United Nations Association Gift Shop

Wonderful mission - charity for children.
The clerks are volunteers. The one that helped me was so friendly and professional (Lee? Leigh?).
Excellent spot for conscious consumers looking to gift or decorate their homes.

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A real treasure! Everything is unique handmade art from around the world. All FAIR TRADE! Marvelous encounter with one if the many volunteers. Gifts fir babies all the way up to grannies.

Great variety of fair trade gifts, very reasonably priced. I've seen similar items with less variety at other stores at much higher prices. The staff were all volunteers & super kind & helpful. I found cool gifts for multiple family members of all ages. Thank you United Nations, I'll visit again.

This is one of my Bay area favorites! The United Nations Association gift shop has artisanal handicrafts from developing nations all over works.. Scarves from Vietnam and India, jewellery from Turkey and Africa, small handicrafts from Kenya, Niger, Haiti and so much. The best part is that, all the employees are volunteers and all profits go to supporting the United Nations and UNICEF. Oh, did I mention the prices are totally within budget? Really nice place.

The United Nations Association Gift Shop at 553 Emerson is a real find in downtown Palo Alto. It has lots of interesting arts & crafts reasonably priced from around the world, especially at holiday times. Wonderful baskets & toys & jewelry & carvings & change purses & much more. Lots of kids books, to. My favorites are the first 100 words series which I have purchased for Polish, Italian & German families. Their greeting cards are lovely as well. Stop in & support a good cause.

Barb

An adorable little arts and crafts store run by volunteers. Has authentic, relatively low priced goods, art and trinkets from around the world. I bought a few gifts for my mom's upcoming birthday as all the goods help small communities around the world. All proceeds from the store go to UNICEF.

Welcoming, eclectic store with unique items at various price points (from $1 to $50+.) The volunteers were so kind and took the time to explain the story behind the different gift items. Definitely check this place if you're looking for a special, memorable gift!

A hidden gem. Loads of beautiful handicrafts, art, etc. from around the world, collected by knowledgable people and sold at low prices to promote a good cause. I especially like the fuzzy llamas, the finger puppets from Peru, and the metal bicycle figurines.

This place is amazing. I found the most beautiful and unique alpaca stuffed animals from Inspired Peru. Their products are very different and super soft

Very recommended! It very reasonably priced

Really friendly staff and an awesome assortment of fair trade products from around the world. Just randomly stumbled upon this shop while wandering around town.

You can buy a big Ukrainian flag here to display on your home in support for democracy! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Great selection of books for kids, and a nice place to visit and browse. Thank you for keeping this store alive!

Colorful fun gifts and things! You gotta check it out!

Great curated collection.