Do you like helping out? Do you like vintage t-shirts? If so - here's the thing for you!
http://tidetshirts.pgvillage.com/default.aspx?utm_source=loh_causes&utm_medium=causes&utm_campaign=loh
Proceeds from the shirts are donated to Loads of Hope that helps families affected by disasters.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Addition to Holiday Helping Guide
Veronica McGee from the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research sent me an e-mail letting me know about another opportunity with which you can shop, save, and help!
If you go to www.vineyardsvines.com you can get 20% off your purchase AND 10% is donated to the Rally foundation! All you have to do is enter in promo code Rally09 - to make the deal a little sweeter - shipping is free.
www.vineyardvines.com
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Hoilday Helping Guide!
Holiday Season is the perfect time to give! As the spirit of giving becomes more contagious, I present to you some great gift-giving ideas – all of which help charities. Let the giving begin!
Of course, you can help by buying jewelry at www.beeforacause.com! We donate $15 from each sale to centers that help abused women and children. If jewelry’s not your thing but you still want to help out - go to http://www.giveforward.org/beeforacause to directly donate to the cause!
Gifts for a cause! Presents that help out various charities:
· For the beach lover – Lilly Pulitzer necklace, $48. Ten percent goes to Sea Web’s coral conservation campaign.
· For your chic mom – Helping Handbags Tabitha Bag, $245 each. Each bag sold provides 60 hours of care for an orphan in Bulgaria.
· For the big kid – Feed 5 bear, $60. Supports Industrial Revelation to promote the fight against child hunger in East Africa.
· For your retro-fabulous friend – Sunglasses Hut Artist Series by Maya Hayuk hand-painted sun glasses, $139 each. Fifty percent goes to OneSight to supply free vision care and eye care for those in need.
· For the techie – Dell Inspiron Mini 10v, $299. Each computer sold provides a day of antiretroviral treatment for 11 people living with HIV/AIDS.
· For the label queen – Jimmy Choo Project PEP flip-flops, $95. Twenty-five percent of proceeds go to Simelela Rape Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.
· For the tea lover –Tea Forte rejuvenation tea set, $32.99. All proceeds go to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
· For the sport nut – Rugby Ralph Lauren shirt, $98, and hat, $4. Fifty percent goes to the Match Rugby Fund, which gives grants to community and education-oriented programs by young people.
· For your friend who’s one of a kind – personalize a pair of Converse Make Mine (Red) sneakers, $62. Fifteen percent goes to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
· For the creative recycler – Eye Pop Art’s Mandala Record lock, $62. World of Good supports ethnically sourced, fair-trade and eco-friendly products.
· For anyone artsy – Kiehl’s Limited Edition Crème de Corps, $27. All proceeds go to Rx Art’s Between the Lines project to distribute coloring books to pediatric hospitals across the nation.
· For your BFF – Nana’s H.E.L.P. gold-plated ring, $65. All proceeds go to H.E.L.P. Malawi’s Nutritional Education program for children.
· For the sophisticated boss – Mai Vietnamese Handicrafts coiled bamboo fruit bowl, $28. Supports local artisans in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
· For your fave glamour gal – Smashbox Wish for the Perfect Pout, $29. Up to $25,000 from the sale of the Wish Holiday Collection goes to the Children’s Miracle Network to fund medical care and research for sick and injured children.
Love the idea, but on a budget? Have no fear – the cost-effective list is here! Gift for under $25!
· For the bookworm – IKEA Sunnan solar desk lamp, $20. For every lamp sold, one will be given to a child in Pakistan.
· For the Runway Project junkie – Laura Su fashion illustrations, $20 each. Ten percent goes to Fashion for All, which provides clothing and beauty products for low-income women.
· For your green minded posse– Alternative Apparel T-shirt, $10. All proceeds go to Global Green to eliminate climate change.
· For your coworkers – Cookie gift set, $25 for six. Twenty percent goes to Alex’s Lemonade Stand to help fight pediatric cancer.
· For the socially conscious sommelier – OneHope wine, $19 per bottle. Fifty percent goes to the cause designated on each bottle.
· For the tree hugger – plant one for $25 through January 15, 2010. The honoree receives a personalized certificate that says where his/her tree is.
Want to simply help out? Here are 31 ways – some won’t cost you a dime!
· Help get PJs to kids in shelters so the won’t have to sleep in their clothes by giving just $10.
