Bags 4 Darfur: Back On May 7! (thursday)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Back On May 7! (thursday)

I am daily encouraged as I click to this new spot and see faces appearing in the lefthand column, people figuring out a way to comment (You need to set up an account under one of the suggested domains; I think?)

I am taking today to ensure that I reply to e-mails that have gotten lost in the shuffle; photograph a few tote bags hanging around my sewing room door; and ~~sit~~ run around in the sunshine with the cherubs, shedding some of the white scaley stuff off my extremities.

Maybe run my fingers through some buttons. Like Valerie C's and her mother's. (I can't believe that I forgot those very important names in my prior button rant!)

Maybe get some salt for the water system..... maybe pay a bill..... maybe get some stuff baked for snacktime....maybe drink too much coffee... possibly get a walk in.... clean another window? ... and then there's soccer. MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday evening soccer. Plus basketball for one. hmmmm.... Must run.

2 comments:

JayP said...: Not sure how to get this to you...but I read that Mia Farrow went on a hunger strike for Darfur.
http://snipurl.com/hiqyk
That's worrisome, as she is 64 and a hunger strike is hard on even a young body!
Janice; May 6, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Bags4Darfur said...: and she is small to begin with...; May 6, 2009 at 9:53 PM

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About The Bags

Frequently asked questions answered here.

Read about the project here.

Read about the history of Darfur here.

Play a game to end hunger here: http://www.freerice.com/index.php

Re-joyce.

I've always been a scrounger. Raised by a frugal prairie farm woman who reduced, reused, and recycled long, looooong before it was trendy; I've come into the concept of re-purposing honestly. I am silly-in-love with anything vintage-ish, and am powerless against it when I discover it stacked on card tables in someone's garage, or stale and lonely in a thrift shop.

As a responsible consumer, here's what you can feel good about:

*the bags are fashioned from recycled fabrics purchased at thrift shops, garage sales, and fabrics donated by generous supporters.

* Most of the thrift shops are themselves humanitarian aid fund raisers.

*while keeping this stuff out of the landfills, you get to enjoy little pieces of history. Fabrics that used to function as tableclothes, aprons, bedspreads, sheet sets, coats.... Well, you get the idea.

*the proceeds of the project are intended for food aid to people in camps in and around the Sudan via the United Nations World Food Programme.

The bags are distributed in "good faith"; the fabrics within each piece can not be warranteed due to their unknown fiber contents. I myself treat my bags with little caution- throwing them in the wash, hanging them on the line to dry. I cannot offer any guarantees though, and do not offer refunds or returns; although I am certainly willing to do reasonable repairs. Although in a sense one is purchasing a bag, the bigger vision is to partner in feeding the hungry.

Interested in supporting the project? Visit my ETSY shop, top of the page. E-mail me with any question at re(dash)joyce(at)live.ca

Feel free to copy the "bag button" on the sidebar if you would like to place it on your own blog or web page.

Thanks for your interest!

Funds Sent for Aid

Grand Total: $32,918.00
$24,918.00 total to wfp
$2,097.00 to MCC Sudan, 2013
$400.00 to CMU Outtatown in 2013
$4,172.00 total for 2012
$910.00 to UHCR in 2012
$2,142.00 to WFP in 2012
$400.00 to CMU Outtatown/Guatamala 2012
$720.00 women to women in 2012
$240.00 to women to women in 2011
$6,203.00 to WFP in 2011
$4,078 total in 2010
$525.00 to WFP in 2010
$200.00 to UNHCR in 2010
$175.00 to Save Darfur in 2010
$3,178.24 Women For Women Int'l 2010
$5,385.00 in 2009
$210.00 to Mennonite Central Committee '09
$100.00 to Siloam Mission in 2009
$200.00 to Save Darfur in 2009
$10,658.00 to wfp in 2008