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Fundraiser: Etsy hosts Hearts for Haiti shop
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Fundraiser: Etsy hosts Hearts for Haiti shop
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| Octopus Hat, $34, Our Yellow House |
If you still haven't made a donation to the Red Cross or any number of other relief organizations in the name of helping post-quake Haiti, there is, of course, still plenty of time, and still plenty of people who desperately need all the financial help they can get.
Etsy's jumped on board with Hearts for Haiti, a fundraising shop where 100 percent of the post-Paypal-fee proceeds go directly to Doctors Without Borders, which has been working in Haiti for 19 years and operates three emergency hospitals in Port-au-Prince.
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| Haiti relief pendant, $18, Olivia Moon |
Some details from the site:
This is an Etsy collective of donated items from hundreds of Etsy shops to raise money to rebuild Haiti. 100 percent of the proceeds from this shop (minus Etsy fees and Paypal fees) go directly to Doctors Without Borders in bi-monthly increments.
All items include seller-donated free shipping (most worldwide, see individual listing); because the need is SO great, we want you to buy and help support Etsians helping Haiti. The theme for the next few weeks is on heart items, but we have more than just that. Please ... know that your purchase in this shop not only gets you a great Etsy item but it also helps alleviate the needs in Haiti.
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| Hedgehog sculpture, $27, Iktomi |
So far the little shop that could has raised more than $6,000 — but it still has a long road ahead. If you're an Etsy artist who'd like to donate to the shop, e-mail etsyforhaiti@gmail.com for more information; if you're a shopper, click here and spoil yourself, your friends and your family totally guilt-free.
I've included a few of my favorite products in this post; click on the image to visit the site. Tons and tons of baby stuff, jewelry and Haiti relief-themed crafts, but poke around for a few minutes and you'll discover a vast array of goods, from paintings and prints to pins and buttons, costing anywhere from $250 to $1.50. Happy hunting.
Just a clarification - ETSY has not jumped on board, ARTISTS have jumped on board to help those in Haiti. ETSY is still collecting a fee for every sale made in the shop - but I guess it is a small price to pay to be able to help the victims of the earthquake. So please give all the glory to the ARTISTS who have shops on Etsy and made donations of art to help those in need. Thank you.
Thank you for your post. In an effort to get the word out quickly, it is papers like yours who help as well. We can donate items but if you don't know where to go, it doesn't help. The support by etsy artists as well as the general public has been overwhelming. We only need to see photos from Haiti to be inspired to do all we can. Sincerely, Judy Danford
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