Listed below is the Press Release by Global Marketplace regarding the Support Our Troops Hacky Sack Donation Program. All information may be freely quoted, there is no copyright. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Support Our Troops Hacky Sack Donation Program 10/28/04 GlobalMarketplace.org has set up the Support Our Troops Hacky Sack Donation Program on their website at www.globalmarketplace.org to allow members of the public to make donations of hacky sacks to our troops in Iraq and other parts of the world, through the Blue Star Moms care package program in Danville, California. The first shipment of hacky sacks will be delivered to Blue Star Moms on November 6, 2004, so they will arrive in time for the holidays. The Blue Star Moms is the San Francisco Bay Area local chapter of the National Blue Star Mothers of America. GlobalMarketplace.org is a Non-profit Grassroots Community Development Organization. Their purpose is to reduce poverty around the world by selling local village crafts and clothing at a fair price through their website and to return as much of the sales price as possible to the local artist. They purchase hacky sacks from UPAVIM Crafts in Guatemala. In English UPAVIM means "UNITED FOR A BETTER LIFE". GlobalMarketplace.org realized they could both support our troops and help the poor craft producers in Guatemala at the same time by offering this donation program. "We receive orders frequently from our troops in Iraq and other parts of the world for hacky sacks. We have decided the best way we can support our troops is to find a way to donate hacky sacks so that as many individuals as possible can enjoy the fun and activity that these items offer," said Gary Bond, President of GlobalMarketplace.org. The Support Our Troops Hacky Sack Donation Program offers donors $25, $50 and $100 contribution levels. The donations are used to purchase hacky sacks and ship them to the organization that will ship them to our troops. GlobalMarketplace.org does not make any money on the transaction. All of the donated funds are used only for the program. "This ongoing program will help bolster the spirits of our hard-working troops, as well as provide a living for craft producers in Guatemala," said Gary Bond. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ World Rural Women's Day October 15, 2002 Global Marketplace announces ArtCamp Association in Mexico Awarded Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life from the Women's World Summit Foundation Rocklin, CA USA, September 3, 2002 Gary Bond, Global Marketplace info@globalmarketplace.org Global Marketplace is pleased to announce that for the ninth consecutive year, the Women's World Summit Foundation ( WWSF) has announced the winners of the Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life. The ArtCamp Association of Tecalpulco, Mexico, which was nominated by Global Marketplace (a Rocklin, California, based nonprofit marketer of handmade crafts from developing nations) is one of the winners. ArtCamp is being honored for its creative use of the Internet in finding wholesale buyers for its jewelry. Global Marketplace is a partner in this project allowing ArtCamp to accept credit card payments and sell jewelry in the Global Marketplace site in Yahoo Shopping. ArtCamp will receive the prize on World Rural Women's Day, October 15, 2002. ArtCamp provides most of the pendants and earrings sold on the Global Marketplace web sites. The jewelry can be seen at: http://www.globalmarketplace.org/arinmex.html WWSF, a humanitarian, non-governmental and international, non-confessional and non-profit organization with United Nations consultative status (ECOSOC, UNFPA and DPI), works for a new development paradigm with and for women and children. Rural women the world over play a major role in ensuring food security and maintaining stability in rural areas. Yet, they frequently lack the power to secure land rights or to access services such as credit, inputs, extension, training and education. Six of the 32 winners will be invited to Geneva for an Award ceremony on World Rural Women's Day - 15 October. This year the prize celebration will be held at the Swiss National Exposition Expo.02 (ExpoAgricole) at Morat (Murten). For more details visit the Global Marketplace web site in Yahoo Shopping at: http://www.globalmarketplace.org/index.html For the Press: For additional information: Global Marketplace: http://www.globalmarketplace.org/ Women's World Summit Foundation: http://www.woman.ch/women/introworldrural.asp ArtCamp Web Site: http://www.artcamp.com.mx/pages/catalog.html Contact information: Tamara Hernandez ArtCamp - email: tamara@artcamp.com.mx Gary Bond, President Global Marketplace - Fax: 208-361-9102 - Email: info@globalmarketplace.org |
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