Dearest do-gooders,
We all have a dress in our closet that we've worn once or a bridesmaid dress that we know we won't have an opportunity to wear again. Put that dress to good use and help a girl feel beautiful on prom night!
Hamden High School in Hamden, CT is seeking donations of new or gently used gowns that could be worn to prom for its Dream Girls Prom Shop! All sizes are needed and accessories are also accepted. If you have any questions or would like to donate a dress, contact Jane Glynn at 203-407-2008 or by email at jglynn@hamden.org.
Happy giving!
xo Jessica
Giving back really is easy. It seems that it's just too much with everything else we have going on in our lives whether it be school, family, work, or other obligations. That's why it's important to find the easy ways to give back and that's why I started this blog.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Giving Back Guest Post: Add a Fifth Question to your Passover Seder, do-gooders!
Giving Back Is Easy—Just
Ask One More Question at Your Seder!
By: Ivan Porto, Giving Back is Easy Guest Blogger
With
April 18 around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about Passover – a time
when Jews all over the world gather with friends and family to commemorate our
people’s liberation from slavery and oppression. While a significant aspect of
this holiday is focused on food—delicious, unleavened food—Passover also
provides an opportunity for reflection.
During
our seders, we retell the Passover
story so we will never forget that we were once slaves. Times have changed for
many of us, but unfortunately many others are still enslaved – to hunger.
50
million Americans – including 17 million children – are unsure when or if their
next meal will come. That’s more hungry
people in this country than the entire population of Canada. It is clear
that we can’t claim complete victory over this oppression just yet.
There
is another way – an end to hunger is within our reach.
Early
in the seder we say, “All who are hungry,
let them enter and eat.” More than an invitation to join us at the dinner
table, we at MAZON see these words as a rallying cry – a call to do more to
help those who so desperately need it; to fight for responsible government
policies that promote the health and security of everyone in our nation; to
provide access to resources that allow people to pick themselves up and build
(or rebuild) their lives; to give every man, woman and child a chance not only
to live their lives, but to thrive.
You can
join with MAZON to raise awareness about hunger during Passover by participating
in our Fifth Question campaign:
1.
Bring
hunger to your Seder by asking a Fifth Question: Why on this night are millions of people going hungry? Encourage
conversation about and/or discuss ways you might help to fight the epidemic of
hunger in America.
2.
Activate
your network as hunger-fighters. Share MAZON’s Fifth Question posts and
information and encourage others to get involved.
3.
Share
your hunger-fighting ideas with MAZON. Write your commitment on a Fifth Question placemat and send us a picture (iporto@mazon.org). We’ll showcase your
placemat on our Facebook page to share it with our larger anti-hunger community.
Chag Sameach, do-gooders!
Ivan
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Get one, give one, do-gooders!
Happy Spring, do-gooders!
One of my new favorite giving back ideas is "give one, get one." The idea of "give one, get one" makes giving back so easy! You buy one and the company gives one to someone in need. Start your spring by giving back! The companies in this post make it so easy to do.
The concept was launched in full scale by a company you might have heard of called Tom's Shoes. If you haven't heard of Tom's, here's your intro! Tom's is a company that provides a new pair of shoes to a child in need for every single pair bought via its "One for One" program. The company was started when Blake Mycoskie traveled to Argentina and befriended some children and learned that they had no shoes. Knowing how a lack of shoes can lead to disease as well as the inability for children to attend school, Blake started Tom's Shoes. My pick are the Red Canvas Classics for $44. You get a cute pair of shoes and so does a child in need!
A lot of other wonderful (& stylish) companies have followed the lead of Tom's Shoes and I provide you with a list of them in this post:
Wiloh is a fantastic company offering beautiful, yet edgy t-shirts in a host of designs. For every t-shirt sold, Wiloh donates one of their specially designed t-shirt through its Tee for Tee Initiative to a needy child. Wiloh has partnered with Kids in Distressed Situations Inc. (KIDS), a non-profit which strives to end child poverty. My pick from Wiloh is this beautiful "Symmetry" t-shirt designed by John Troxel for $28. It's unique and beautiful and allows you to look great while helping out a child in need.
Thinking about getting a new comforter? Buy any comforter from the Company Store and the Company Store will donate a comforter to a homeless shelter through their Buy One, Give One program. The Company Store has teamed up with regional non-profits in order to provide homeless children with comforters that are theirs to keep as they move out of the shelter into transitional housing and beyond. Though any comforter you select will automatically trigger the Company Store to donate a comforter to a homeless child in need, my pick is the St. Tropez Strip TCS Down Comforter for $129.
