Thank you all for the support! We haven’t gone away, just have been restructuring our team & planning new events. We will soon be looking for more members to serve on the Board of Directors as we move forward & grow. If you are interested, contact us!

Enjoy this beautiful day!
Bev

Given the current situation in Haiti we are encouraging everyone to donate to the American Red Cross to help the earthquake victims. This morning the Haitians were hit with another earthquake of 6.1 magnitude. They need all the help they can get!

Please visit the Red Cross’s Website to make your donations. http://www.redcross.org
OR you can text HAITI to 90999

Any donations received by Crafters with Love will be forwarded directly to the American Red Cross until further notice. If you are a crafter and wish to donate items to help raise money for the Haitians, please email info@crafterswithlove.com

At the very least, please send your most positive thoughts to the already struggling people of Haiti.

As always thank you for your support!

There are a few people that we would like to adopt and help for Christmas. Their wishes are very reasonable and I believe that we all can do something to help.
Their stories are below along with the link to Wish Upon A Hero for you contact them and work with them directly instead of via us. Anyone who participates and donates toward this cause will get a card sent in your name to them.

Story #1

I WISH For used items for Christmas

I’m hoping someone will have used DVD’s, WII or Ds/Gameboy advance games, small legos, beginner cookbooks that they’d be willing to send for my sons for Christmas.We could also REALLY use gift cards and gas cards. I just want a great Christmas for the boys. They are latchkey kids who sacrifice SOOO much to help MOM. I come home from work exhausted to find they have cleaned the house and made me a snack!! Yheir only complaint is they miss me. I miss them too!! PLEASE help!!!

http://www.wishuponahero.com/wishes/?id=450667

Story #2

I WISH I could help my friend with her autistic niece…

I have a dear friend that is in the process of adopting her niece. She doesn’t have the money for christmas and I wanna get as much help as possible as I can for them…She came from a family ran by drugs and drugs took her mothers life. Nobody wanted the child so she stepped up and took her in..She is her nieces hero. Now they need a christmas heros…

http://www.wishuponahero.com/wishes/?id=455707

Story #3

I WISH for my children to have a christmas cause if I dont get help they’ll be getting nothing.

Well it is official, as of right now my kids will not be having christmas. No tree, no food, no presents. I cannot find any work anywhere and I was denied on my unemployment. I have filed an appeal but I have a feeling its going to take a while for anything to happen.
So right now all of my husbands paycheck will be going to rent and what we can pay of our bills. There is a very good chance we will be living in a fifth wheel at my in-laws house because we cant afford our rent.
So I am here in WAH praying that if I post this wish someone will read it and help us out. I dont care where we live but I dont want to see the disappointed look on my kids faces when they wake up on christmas and see that they dont get any presents.
The salvation army is not doing adoptions this year, they are doing a thing where a parent can come and pick one used toy and one used item of clothing and then on christmas they are having a dinner. They want social security cards for everyone in the family and I dont have them. I also dont have the money to get them.
My children are a boy age 6 and a girl age 3 and they are wonderful children. I wish I could give them everything they need and want but since I lost my job I cant even get them the essentials.
We have been poor before and we can get through it but how do you tell two young kids that we just cant have christmas? How do you tell them Santa wont be coming this year?
Please I am begging someone to adopt my children for christmas, they deserve to have a good one. If you are willing to adopt them or send anything just PM me and I will give you any information you need. Please someone be a hero for my kids???

http://www.wishuponahero.com/wishes/?id=455683

Story #4

I WISH for stocking stuffers for my 12yr old daughter

I would love to be able to provide a little extra for my daughter at Christmas but times have been very tough on me. I am a single parent and I take care of my mother also. I do the best I can with most things but when it comes to the holidays it can be rather tough on me. I would love to wish for stocking stuffers for my daughter, she truly would love anything. Her favorite things are: Twilight, pens, makeup, she wants some “star” jewelry, nail polish, glittery stuff..etc. Thank you to anyone who can grant this wish.

http://www.wishuponahero.com/wishes/?id=444367

Please contact us at info@crafterswithlove.com with any questions and/or anything you can help with.

Please continue to check back as new stories will be added.

UPDATE:

Posted by Noah’s mother on his carepage (can be seen here: https://www.carepages.com/carepages/NoahScottBiorkman):Wow!

The outpouring of love and concern for Noah is just amazing! Scott and

I never in a million years thought that so m…any people would want to

send Christmas cards to Noah.

PLEASE STOP SENDING CARDS AND GIFTS!!!!

Noah

is very ill. He is not getting out of bed and it’s time for Scott, our

families, and I to concentrate on our son. His time is very short and he needs us.