· Mentor a struggling student online. Studies suggest that a little boost can double a kid’s chance of going to college.
· Donate books you’ve already read to your library – most public libraries accept them.
· End homelessness through soccer: $10 to streetsoccerusa.org helps a homeless person meet challenges on and off the field.
· Fight malnutrition. A $1 gift will provide much-needed vitamin supplements o children in places like Honduras, Haiti and event poor areas in the US.
· Tend a garden - $5 buys seeds for enough veggies to feed a struggling family of seven.
· Do some pro bono work. Whether you’re in marketing or IT, you can be matched to a non-profit in your community that needs your skills
· Get some lifesaving malaria medication to 10 children by donating $25.
· Click and give… every click you make prompts a sponsor to make a donation that will fight breast cancer, global warming and more.
· …Or surf and give. Use GoodSearch to find what you’re looking for online, and every search will send money to a cause of your choice.
· Regift. Turn gift-cards you’ll never use into donations to your favorite charity.
· Provide solar power - $50 will send an African village a solar lamp, stove and water heater.
· Prevent disease. A $50 donation will allow Doctors without Borders to vaccinate 50 people against meningitis, polio and other life threatening diseases.
· Send a free holiday card to a soldier abroad.
· Have a potluck with your friends instead of going out for dinner – give the $35 you save to feed a child for a month.
· Keep someone’s lights on. Even $5 makes a difference to a family who needs help with bills due to illnesses, domestic violence or other tragedies.
· Inspire a leader. A donation to the Binti Pamoja Center (their name means “daughters united” in Swahili) helps a girl in a Kenyan slum pay for school and learn how to be a community leader.
· Keep girls on the team. Giving to Robin Roberts’ GoGirlGo! Fund will help girls displaced by Hurricane Katrina stay in sports.
· Help those helping others. $150 will supply medicine plus sterile gloves and a bicycle to a caregiver for people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
· Reach out to the new kid. $35 buys a winter coat for a resettled refugee in the United States.
· Feed four children in Tanzania a healthy breakfast a donation of just $1 will allow this through a nonprofit run with the help of kids from the U.S.
· Warm toes - $5 buys seven pairs for a homeless person.
· Play trivia. Every answer – right or wrong – sends 10 pieces of dog food to an animal shelter in need.
· Help women recover after childbirth. The Fistula Foundation helps train doctors to care for the 2 to 3 million women who have injuries from prolonged or obstructed labor.
· Stock a refrigerator. Just $1 will provide nine pounds of groceries to a hungry family in the U.S.
· Knit. Send squares to warmupamerica.org; they’ll be made into Afghans and given to battered women’s shelters.
· Give peace to the survivors of sexual trauma. $47 to the International Medical Corps delivers medical and mental healthcare to refugees who have suffered sexual violence.
· Turn your wedding into a charitable event. You can link your registry to your favorite cause. Each purchase triggers a donation from a retailer.
· Starve a landfill. Make this a “no wrapping paper” year – use newspapers, even pages from a magazine, instead.
· Keep a woman safe - $30 buys a cell phone for a rural Afghan woman; if threatened by violence, she can make a lifesaving call.
· Give the gift of opportunity. You can make a microloan to help a woman in a developing country set her own business up and running.
Head Designer/Owner, Bee
847-927-9405
n.niazi@beeforacause.com
www.beeforacause.com
"What will you Bee?"
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Accessoriee 2009
Hey all! I am so excited! I got THE e-mail today. Yep, from the Apparel Industry Board letting me know that I have been picked as an emerging Chicago designer for the Accessoriee 2009 Show! How amazing is that? I have been working really hard to get the word out because it's not all about getting into the fashion industry - don't get me wrong I'm beyond excited to kind of get my foot in the door but I'm more excited about having the opportunity to let people know about Bee and to help emphasize the 'giving back' movement.
More details to come soon.
Meanwhile - those of you in Arizona - there's a show coming up next weekend. I'll post more details on that soon! Until then go to the events page on my website www.beeforacause.com
Nabiha Niazi
Designer/Owner, Bee
More details to come soon.
Meanwhile - those of you in Arizona - there's a show coming up next weekend. I'll post more details on that soon! Until then go to the events page on my website www.beeforacause.com
Nabiha Niazi
Designer/Owner, Bee
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