When I was in elementary school, I had a lazy eye.Yes, I was the kid with the weird flesh colored eye patch (way before Captain Jack Sparrow made them cool).Lucky for me, my parents recognized this early and I got the care I needed quickly.Now I’m proud to say I have 20/20 vision.Some people aren’t so lucky, that is where Sankara Eye Foundation comes in.
Sankara Eye Foundation has a mission to realize the goal of 20/20 vision for the people of India by the year 2020.Sankara Eye Foundation initiates and drives community eye care activities in India by working with eye care organizations like the Sankara Eye Care Institution, which runs the Sankara Eye Hospital in Coimbatore, India.
While a majority of Sankara Eye Foundation’s fundraising comes from events, booths, advertising and working with donors, they are trying something new by teaming up with CafeGive.We are glad to have them as part of our community.Sankara Eye Foundation strives to provide 70,000 free surgeries annually, CafeGive hopes to help Sankara Eye Foundation reach their goal and perhaps even exceed it.
Help support Sankara Eye Foundation by checking out their profile page on CafeGive, advocating for them and purchasing products like eye and sunglasses from Nine West and Forzieri.com.
When we went live just a short time ago, we were inspired by the idea of helping our causes raise funds. That inspiration became reality when we recently delivered checks for the first quarter of earnings. Check out the photos showing the results of our workand your shopping:
You’ve been advocating, widget building, shopping, and helping spread the news about CafeGive and your causes!We’d like to say THANK YOU!Give yourself a pat on the back!Boy does it feel good to make a difference in this world. Some of the money raised will go to help keep Oregon green, help children and parents build successful families, and help children in Africa overcome the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Could we get a larger cross section of how CafeGive and our advocates are changing the world just by shopping?I don’t think so!
While CafeGive is still in beta, we’d like to share our success stories with you.Because let’s be honest, you’re our first place runners and our cheerleaders.We are inspired and hope you are as well.Keep up the good work!And for those of you who have checked out cafegive.com but haven’t made a profile, created a widget or shopped, now’s a perfect time to join in the celebration.What better way to start off the holiday season then by supporting a great cause?
Cafe Give is an organization that connects individuals to non-profits through online shopping! sounds crazy right?
Well the holidays are coming up and OFI has teamed up with CAFE GIVE.
This means… YOU CAN GO ONTO WWW.CAFEGIVE.COM And search through products. It is almsot like a huge online department store. WHY?
Because ANYTHING you need can be bought there!! Apparel, lugguage, books, music, electronics, flowers, food, GIFTS, baby stuff, green shopping, office, home, travel, pet supplies, jewelry/accessories, shoes, healthy/beauty!!
TRY IT OUT!
Go to CAFE GIVE and Click on SHOP! Then do some browsing!!
BUT FIRST!
Make sure that in the upper right corner of your screen you are “EARNING FOR ORANGUTAN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL”
It’s a little box that you can post ANYWHERE! Like a mobile website. For Example my Steve Madden Widget is on my FACEBOOK page! This means my friends could click on the Steve Madden Widget, buy some GORGEOUS pumps (oooo shoes!) and 4.8% of the purchase will go to OFI! Each store/brand featured on Cafe Give (like Steve Madden) has a different percentage that will be earned so look at the amounts getting earned through purchases.
As you can see I have 5 widgets already! iTunes! Borders! Flowers!
So this is super fun and something that will be GREAT during the holiday season!
JUST SHOP CAFE GIVE and EARN for OFI
OR! Get started on your own Post your own widgets to your own websites. Make sure the widgets are earning for the cause you care about! Let your friends and family know to do their online shopping through your widget or through CAFE GIVE and help the cause!
FUN STUFF!!"
To see the original post, check out: OFI Today.
Involved in OFI? Leave a comment below and let us know!
It’s that time of year again! Trick-or-treaters have come and gone.Leaves have changed and sidewalks are covered with piles of crisp leaves (unless you’re local then they’re soggy from Portland rain).College students and out of town family are planning trips home for the holidays.
Let CafeGive help you get ready.We’ve created a special category to make it easy to find everything you need to enjoy the holidays with family and friends. Here is a Ready for the Holidays Check List, CafeGive style:
I recently had the opportunity to meet with Sandra Morris, a Founder and CEO of CafeGive. Based in Portland, Oregon, Sandra and her talented team have launched an impressive website that helps individuals and communities raise money for non-profit agencies (they call them “Causes”). The idea is simple: You sign up as a member shopper of CafeGive , select the Cause of your choice, and then shop at any of the hundreds of on-line stores they partner with. The Cause and the Advocates then earn funds through CafeGive.
I’m happy to announce Charming Life has just joined the ranks of the CafeGive merchant partners, which include the likes of Banana Republic, The Westin Hotels, The Walking Store, Macy’s, PetSmart , etc, etc. The most exciting part about becoming a member of the CafeGive community is that EVERYONE gets to earn money for their favorite Causes. As a merchant partner, Charming Life Designs is committed to giving a percentage of every Charming Life Designs sale initiated from CafeGive to member non-profits. As a consumer, you get to buy the products you need (or want) AND a portion of those sales goes back to your favorite Cause.
CafeGive’s concept is simple, yet brilliant. Not only can you shop via the CafeGive website, you can actually become an advocate for your Cause and send little links (they call them “Widgets”) to all of your friends via email or twitter, or post them on your facebook page. When your friends make a purchase via your Widget, they are also contributing to your Cause.
In these tough economic times, it is refreshing to run across a business that bolsters the fundraising efforts of non-profits simply by connecting people, their products, and their causes. For more information about becoming a member shopper or a member Cause visit CafeGive’s website.
Thanks for writing about us Charming Life! Have you written a blog post about CafeGive? Let us know so we can add you to our new blog roll!
It's a fun way to help out your favorite charity. by Julia Gray
MountainStar Family Relief Nursery is helping you with your holiday shopping. Tim Rusk, with MountainStar says they have a new on-line feature that can link you to wonderful shopping opportunities. It's called "Cafe Give". Rusk says: What we've got is a website you can go to, and that is www.cafegive.com and it's a website that matches charities with some great vendors and creates a commission that gets donated to the charity. So there's no additional charge to doing this, but a commission gets generated. Rusk said they are the only program in Deschutes County that provides therapeutic programs, parenting services and family support targeted at protecting babies and toddlers at significant risk for child abuse and neglect. Logging on to "cafe give" is one way that you can do your holiday shopping while helping out MountainStar. You can find a link to Mountain star on the Links page here.
CafeGive is a for benefit company focused on building a thriving community of nonprofit organizations, consumers and merchants dedicated to grassroots fundraising through ecommerce.
We have created a unique online shopping experience where participating nonprofits earn dollars for purchases of designated products.
