Bags 4 Darfur: April 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Coming Soon

to a Niverville Old Tyme Country Fair near you...(Now... With the correct link that will actually lead you to the website of the country fair, as opposed to the first link that I innadvertently posted which led you to other places... totally unrelated to the fair)

to a Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair near you......(this is the link that I downloaded that I totally didn't mean to download, but somehow I did.... and it made people believe that the Niverville Fair was going to host Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory at the fair.....) Wow. I'm such a nob that I do nobbish things without knowing how nobbish the things are that I do.....

Bags 4 Darfur!

Find me- with bags! at the street market on main street, Niverville on June 10 and 11.

I've been busy storing up inventory, and look forward to being a part of Niverville's most fun-filled and community minded event. Please come by and say hello, and support our displaced friends in the Sudan.

As usual, all profits will be donated to the world food programme.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Gearing Up....

.... to get back at it.

I recently had a visitation from Brenda Suderman, writer for the "Faith" section of the Winnipeg Free Press. This Saturday, August 6, 2011, there just might be a little something about the Darfur project worth reading about.

And as always, I appreciate all the good vibes you keep sending my way.

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