{"id":1361,"date":"2008-10-15T14:48:13","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T19:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2008-10-15T14:48:13","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T19:48:13","slug":"blog-action-day-shop-to-stop-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/blog-action-day-shop-to-stop-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Action Day :: Shop to Stop Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Blog Action Day<\/a><\/strong>, and this year the focus is on poverty. Here are some ways you can help people in need, as you shop for your own needs:<\/p>\n

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  1. TOMS Shoes for Tomorrow, Giving Gifts to the Poor as You Shop<\/a><\/strong>: Starting from May 2006, TOMS Shoes for Tomorrow<\/a> has given well over 10,000 pairs of shoes to children in Argentina and 50,000 pairs in South Africa through the purchases of caring customers. They’ve recently been nominated for the Cooper Hewitt People\u2019s Design Award<\/a> and they Need Your Vote! In 2008 TOMS plans to give 200, 000 pairs of shoes to children around the world. For each pair purchased, TOMS will give a pair of shoes to a child in need.<\/li>\n
  2. Give the Gift of Sight with KAYU\u2019s New, Hot Line of <\/a>Ethical Sunglasses<\/strong>: KAYU<\/a>, a line of ecological and ethical sunglasses handcrafted from bamboo. By partnering with Unite for Sight<\/a>, the organization is eliminating preventable blindness which is one of the world\u2019s most urgent problems, for every pair of KAYU glasses purchased, they donate enough funds for one sight-restoring surgery in the developing world. <\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Discarded to Divine 2009: Help Raise Money for the Homeless with the St. Vincent de Paul Society of SF<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cThe St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco is now seeking professional and aspiring designers to transform discarded, donated clothing into couture fashions and exquisite home d\u00e9cor, which we will auction to raise funds to help the poor and homeless<\/strong> at our annual fashion show and auction<\/strong>, Discarded To Divine 2009<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Hot Pants to Help End World Poverty, Building a Community of Change Makers Online<\/a><\/strong>: This rocking undie<\/em> company is building a network of people dedicated to building change to eradicate poverty and stop global warming. <\/strong>They were inspired by Nelson Mandela\u2019s words when he came to London and said: \u201cToday hundreds of millions of people lie trapped and enslaved in the prison of poverty\u2026 it\u2019s time to set them free\u2026 Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Shea Terra Organics: Healing with Nature in Africa<\/a><\/strong>: For over a decade Shea Terra<\/a> Organics<\/strong> has been developing high quality healing products from indigenous African ingredients. <\/em>Shea Terra’s most important goal has always been to support Africa through self-empowerment<\/strong> and environmental programs, and bring awareness about the continent\u2019s diversity and beauty.<\/li>\n
  6. Traidcraft ~ Fighting Poverty Through Trade,<\/a> <\/strong>is another cool option (not shown above<\/em>) that’s the UK\u2019s leading fair trade organization with a mission to fight poverty through trade, practicing and \u201cpromoting approaches to trade that help poor people in developing countries transform their lives.\u201d<\/em> Traidcraft\u2019s unique structure – a trading company and a development charity working together <\/strong>– gives them a unique how trade can be made to work for the poor.\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Today is Blog Action Day, and this year the focus is on poverty. Here are some ways you can help people in need, as you shop for your own needs: Numbered above: TOMS Shoes for Tomorrow, Giving Gifts to the Poor as You Shop: Starting from May 2006, TOMS Shoes for Tomorrow has given well […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":1362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[2332,2333,114,2324,2259,2164,2334,2242,2335,2336,1971,2261],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/blogactionday-poverty-shop-to-stop-poverty1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}