THANKS TO OUR SUPPLIERS, SPONSORS, AND CHARITABLE BOUTIQUES ~
CHRISTMAS AT HYCROFT 2011:
20/20 Printing
CORPORATE DECORATORS:
BOUTIQUE PARTICIPANTS - UPPER FLOOR
THE VANCOUVER AQUARIUM
The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre is a self-supporting, non-profit association dedicated to effecting the conservation of aquatic life through display and interpretation, education, research, and direct action. The Vancouver Aquarium Gift Shop offers a wide variety of holiday and sea life related items from toys, clothing, books, home décor, jewelry, souvenirs, and so much more.
Website: http://www.vanaqua.org or http://www.vanaquashop.org
CRAFTWORKS SOCIETY
3H Craftworks Society strives to promote adult health by providing a craft-therapy program which offers individuals working to overcome physical disability and/or mental illness the opportunity to increase creative skills, while providing them supplemental income through participation.
CANADIAN WOMEN FOR WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN
Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan is a volunteer not-for-profit organization founded in 1996 with twelve locations across Canada. CW4WAfghan is a non-religious, non-political, federally registered charity. The goals are to advance education and educational opportunities for Afghan women and their families; and to educate and increase the understanding of Canadians about human rights in Afghanistan. Donor funded projects are implemented and managed in partnership with Afghan non-profit organizations. These projects include a number of community schools, village libraries, an orphanage, as well as teacher training, literacy, English and computer classes.
We offer a large array of Afghan handcraft products, ranging from dolls for children to soaps from Khandahar for that special gift. We also have a wonderful selection of both silk and wool shawls, handbags and of course jewelry. Each piece is handmade so no two pieces are identical. Choose from earrings, bracelets and necklaces to Silver 3 piece sets complete with precious gems and stones from Afghanistan. 100% of all the proceeds from the sale of these items goes directly back to our projects in Afghanistan.
Website: http://www.cw4wafghan.ca
ONENESS GOGOS AND WELISA GOGOS
The Gogos support grassroots projects through the Stephen Lewis Foundations’ Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. Proceeds support some of 14 million children in sub-Saharan
Finely crafted sale items include: totes, angels, scarves, cards, pillows, tea cozies, Christmas decorations and much, much more.
Downtown Vancouver’s public gallery named after the acclaimed Haida artist Bill Reid (1920 – 1998). The Gallery showcases the permanent collection of Bill Reid alongside changing exhibitions of contemporary Northwest Coast Art.
Website: http://www.billreidgallery.ca
TABITHA
BEAUTIFUL SILK AND SILVER PRODUCTS FROM CAMBODIA
TABITHA CAMBODIA, a non-governmental organization, was started in themid-1990s by Canadian Janne Ritskes, who came to Cambodia because the people were indesperate shape and needed help. Focusing on the poorest of the poor, Tabitha helps themto gain skills that lead to income and savings. It has grown into an active and internationallyrecognized organization whose current programs have lifted more than a quarter of a millionCambodians out of poverty and despair into lives of dignity, hope and active participation intheir communities.
Tabitha's programs are broadly based and include drilling water wells and buildinghouses in the kampongs (villages) of Cambodia, supplying them with practical items suchas bicycles, piglets (for livestock development) and kitchen utensils, training and productdevelopment and distribution. In all programs the Cambodians must utilize their own savings aswell as support from Tabitha.
Inspired by the work of Janne Ritskes in Cambodia, people in Canada and many othercountries provide support for Tabitha’s work through donations, selling cottage industryproducts, sending house building teams, and sponsoring the drilling of wells.
The Tabitha Foundation of Canada operates under a board of directors based in Ottawa.All work in Canada is done by volunteers. Former Governor General of Canada Michaelle Jeanis a patron of Tabitha.
“Your help will last a lifetime.”
TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES
Ten Thousand Villages
Ten Thousand Villages works directly with artisans in the global South who would otherwise be underemployed or unemployed. Fair Trade gives artisans dignity and allows community development, empowerment, connection with other cultures, fair pay, and safe working conditions. Please visit us at Christmas at Hycroft where you will find Fair Trade ornaments, linens, jewellery and much more!
Website: http://www.tenthousandvillages.ca
WESTERN CANADA WILDERNESS COMMITTEE
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
For over 30 years the Wilderness Committee has worked to save wilderness through lawful environmental action and through the sale of our educational products such as endangered wilderness and wild life calendars and cards. We also sell Fair Trade BC First Nations products such as wild salmon, soups and jams.
Website: http://www.wildernesscommittee.org
la mano
la mano ethical textiles was founded in 2009. We focus our work on supporting artisans who are highly marginalized and otherwise have very limited market access. Women’s cooperatives and organizations that have a broader social mandate in addition to their artisan work are prioritized, and our partners do important educational work & projects with their members and in their communities, including raising awareness on women’s and indigenous peoples’ rights, women’s health, domestic violence, environmental education, nutrition, training in the use of natural plant remedies, agriculture projects, and much more.
la mano was born of a long-standing relationship with an indigenous women’s weaving cooperative in Chiapas, Mexico – in addition to doing educational and cultural exchange projects with this cooperative, la mano endeavors to support the women’s human rights work and economic sustainability by facilitating a direct connection between the cooperative and conscious consumers in Canada.
la mano recently began working with Freeset, an initiative based in Calcutta, India that works with women who have been forced into the sex trade because of human trafficking or poverty. Due to intense stigmatization, these women have extremely limited options. Freeset enables them to develop new skills so that they can exit the sex industry by transitioning to an alternate income-generating activity. The women also receive health care, child care, pension and literacy classes.
la mano – ethical textiles is proud to partner with inspiring organizations that embody great integrity, and is delighted offer beautiful handwoven textiles and stylish handbags at Christmas at Hycroft.
