Baskets of Love - Down Syndrome
Pretty sure we were raised with
an attitude to give back. If you had two cookies, you always shared one
(and the most important rule was if one cookie/candy/donut was left in
the bag, you ALWAYS left it for the next person). So naturally, when we
started our company we immediately started donating 10% from every sale
to a local work in the city.
Then
we began to look for opportunities where we could share, a young girl
opened a house for parents to stay at when their children needed
hospital care, so we sent over boxes of soap for that house. A group of
breast cancer survivors were dragon boat racing one summer and needed
funds so we designated money from lip balm sales to help them out. Some
times you get a thank you note and most often you don’t hear back, but
it doesn’t matter – we’re the ones who get a thrill out of being able to
help.
So when I heard about Baskets of Love – Down Syndrome,
I knew we had to help. This sweet mother on the mainland had decided
to make gift baskets that she could gift to new parents of children with
Down syndrome. So we made salve for her to include in the first round
of baskets. When the call came out that she needed hats and baby
blankets we jumped in. Now I’ve only corresponded with her online but
when she posts pictures of her sweet son, I melt.
Hats
and blankets were sewn up and I mailed them to her, but I wanted to be
able to share the joy with you so we started with the idea of every time
a hat is purchased (that I sew up, fully lined and screen printed with
my new found skill :) we’ll donate a hat to Baskets of Love.
Giving
back isn’t an option for us, we are blessed in so many ways and we
wanted to find a way to not only pay it forward, but include as many
people as we can. So if you’re looking for a way to help a small,
family owned business AND be a part of welcoming babies with Down
syndrome to the world, click here and we'll get those hats sewn up.
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