**This giveaway is closed. Winner will be announced Dec. 17.**
I featured Hope for Women on SMM back in August when I first discovered the Tagua bracelets. Oh, how lovely. And the more I learned about Hope for Women, the more I am amazed by what they do for women around the world.
Here’s an excerpt from their site:
Hope For Women brings premium quality, Fair Trade products created by women artisans to the mainstream marketplace. We are a socially responsible organization committed to providing sustainable employment for economically disadvantaged women worldwide. We offer products exclusively made by women so they can take control of their lives and their futures. Hope For Women is a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation. Every woman is paid a fair, livable wage under safe and healthy working conditions. We aim to have the highest environmental standards in all aspects of our business, and incorporate our “green” ethic into our products, packaging, and every decision we make.
And check out their home products. I think the vase above would look great in our guest room.
Hope for Women’s giveaway will have TWO winners. The first winner will receive ONE Tagua bracelet. The second winner will receive ONE set of 4 greeting cards from the India Collection. The Tagua jewelry is made from nuts found within the seed pods of the Ivory Nut Palm, a native species of the Colombian rainforest. And the greeting cards are made of handmade “tree-free” paper faced with real pressed wild flowers and native plantings from the foothills of the Himalayas. This giveaway is only for U.S. residents.
Each bracelet is made by economically disadvantaged women artisans and their families. You can feel proud wearing this bracelet knowing it is changing and improving lives. Money collected from the bracelets also help provide incentive to protect and maintain the rainforest.
To enter, do ANY of the following. For multiple entries, do more than one and make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry.
- Leave a comment below and tell me a service someone has done for you this holiday season or what you plan on doing for someone.
- Go to Hope for Women and tell me your favorite product.
- Blog about this giveaway and leave a link to your post in a separate comment.
- ‘Share’ this giveaway by doing one of the ‘Share’ options below (Twitter, Facebook, Kirtsy, StumbleUpon, or Email).
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This giveaway will close Thursday, Dec. 10 at 10 p.m. EST. The winner will be announced Tuesday, Dec. 17. To see a list of other giveaways going on now for the Winter Days Giveaways, click on the image below or see the list at the top right bar.
And don’t forget about your surprise. Each entry you do for any of these sponsored giveaways during The Winter Days Giveaways will automatically enter you to win a set of my fake mustaches on a stick! So the more entries you do, the better chance you have of winning the sponsor’s prize as well as a set of fake mustaches. Enter away and good luck!
I try to volunteer to babysit for other busy mom’s so they can get a break or get things done that they need to! We’re still trying to think of a family service project.
I love all of their stuff – it’s so beautiful! I think my favourite collection is the Tagua bracelets.
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I would like for my children to make homemade Christmas cards to hand out at the local retirement home. They always love seeing someone, especially at this time of the year!
I love the Earthenware Vase!
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This year has been full of homemade things – from cards to gifts – and sharing specials with each other. One of my friends immediately thought of me when she got a very special deal on an item she knew my brother wanted. Now I can get him a great gift and save quite a bit money, too! I really appreciated that.
I really like the chip style Tagua bracelets. Would make a great little stocking stuffer gift for my mom!
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I would love to win one of the prizes! I am donating some toys to the Toys for Tots organization!
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My favorite item is the water Tagua!
I blogged about it!
Our family donates to charity in lieu of giving and receiving gifts. We also volunteer to serve Thanksgiving meal at our church.
I love the colors on the Bead Style Tagua Bracelet – TAGB-103R. Lovely!
I am subscribed by email. Thank you for this giveaway.
I just subscribed by RSS, though I’ve been a frequent visitor for months! I love your ideas!
After browsing the catalog, my favorite item is perhaps the India Longpi Pedestal Tray.
I love the Tagua bracelets!
Also, I just baked and gave away some cookies to unsuspecting ladies at my church.
I like the India large Longpi Tray.
I give food to the food bank.
I love the Tagua bracelets!
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I follow you on Twitter.
I love their entire home line-especially the beautiful Tagua nuts and trays.
We are going caroling next week to some local businesses.
India Longpi Pedestal Tray
I emailed my friends.
I am taking fresh baked cookies to my neighbor daily through the 25th.
I love the tagua pendant, it is so beautiful.
I like tagua bracelets, especially TAGB-103R.
I’m making a birthday cake for my friend’s wife’s birthday. He’s hopeless at baking.
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A dear friend was having a horrible day yesterday so I whipped up a batch of her favorite cookies and dropped them off fresh out of the oven.
Love the tagua bracelet collection…beautiful!
I made cinnamon buns for a friend.
I really like the bracelets. Love to wear them.