Scott and I would like to say thank you so much for the support and continued show of love. However, we are asking that everyone please stop sending cards and gifts.

Thank you for your understanding in this request.

Noah has reportedly received over a half million cards and that does not include those still being processed by the USPS. Amazing!

Noah Biorkman is a 5yr old boy who is in his last stages of neuroblastoma cancer after a 2 1/2 year battle. His family is celebrating Christmas next week and all he wants are Christmas cards. Lets try and see how many we can get to him from all over the world please.
His address is:

1141 Fountain View Circle South Lyon MI 48178

Visit our care with a card page and we’ll even send one FOR you in your name…

Please repost this as your status on Facebook or retweet on Twitter.

Thank you Roxie Hobart for sharing this story!

Crafters with Love is holding a Fundraiser to help us grow & continue helping others as well as working toward our tax exempt status. We are a public charity and depend on donations & fundraisers to continue working. If you believe in what we are doing, please help us!

Our Go Green Fundraiser begins now until November 14th.

You can pay by check, money order, Paypal, Google checkout and Amazon.com Payments. If you wish to pay by any of the payment processors please be sure to include your email address with your order so that we can send you an invoice from the processor of your choice. You must specify which one you wish to use (Google, PayPal, or Amazon)
Checks/Money Orders payable to and dated by 11-14-09:
Crafters with Love
645 East 6th Ave
Lancaster, OH 43130

Items in the Brochure include:

Red and Yellow Tulips
Super Spring Collection
Mixed Grape Hyacinths
Mixed Crocus
Mixed Dutch Iris
Tulip Tarda
Mixed Rock Garden Allium
Tomato kit
Blue Spruce
Tree Seed Kit
Card Set 1
Card Set 2
Medium Roast Coffee
Dark Roast Coffee
Fold Up Bag
Cooler Bag
Nutty Fruitty
Natural Snacks
Student Mix
Pumpkin Spice
Pretzel Mix
10 Grain Bread
Gluten Free Choc. Cookies
Vanilla Lip Balm
Hint O Mint Lip Balm
Lip Balm Gift Set
Better Homes and Gardens
Field and Stream
Garden Design
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Mens Health Magazine
Natural Health Magazine
Organic Gardening Magazine
Outdoor Life Magazine
Prevention Magazine
Shape Magazine
Womens Health Magazine

Click the link below to view the brochure (pdf document)

gogreen-fundraising

Submit your order to service@crafterswithlove.com along with your method of payment, email address to receive invoice/shipping information, and your address for us to send your items to when we receive them.
Any orders not paid for by  November 14th will be cancelled. The main order will be placed to the company by 11/17 and items sent to you approximately 2 weeks later.
Pass it along to everyone you know!

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us!

Project Update:
11-11-09

You may still continue to participate in this project if you wish. Buy 1 book or all, it’s up to you. Through our promotion and people pledging to sponsor 1 of each book, we were able to send 30 books to Africa.
Thanks everyone!

Books for Africa

Books for Africa works with publishers, book stores, and the community to bring books to needy children in schools and libraries across Africa. To support BFA, we have reduced the cost of selected books with African themes, and for just a few dollars you can put a Barefoot Book in the hands of an African child. When you purchase a book from our Books for Africa Collection, we will send it directly to a child in need.

We hope you will be a part of this wonderful partnership and make a difference in the lives of children across the African continent.

About the Organization

The mission of Books For Africa is to end the book famine in Africa. Since 1988, Books For Africa has shipped more than 20 million books to 42 African countries and put books into the hands of those who need them the most: children who are hungry to read, hungry to learn, hungry to explore the world in ways that only books make possible.

Not only can you help these children you can also help Crafters with Love. Any purchases OTHER THAN the books sent to Africa will help us earn funds as well. We will receive a percentage of the sales.

You can also shop for great deals for your own kids PLUS Download a lot of FREE Songs & Activities!
Each dollar spent automatically enters you into our current monthly drawing. Details >>GIVEAWAY<<

Note from Executive Director: “I will personally sponsor 1 of each book for Africa (6 total) but only if 10 other people will do the same by October 31, 2009″
View my Pledge Page & sign up!
http://www.pledgebank.com/booksforafrica

Click the Red banner below to be take to the site to shop.

If you wish to just sponsor a book you can do so and we will take care of ordering for you and shipping will be on us.

Either way is just fine and what ever you choose. Our hope is to grant as many wishes as possible and making it easier for everyone!

I (Bev Wallace) am a Barefoot Books Ambassador so it’s not a problem to do the ordering.