Roma Provisions makes adorable rain boots in fun colors for adults and children and, you guessed it, donates a pair of rain boots to a child in need for every pair purchased! Roma boots for adults come in five colors in both high gloss and matte finishes. Roma boots for kids come in red, blue, and yellow. For every pair purchased, a Roma child in Central or Eastern Europe without shoes will receive a pair of Roma rain boots. The founder of Roma Provisions went back to his native Romania during the winter months and saw children walking in knee deep snow with terribly worn shoes. He saw little girls walking in slush wearing only sandals. Upon returning to the U.S., he knew that he had to do something, so he created Roma Provisions. My pick is the Plum Gloss Rain Boot for $78.
Another fantastic organization is Common Threadz which will feed an orphan in Africa for one month for every t-shirt from the "Orphan Collection" purchased through their website. The Orphan Collection shirts are designed by Orphans, such as the t-shirt in the picture to the right designed by Siphamandla Hiabisa, which is for sale for $38. If you buy a t-shirt not from the orphan collection, Common Threadz will donate a school uniform to a child in need. The site is full of amazing t-shirt designs with t-shirts designed by orphans and t-shirts designed by artists.
So do-gooders, get shopping! This is one of my favorite ways to give back because it's ridiculously easy. I look forward to posting more great one-for-one companies as the idea takes off across the non-profit web! As always, let me know in the comments if you are looking for something in particular or if a wonderful company that you know about is not featured here.
Happy giving and happy Spring!
xo Jessica
One of my new favorite giving back ideas is "give one, get one." The idea of "give one, get one" makes giving back so easy! You buy one and the company gives one to someone in need. Start your spring by giving back! The companies in this post make it so easy to do.
The concept was launched in full scale by a company you might have heard of called Tom's Shoes. If you haven't heard of Tom's, here's your intro! Tom's is a company that provides a new pair of shoes to a child in need for every single pair bought via its "One for One" program. The company was started when Blake Mycoskie traveled to Argentina and befriended some children and learned that they had no shoes. Knowing how a lack of shoes can lead to disease as well as the inability for children to attend school, Blake started Tom's Shoes. My pick are the Red Canvas Classics for $44. You get a cute pair of shoes and so does a child in need!
Wiloh is a fantastic company offering beautiful, yet edgy t-shirts in a host of designs. For every t-shirt sold, Wiloh donates one of their specially designed t-shirt through its Tee for Tee Initiative to a needy child. Wiloh has partnered with Kids in Distressed Situations Inc. (KIDS), a non-profit which strives to end child poverty. My pick from Wiloh is this beautiful "Symmetry" t-shirt designed by John Troxel for $28. It's unique and beautiful and allows you to look great while helping out a child in need.
Thinking about getting a new comforter? Buy any comforter from the Company Store and the Company Store will donate a comforter to a homeless shelter through their Buy One, Give One program. The Company Store has teamed up with regional non-profits in order to provide homeless children with comforters that are theirs to keep as they move out of the shelter into transitional housing and beyond. Though any comforter you select will automatically trigger the Company Store to donate a comforter to a homeless child in need, my pick is the St. Tropez Strip TCS Down Comforter for $129.
Roma Provisions makes adorable rain boots in fun colors for adults and children and, you guessed it, donates a pair of rain boots to a child in need for every pair purchased! Roma boots for adults come in five colors in both high gloss and matte finishes. Roma boots for kids come in red, blue, and yellow. For every pair purchased, a Roma child in Central or Eastern Europe without shoes will receive a pair of Roma rain boots. The founder of Roma Provisions went back to his native Romania during the winter months and saw children walking in knee deep snow with terribly worn shoes. He saw little girls walking in slush wearing only sandals. Upon returning to the U.S., he knew that he had to do something, so he created Roma Provisions. My pick is the Plum Gloss Rain Boot for $78.
Another fantastic organization is Common Threadz which will feed an orphan in Africa for one month for every t-shirt from the "Orphan Collection" purchased through their website. The Orphan Collection shirts are designed by Orphans, such as the t-shirt in the picture to the right designed by Siphamandla Hiabisa, which is for sale for $38. If you buy a t-shirt not from the orphan collection, Common Threadz will donate a school uniform to a child in need. The site is full of amazing t-shirt designs with t-shirts designed by orphans and t-shirts designed by artists.
So do-gooders, get shopping! This is one of my favorite ways to give back because it's ridiculously easy. I look forward to posting more great one-for-one companies as the idea takes off across the non-profit web! As always, let me know in the comments if you are looking for something in particular or if a wonderful company that you know about is not featured here.
Happy giving and happy Spring!
xo Jessica
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