Annual Gifts that Give Open House





Our family is hosting our annual Holiday Gifts that Give Open House.  The idea is simple.  People  want to buy gifts for others for Christmas.  We open our home and provide beautiful gifts to purchase.  It makes an easy stop for your Christmas list without having to battle the traffic at the stores.  All proceeds go to benefit others in need.  So you can give a gift that gives back and gives back again.


This year we have many new items from Pamba Toto along with all your old favorites. Fair Trade Jewelry from around the world and a wide variety of items from the Market Place in Kenya.  Pamba Toto provides a safe home, education and spiritual care for orphans from the slums of the Mathare Valley in Nairobi, Kenya.  All of their products are purchased fair trade and provide income to women in Nairobi that allows them to make a safe living and keep their families together.

We also have a wide variety of the popular Ugandan bean necklaces and bracelets for sale.  All proceeds from these items will go to support the Water for Life project in Uganda through Compassion International.  This project provides filtration systems to families without access to clean drinking water.  Clean water that will allow families to stay together, to stay healthy, and to give them a chance at a hopeful future.  Our children are working to raise funds for this project this holiday season.  Our kids have baked many yummy treats to purchase for donation.

We are open for business today, Sunday December 9th from 2pm to 5pm and tomorrow, December 10th from 9am to 2pm.  If you are unable to stop by during those times please message me and we can set up another time for you to shop.  Check out Pamba Toto's website to view more of their products.  If you see something that I do not currently have at our shop I can order it for you with no shipping charges.  Hope to see many of you soon!!


 

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