Friday, November 22, 2013

Buy your Gifts and Change lives at the Same Time!

Do you know why I'm excited about Christmas shopping this year?
Because I've found a way to buy quality gifts for the people I love and to have the money also go into the world to make a difference in the lives of the poor and needy at the same time.

A friend here in our new town started this by approaching me to do an Origami Owl jewelry fundraiser for the month of November where she would donate ALL of her profit to Gilmans Loving Léogâne Kids. God began to quickly multiply her idea and now 7 different businesses are donating their profit for sales through the fundraiser too.

Interested in beautiful, personalized jewelry? Check out the lockets and bracelets at Origami Owl. (Good for Moms and Grandmas too!) Origami Owl: http://kayleechord.origamiowl.com/parties/corigilman13121/how-to-build.ashx
The party code, if needed, is: CoriGilman13121 

Like to cook or know someone who does?
Pampered Chef: www.pamperedchef.biz/thecollinskitchen Look for it under the organization Gilmans Loving Leogane kids when looking for the party in the top left corner 
Tastefully Simple:www.tastefullysimple.com/web/kwhitegon (Search for a party and put in first name Gilmans, last name Kids)
Looking for purses, bags, totes, and more:
Thirty-One: www.mythirtyone.com/rcarter  Search My Parties for Gilmans Loving Leogane Kids fundraiser
Who likes things that smell good?!?
Scentsy: https://tessdarling.scentsy.us/Scentsy/Home?partyId=209799341
Do your kids, nieces, nephews, and friends like to read?
Usborne Books and More:www.itsaliterarything.com Just select shop and then select the gilman party. 
Half of my personal Christmas list comes from this site! The PJ pants, scarves, purses, T-shirts, and Sandals are made in Uganda and Haiti, providing jobs for the families who can then better care for their own kids and the kids in the community. Then, the GO Exchange also donates 100% of the profit back towards orphan care too. 
The GO Exchange: http://thegoexchange.org/index.php/the_goex_brands . If you purchase, simply put "Gilmans" in the Ambassador or Affiliation box during checkout. 



Often times the best gift for that person who seems to already have everything they need is to simply make a donation in their honor to a good cause. If you are considering that this Christmas, would you consider donating to the school and orphan prevention efforts of Gilmans Loving Leogane Kids?

A slightly more tangible way might be to give the gift of a chicken. The campus at Eben Ezer Leogane has a chicken farm as a way to support the orphans that live there. The chickens are doing well there. Can you add to the mix?

I have some other favorite sites that benefit the world when you shop. If you have others will you share them with me so that I can check them out too?
Beautiful jewelry made in Kenya in support of the artisans and ministries to widows and orphans
http://backtoafrica.myshopify.com/ (Specifiy Christy Wyatt in the checkout process and a portion also goes to a friend's personal fund to adopt a child from Ethiopia)

Delicious coffees yum from around the world. My love language - I think so!
https://justlovecoffee.com/about/beneficiary/teamwyatt/ (Benefits clean water and my friends adoption fund)

http://www.coffeegiveshope.org/orphan/ (Haitian coffee to benefit the Haiti Orphan Project in conjunction with GO Project)

Happy Shopping!!




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