You may verify my site here: http://www.barefootbooks.com/marketplace/7877/

You can pay by clicking the Add to Cart Buttons & purchase as many books as you wish through PayPal.

You may also pay by money order/check:

Crafters With Love

645 East 6th Ave

Lancaster, OH 43130

Also by Google Checkout.

$5.00 – We All Went on Safari $5.00 – We’re Sailing Down the Nile $3.00 – How Loud is a Lion $5.00 – Mama Panya’s Pancakes $3.00 – Zoe and Her Zebra $5.00 – Hidden Hippo

Books to Africa & Prices:

We All Went on Safari: Books for Africa edition

$5.00

HARDCOVER

We’re Sailing Down the Nile: Books for Africa edition

$ 5.00

Hardcover

How Loud is a Lion: Books for Africa edition

$3.00

BOARD BOOK

Mama Panya’s Pancakes: Books for Africa edition

$5.00

HARDCOVER

Zoe and Her Zebra: Books for Africa edition

$3.00

BOARD BOOK

Two new projects launched this week are Coupon Collecting for Soldiers families & as of today our Recycling Program. Each project has a page with more information. Take a minute to check them out.
They will be on-going from month to month and hope that they will be a great success. With members in 5 different states thus far and free shipping to the company itself, the recycling program should be easy for everyone to participate in simply by contacting us.

We have also approved plans for a project to provide clothes to preemies that will be hand sewn & shipped to various hospitals on an as needed basis. This project will be headed by Roxie Hobart & be based in her home state of Nebraska with the help of volunteers sewing these precious angel wrappings. More details to come…

Don’t forget to enter the drawing that ends next week! All you petlovers should get in on a chance to have a custom hand-painted dog figurine. Visit the give away page for more details & a link to see A LOT more dogs.
Thanks everyone for the help & support!
I hope you will keep spreading the word. We still need $380 to become an official tax-exempt non-profit charity. Please consider sponsoring us so we can focus our fundraising to help others!

The Crafters with Love Team

Just wanted to take a minute and update everyone on the latest happenings with Crafters with Love over the past 3 weeks.

The paperwork for name registration for CWL was mailed this morning. This is the first step in the process of getting us to be an official tax exempt non-profit charity. In total it’s going to cost $475 to complete the process.
Hooper Tire & Service has sponsored us for part of our fees to become a tax exempt non-profit.
We need $425 more.
BUSINESS OWNERS: In exchange for sponsorship we will advertise your business for the life of Crafters with Love on any social media sites we are a part of. Contact us for more details or visit the Sponsors page.
Social Media Updates:
We have 291 fans on Facebook
52 people wearing our Twibbon
73 people have joined the “Help Nick” cause on FB
@crafterslove has 556 followers

We are now on Digg, MySpace, Linked In and have our own Twibe on Twitter!
(click names to be taken to each site)

We have 109 items for sale in the CWL Boutique with more being added daily.
We are offering 25% off your purchases until Saturday Sept 19th (TOMORROW). When you shop in our boutique all profits are CWL’s to help others. It is operated solely by our volunteers. Coupon Code can be found in the side bar of our site & on the Boutique’s site. Don’t miss it!

We have recruited more crafters with varying talents & gained a few business partners.
(Please be sure to visit the Business Partners page to see what they’ve done to help)

We’ve started a Giveaway courtesy of Pet Paint which will end September 30th. We will be giving away your choice of a dog statue/figurine that can be custom painted from a picture of your pet! CLICK HERE for more details.

Starting next month, we will be working on 3 different projects.
Care with a Card
Soldiers Angels
One Main Focus that we feel needs the most help.
We hope to continue in this manner from now on. If you or someone you know needs help or can help.. PLEASE contact us!

I will never be able to express in words how amazed I am by the response everyone has shown over the past 3 weeks. It is very much appreciated and I plead with you not to let this die down. There is something that everyone can do with little effort or time. Still not sure how to help? Spread the word.. or contact us!
Thanks again from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of my fantastic Board of Directors!
Bev Wallace
Executive Director
Crafters With Love
“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted” ~Aesop

As previously mentioned, Crafters with Love is going to be on The Laura Kennedy Live Show! All the the things happening to us is amazing and often leaves me speechless & humbled! I had no idea things would go the way they have. WOW!

Laura set up a page for us & today’s show:

http://tinyurl.com/qy6adv

I hope you’ll be able to join us today!
Bev

Updated 4:22pm
For anyone that missed today’s show on Laura Kennedy Live, there is a recording the of the show posted at the same link above to listen to.
Thank you everyone for spreading the word & doing all you’re doing to help us grow!