Saturday, November 21, 2009.
A beautiful fall day today, and a great day for a holiday sale. The fam went out to Wheaton this afternoon to shop and support the Ten Thousand Villages annual international craft and rug sale. It always amazes me to see what a well-run machine this sale is!
I am grateful for Ten Thousand Villages.
This is the mission of Ten Thousand Villages, taken from their website:
"Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. Ten Thousand Villages works with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed. This income helps pay for food, education, health care and housing."
How can you not get behind an organization like that? I am so happy our church supports this company and has this amazing sale every year. I only wish I lived closer so I could help out more regularly at the store. Did I mention that the store runs on volunteers?
I remember volunteering at the store in Champaign growing up as a kid. My family would always volunteer there around Christmastime as a family and it was a real highlight. I especially loved bagging things and using the cash register. :)
Moving Day
14 years ago
oh, the cash register. what fun that was.
ReplyDeleteAhhh yes..the store in Champaign. For a lonnng time my mom set up their window displays-every month-so I must admit-for ahwile I couldn't stand going there because we had to sit and wait for her to do those displays and I would get so bored-ha. But rememeber the hut? I always thought it was fun to go in there:)
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