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i shall be continuing to support a dear friend who lost her son
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I plan on being the best aunt that I can be this year to my 6 year old niece who just lost her mom to cancer…”Santa” is going to be very generous this year and we are going to do lots of fun stuff – museums, trips to the mountains, etc…this little girl deserves lots of fun!
This season, I’m helping with an Adopt-a-Family donation with a large group of family & friends- we’re even having a wrapping party next week to get all of the donations together & wrapped up!
My favorite product from the site is the Chip Style Tagua Bracelet – TAGB-202C
I love the vase!
And I plan on taking my 2 year old to pick out some toys for Santas-anonymous. as well as picking up some extra food every time i go to the grocery store to help the food bank.
Instead of getting gifts for all the adults in our families we have a decided to adopt a family in need. So this year we are providing Christmas for two families.
The Bead Style Tagua Bracelet would be perfect for my sister’s birthday!
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My grandchildren are coming over tomorrow to help out up our Christmas Tree! Then next week~they are going to the Salvation Army to wrap gifts~Gifts that were donated there
My favorite is the Ruby Stones with Tray~Beautiful
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My friend walks my son into school and to class with her son so I don’t have to drag my daughters out in the cold every morning, such a small thing but such a huge help
I’ve been babysitting for her while she is trying to get her home business up and running.
I love the el salvador collection, especially iris, magdalena, and rosa.
My mom watches my daughter for a few hours so I can do some housework and a little shopping, often on short notice. It’s amazing how even an hour helps.
I’m an e-mail subscriber.
I love the Amaryllis and Rosa cards form the El Salvador collection.
I work at a restaurant part-time, and the other day a table decided to pay for another table’s bill. They didn’t want the table to know it was them so they made the server wait until they had left. It was so sweet watching the whole thing unfold! And the table was so elated that someone had done something so nice for them. So, that’s what I want to do this holiday season. Surprise someone randomly by paying for their check.
I love the Fire tagua for tabletop decoration. It’s so cool!
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This holiday season I organized a “giving tree” at my daughter’s cheer/dance gym. I coordinated it through the city and put tags on the christmas tree in the lobby. Each family took a tag, will purchase the gift or giftcard, and we will then donate all of the gifts to needy families in our community.
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With the young women from our church we will be doing a food drive to help a local shelter restock for christmas. We are also going to take stockings to the children at the shelter.
One of my friends found two space heaters for us to borrow this past week. Our furnace died, we had two medical emergencies, and were broke. She really went out of her way so that we could have heat.
A group of us are knitting hats for the homeless this winter.
The tagua bracelets are beautiful!
My mother-in-law came to visit and freely gave of her baby-sitting services. We don’t live near potential sitters, so it’s been months since my husband and I have been out alone. It was a very nice change of pace, and it was free!
I most live the blue and green beaded Tagua bracelet.
Someone gave us a turkey.
I follow this blog!
I really love the Tagua bracelets. Wonderful work. Wonderful women.
I posted on facebook.
My husband and I don’t have any kids of our own yet, so we decieded to shop for some kids for the Angel Tree project in our town. We had a blast shopping for these little ones. We got a sibling group with 4 children and one of the children is in my Kindergarten class. I am so excited to see her wearing her new clothes AND I can’t wait to give this gift of giving to our kids one day…we will, for sure, include them in this joy!
I”m a follower!!
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The cards are my favorite! They are unique and beautiful-I love unique cards to send for any occasion.
These past few weeks my mother in law has done so much service for me and my family by helping out with the kids since I just had a baby.
I am donating old winter coats, hats, etc. to a local women’s shelter.
I love the amaryllis cards from El Salvador.
Every year, we find a family in need through our church. Then, we buy all the ingredients for a Christmas dinner. We take it and drop it on their porch with an anonymous note.
We are donating food to my daughter’s Hearts Club at school. They are collecting snack foods to send overseas the troops who are away from home at Christmas. My kids are learning about thinking of other’s during this time too–BONUS!
We are planning on making a basket full of our favorite foods, treats, and toys, and anonymously giving them to some families in need.
I’m a subscriber!
I love the Tagua keychain with the logo, so unique…
I am sharing a sponsorship of a family in need with a fellow member of our church.
We have been shoveling the driveway of our elderly neighbor and plan to keep doing it all season.
I love the whole home line, and of course, the tagua bracelets!
My boyfriend help me to get a live tree, including trimming the bottom of the stump with a pathetic little hacksaw
I like the Chip Style Tagua Bracelet
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I follow on twitter as lisasvance
My neighbor shoveled our walks! and I am helping my sister w/her ward Christmas party!
I especially love the rain forest treasures in FIRE!
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This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered! Winner will be announced on Dec. 17.