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READY FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING? OMG I so Am! Every year Andre and I have a shopping date and get all the goodies for our friends and family together. It’s a tradition. SO ARE COOKIES on that date, and snuggling. 😉 What even more wonderful is shopping right from home while knowing our gifts are helping a GREAT CAUSE!
I put together my list of my TOP 10 FAVORITE companies that give back while you spoil EVERYONE on your Christmas list. Shop, wrap and change the world in the process. WIN, WIN! Ready?
1.) WILD AND FREE
Website: http://wildandfreesupply.com/
“By purchasing gear, you are helping support our artisan’s families while they work hard to plant, grow and strengthen local Honduran churches. With the proper training, local in country church leaders are more effective at planting and pastoring churches than foreign missionaries since they are fluent in the language, have a better understanding of their culture, and are intimately connected to the people to whom they minister.”
2.) CUDDLE & KIND
Website: https://www.cuddleandkind.com/
“We created cuddle+kind because we wanted to make beautiful hand-knit dolls that help feed children. So for every cuddle+kind doll sold, we give 10 meals to children in need.”
3.) 31 BITS
WEBSITE: https://31bits.com/
“Our products are thoughtfully designed and ethically made. We collaborate with some of the most skilled artisans around the world by providing them with dignified job opportunities and giving them access to the global market. Paying fair and sustainable wages to our artisans is just the beginning of what we do. We believe in providing safe and joyful working conditions, a family-like atmosphere, and an environment where every artisan feels known.”
4.) THE GIVING KEYS
Website: https://www.thegivingkeys.com
“We’re not a nonprofit, we’re a social enterprise. So instead of raising donations, we sell products to provide jobs. A good job is a long-term solution for breaking cycles of generational poverty and homelessness. That’s why we place people on career paths and hand them the keys to unlock their fullest potential.”
5.) STARLING
Website: https://starlingproject.org/
“Sterling founded The Starling Project in 2015 with the simple idea of creating candles that would engage people in a tangible way to help support solar energy for those in need. The idea is light for light. The hope is that each Starling Project customer will enjoy a quality candle while simultaneously knowing that he or she is helping someone in need abroad. In its short life span, The Starling Project has proudly given over $150,000 to UNICEF for life-saving solar projects in Chad and Rwanda.”
6.) THE KIND DOLL
Website: https://thedollkind.com
First and foremost, we want to be a company that leads by example. As mothers we know that the example we set for our children is of utmost importance. We pledge to donate one doll for every doll purchased so that children around the world, from every walk of life, can benefit from our kind mission. By teaching through example, we are able to embody the very values that we wish to instill in our children.
One for one: for each doll sold a doll is donated to a child less fortunate.
7.) SEVENLY
Website: https://www.sevenly.org
“Based on a simple, core belief that ‘People Matter,’ the Sevenly team activated the now global ‘cause art’ movement and started creating 7-day cause campaigns, inviting customers to purchase “advocacy art, apparel and accessories” that donate to non-profits. Each campaign and every product would also create conversations. Now widely recognized as one of the world’s leading ‘social good’ companies, Sevenly activates its signature 7-Day Campaigns and curates ongoing, cause-themed Collections created to change lives by raising funding, awareness and followers for the world’s greatest causes.”
8.) GRACE AND LACE
Website: http://www.graceandlace.com/
“In 2013, we made the decision to partner with Angel House, where a portion of every sale would go toward building orphanages in India to house 50 orphans each. The response to our brand has far exceeded our expectations, and as a result we were able to build two orphanages in the summer of 2014 and another five in 2015, taking a total of around 160 orphans off the street between them all!” Read more about the Angel House here .
9.) Global Goods Partners
Websites: https://globalgoodspartners.org/
As a not-for-profit social enterprise, Global Goods Partners (GGP) is committed to providing sustainable jobs for women—widely proven to be the key to community development and family wellbeing. In partnership with women-led, community-based organizations, GGP taps into the rich well of skill and artistry that is passed from one generation of women to the next. We invest all proceeds from product sales in developing sustainable market access as well as providing training and funding to enable our partners to prosper and thrive well into the future.
10.) OUT OF PRINT CLOTHING
Website: https://www.outofprintclothing.com/
“Each purchase helps to fund literacy programs and book donations to communities in need. It also supports the authors, publishers and artists who made these iconic works an integral part of our lives.”
Enjoy and be sure to pass along this list to some of your besties that need shopping inspo!
HAPPY GIVING!
Julie
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