring stuff for random people? Do you make donations to places in need? For those who don't, I can completely understand...it's a vacation not a charity mission.