After picking up their children from yet another birthday party, two busy moms got to talking about presents, parties and plastic. They knew there had to be a better way. Little did they know, their growing desire for a meaningful solution, could actually spark a movement.

After countless meetings in the school playground, in the parking lot and even the planetarium, it became clear - their desire to improve the world, along side their children, was actually possible. Time starved, sleep deprived and energized for change, they set out to create ECHOage.com – a ONE Gift, ONE Cause, solution to the current trend in birthday party madness. With their combined backgrounds in teaching, design, marketing and motherhood, they believed they could give children a hands-on opportunity to do something for the planet, their peers and even their parents! Without borders and without waste, these two mothers discovered that by actually doing less, children can easily give back so much more.

EchoAge follows a "ONE Gift, ONE Cause" philosophy that pools together funds customarily spent on birthday presents. Half the total goes to one memorable gift for the child and the other half is donated to one charity of the child's choice (such as Nourish America, EarthCorps, Feed The Hungry. No need for guests to shop, wrap a gift, drive around or even pick up the phone. EchoAge arranges everything from the hip, paperless invites to the RSVP's, etc.

Already, over 50,000 meals have been fed to hungry families, kids with cancer are going to camp, green spaces are being created, carbon emissions of 40, 000 trips to the toy store have been averted, and wrapping from 40,000 gifts has been saved because children are choosing to use their birthday to make a difference in the world. ECHOage.com. Where Children Celebrate Giving