Still looking for gifts? Here are some gift ideas that focus on keeping individuals and families safe and healthy in their homes. These suggestions encompass the eight principles of a healthy home. Learn more about making your home healthy and safe at www.georgiahealthyhousing.org.
Keep your home safe
- Slippers with non-skid soles to prevent slips and falls
Fire extinguisher- Non-slip bathmat or ducks for the bottom of the tub/shower
- Solar lights to place along the walkway and entrance to the house
- Motion-activated lights for the hallway and bathroom
- Coupon offering your services to conduct a safety review of the house. Helpful tools are the UGA Extension Home Safety Checklist or the Childproof your Home Checklist.
Keep your home dry
- Hygrometer or device to measure humidity. Keep indoor humidity below 60%relative humidity, ideally 30 – 50 percent
- Coupon offering your services to repair leaky faucets
Keep your home clean
- Doormat made from recycled materials
- Shoe caddy to set by the front door
- Create a green cleaning toolkit and include the UGA green cleaning recipes
- Coupon offering your services to clean the house
Keep your home contaminant free
- Radon test kit: Order at ugaradon.org
- Flameless candles
- Coupon offering your services to dispose of out of date and unused hazardous products in the house and garage.
Keep your home pest-free
- Sealed containers to store food to reduce pest problems
- Coupon offering your services to declutter the house
Keep your home ventilated
- Carbon monoxide alarms with backup battery power
- Coupon offering your services to replace the air filter
Keep your home maintained
- Ladder
- Coupon offering your services to clean gutters, repair downspouts, or remove ivy and debris from walkways
Keep your home green and comfortable
- Surgeprotector or smart strip
- Door draft stopper to place along the bottom of the exterior door
- Programmable timer for lights
- Coupon offering to pay for an energy audit
For gift tags and cards, use postcards you bought and never got around to sending.
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