SPECIAL 10% and 20% Discount Sale

As part of our Holiday Gift-Giving spirit, we're offering a special purchase discount for all items on our Shopping for a Change site. If you spend $50.00 to $99.99 you will receive a 10% discount at checkout for the total of the items bought (not the tax, if applicable, and shipping). If you spend $100 or more you will receive a 20% discount at the checkout for the total of items bought (not the tax or shipping again).

This HOLIDAY SPECIAL is running from today, December 11, through December 31st.

So, please join us for your holiday gift giving, with discounts, or buy something for yourself. Remember, you're also helping third world artisans and U.S. nonprofits. Thank you and Happy Holidays.

Look at the famous fair trade designers we're carrying:

• The Andean Collection
• The Leakey Collection
• Same Sky
• Gone Rural
• Pure Handknit
• Fredd & Basha
• Aid for Trade

Big Sales and Interest at the Ladies Night Out at Domenico Winery

 The Ladies Night Out event was well attended even though it rained fairly hard—but that didn't keep the ladies away. There were about thirty vendors that included goods and services being offered.  We were the only nonprofit organization.  People loved our business model and were excited to choose a U.S. nonprofit organization to receive a portion of the net proceeds from their purchases.  In three hours we sold over $1600 in accessories, home decor and apparel. We were asked not to bring our jewelry this time since there were already several jewelry vendors there, but they will be hosting a spring event prior to Mother's Day, & they want us to make our jewelry the focus for that one.

Biggest sellers of the night were the new Peruvian Embroidered Belts from Jenny Krauss, our Bamboo Fruit Bowls, the Teak Cheese sets, & Horn and Bamboo Salad Servers all from Be Home, our Scarves and Animal Kingdom Coin Purses from Fredd & Basha, and the Small Ceramic and Grass Bowls, trivets, and placemat sets from Gone Rural.

Not Too Early for Holiday Shopping

Our hearts (and donations) go out to all the people in five states of the eastern seaboard who are displaced, have no power or heat, and lack food and gas in the wake of the superstorm Sandy. There has been an inspiring coming together of community spirit and helpfulness in the affected east coast areas that reflects our mission as well: helping those in third world countries (and here in the U.S.) in a spirit of sharing and helping to build lives. Our fair trade gifts and accessories provide helping hands to many communities living at poverty level. And we are unique in giving part of the profit from each gift to U.S. based nonprofits.

It is now only seven weeks to the holiday gift-giving season. Usually the holiday celebrations and gift-giving bring on a feeling of connected warmth and good feeling toward others. Yet, there is also a shade of commercialism associated with the holidays. Buying gifts can turn into a harried adventure of buying overly-commercialized gifts.

Fortunately, there are handmade, handcrafted gifts  that are more intimate and more expressive of our feelings of shared goodness and special giving. And these gifts—when they are fair trade—not only express a handcrafted care, but also help women, men and children in poor villages or towns who are working hard, being creative and disciplined at their crafts. They work and carry great hope toward creating a better life for themselves and their community.

We’ve started our Shopping for a Change Holiday Sale in this opening week of November. We’ve got fifteen items so far, each priced to save you money as you shop for gifts. Each item is unique and made entirely by hand using eco-green elements.

Among our outstanding items are the Angeline Suede Hobo Bag. This bag is from Fredd & Basha, comes in two colors, is hand stitched and combines leather and suede with decorative features, and includes two zippered pockets.

Another special gift item for men is our Organic Cotton Men’s Polo Shirt. This handsome, comfortable shirt comes from Tompkins Point, crafted from 100% organic cotton that is prewashed with an organic softener—for a great feel.

We hope to see you at our Shopping for a Change market for all of your gift-giving.









Shopping for a Change® (SFAC) empowering others, transforming lives® is a web-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization where artisans (predominantly women) from developing countries, sell their handmade creations enabling them to earn a sustainable income and lift themselves from poverty. The net proceeds subsidize community improvement projects abroad as well as help fund select U.S.-based non-profit organizations of the web shopper’s choosing from SFAC’s partner list.