Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Winter Blowout Clearance Sale On Fashionable Fair Trade Products
Friday, December 19, 2014
SFAC Listed in CNN’s 2014 Do-Gooder-Holiday-Gift-Guide
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Our Holiday Sale Page Offers Too-Good-to-Pass-Up Bargains
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Stacey Horowitz, Founder SFAC, Featured on KRON 4 Bay Area News
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Sunset Magazine Showcases Our Bamboo Bowl, Dec 2nd Ladies Night Out
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Give Back Globally On Giving Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Recognized as the first Tuesday following Thanksgiving, #Giving Tuesday has become a time for charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world to come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.
It’s a simple idea. Just find a way for your family, your community, your company or your organization to come together to give something more. Then tell everyone you can about how you are giving. Join us and be a part of a global celebration of a new tradition of generosity. Together we are bringing change to the world through our Shopping for a Change® business model. Your purchase creates work and a fair income for our artisans, helps the U.S. based nonprofit of your choice, and also funds our next community improvement project: 2 preschools for children of our artisans in Bangladesh.
Here’s a great idea. Combine the #Giving Tuesday celebration with your Holiday shopping. We’ve added more beautiful and fun fair trade items to our online store to meet your shopping needs: purses, accessories, jewelry, home décor pieces, and then some. Please visit our store during your holiday shopping times and celebrate giving.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
SFAC’s Stacey Horowitz Writes for Fast Company Magazine
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Southern Lady Magazine Features Our Ventana Necklace
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Guatemalan Women Seeing Great Improvement in Lives: Fair Trade Work
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Fair Trade Product Real Growth: Global Retail Sales Increase 15%
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
How long are your arms?
As you may know, we have just embarked on a 45-day Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to expand our operation. We are excited to announce that in just over a week we have raised just over $10,000 of our $50,000 goal!
As a non-profit with no paid employees, this money will enable us to pay for new inventory, update our marketing materials, hire a professional photographer and graphic artists, expand our reach through public relations, and finance our first paid employee to assist me. All of these expenditures are vital to the growth of our business, so we can continue to help communities both abroad and at home.
Please help us expand our outreach by sharing our campaign link - http://igg.me/at/shoppingforachange - with your network. We could not have gotten this far without your support, and we hope you will consider a donation of any amount to enable us to continue empowering others and transforming lives.
When you go Shopping for a Change®, you help improve the lives of disadvantaged artisans around the world, mostly woman, by creating steady employment for them. In turn, you enable them to put food on their tables, a roof over their family’s heads, and afford them the ability to educate their children, including the girls.
Thank you for your support!
Stacey
Friday, September 5, 2014
Where Has the Time "Gone, Gone" & How Do We "Go, Go" Forward?
The next six weeks were spent developing our first crowdfunding campaign. In case you’re not familiar with this newer term, crowd·fund·ing (ˈkroudˌfəndiNG/) is by definition, the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. We created ours on a website called Indiegogo.com.
Beginning Friday September 5th, we will launch our 45-day Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to expand our operation. As you may know, we currently operate as an all-volunteer organization, with no paid employees. I handle all of the roles and tasks associated with running a small business and generally have very little outside help.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Updates from the Amazon!
Monday, July 21, 2014
Shopping for a Change® Partners with Pebble to Build New Preschools in Bangladesh
Thursday, July 3, 2014
5 Powerful Reasons for Fair Trade Clothing/Accessories
For our Shopping for a Change friends, here are 5 quick talking points on how fair trade is the powerful purchasing and ethical model to continue following.
- Fair Trade helps farmers and workers earn a living by allocating more of your money to where it’s most needed.
- Fair Trade supports women through equal pay and equal rights while providing healthcare and business opportunities.
- Environmental Fair Trade standards are strict; farmers must set targets and track progress in reducing water, waste and energy usage.
- Fair trade offers a supportive work environment where employees are fairly compensated, creating a high satisfaction and low turnover rate.
- Fair trade certified products are readily available online and in stores near you.
Shopping for a Change offers exquisite, environmentally friendly accessories. This summer, shop our handmade, special occasion items for you or someone you love. SFAC fair trade artisans specialize in the use of natural, sustainable materials. You will find gorgeous one-of-a-kind purses, scarves and belts crafted from the finest alpaca, cashmere, linen, cotton, and wool. Artisans employ a variety of techniques from knitting, to leather & metal smithing–making your purchase unique. Vintage fabrics, netting and pop-tops are among the recycled materials used in our original collections. At Shopping for a Change, you can feel good about your accessory purchase without sacrificing beauty or ethics.