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The First Touch Mission Fashion Show Exclusive

September 24th~ One of the best parts of having my own business is being able to support good causes. I donate every year to the Bay AreaPregnancy Center and Links of Hope. I get approached by other charities as well and I always pick a few to donate product to.

This Saturday this set will be in an auction benefiting The First Touch Mission & Hope House. My sister-in-law works with this group and asked if I'd be part of their fundraiser. It's actually going to be a fashion show accompanied by the auction.

The First Touch Mission helps women transitioning from prison to freedom improve their chances of success and greatly reduce their chances of returning. The Hope House provides alternative placement for women being released from the Florida Prison System. First Touch is committed to helping women break old patterns and setting them on a path to becoming productive contributors of society. What a great, and desperately needed, program!

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Project 3

August 30, 2012~

Went to Project 3 today. It's put on by Feeding Children Everywhere and a really good cause. It was fun to do too. I'll definitely keep a look out for their future events!

Everyone gets a hairnet

Even little people can help

The meal we packed is made of rice, lentils, Himalayan sea salt and a dehydrated veg mix

Snapple provided free drinks for all the volunteers

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Links of Hope Gala

Friday, April 20th~

I'm putting together my costume for the 1920's gala I'm attending next weekend. It's to benefit one of my favorite charities, Links of Hope Network. Let me tell you a little bit about them and I think you'll think they're awesome too.

Links of Hope Network works to equip rural, marginalized women with free jewelry making training, tools, and raw materials. They have expanded their training to include other handcrafted goods by working closely with male and female deaf students in Honduras and supporting deaf artisans in Kenya. They provide practical skills that help economically disadvantaged artisans and deaf students earn a sustainable income with dignity and respect. It's the whole don't give a man a fish, teach him how to fish principle.

If you are in the Tampa Bay area, consider this post a personal invitation to attend their gala next week. It's being held at the beautiful Rutland Farley Estate. The tickets are very inexpensive and there are going to be some amazing auction items to bid on. (I'll post the piece I'm donating soon.) Click here to go to their website and read more about the gala and purchase tickets. Costumes are optional. We've got great live music lined up (including my hubby's band!) and Buffalo Girl Vintage is going to have models in period costumes strolling through the event.

So if you are available on the evening of April 28th, please consider coming and supporting this worthy, worthy cause!

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