What's better than getting together with friends for a really good meal? Easy--getting together with friends for a good meal, and doing some good while you're at it.
Every month, women across the U.S. get together under the aegis of Dining for Women, a non-profit organization through which small groups can gather big money to donate to charitable organizations seeking to support and empower women and children living in some of the poorest countries in the world. It's a creative approach (love that word, creative!) to getting people involved, and bringing some of these issues that can feel so far away right up front and center.
How is Creative Women involved? Well, two years ago we supplied textiles for a fundraising dinner meeting of the Eastern Shore of Virginia chapter of Dining for Women. Here's the cool part: the featured program that month was the Fistula Foundation. Much of the silk used in our Ethiopian textiles is spun by women recovering in the Fistula Foundation Hospital in Addis Ababa. How's that for synchronicity?
This year, we were happy to be able to supply goods for a Fair Trade sale and education event put on by that same chapter, more than doubling our previous sales record. Hurrah for hungry women!
Amy
Ellen! I just found your blog and I love it! I ordered some shawls and a beautiful silk shawl with flowers spun from the cocoons for my June '09 wedding in Michigan...Anyways, this post really hit home. I have visited the Fistula Hospital in Addis and to know that these women work with you brought tears to my eyes. I will stay updated via your blog. Thank you for everything you do!!!
Posted by: Jen Erickson | 03/04/2010 at 10:37 AM