Ten Thousand Villages Canada and Habitat for Humanity Canada Join Forces in Year-Long Partnership

 

April 13, 2011, Penticton, BC. Ten Thousand Villages Canada and Habitat for Humanity Canada have joined forces in a 2011 fundraising and awareness campaign.  Through a series of in-store events and on-line promotions the two non-profit organizations, closely aligned by their missions and strong volunteer bases, will work to raise support for the human right to decent, affordable housing and for Fair Trade relationships around the world.

 

“We are very excited to embark on this new partnership with Ten Thousand Villages,” says Nicole Hrinco, National Manager of Corporate Partnerships at Habitat for Humanity Canada.  “Like us, they support families abroad living in need, and share the desire to improve the quality of life in communities here in Canada.”

The partnership began on March 14th with the very successful Everybody Needs a Home campaign, in which ten dollars from the sale of each Habitat promotion birdhouse was donated to Habitat for Humanity Canada. 

 The upcoming donation coupon campaign is expected to generate even more excitement.  From April 25 until May 8th, twenty percent of all purchases made at Ten Thousand Villages Canada using the fundraiser coupons or by mentioning the Habitat for Humanity Canada Fundraiser, will go to Habitat for Humanity Canada’s local initiatives.  Coupons and information will be available on the organizations’ websites and Facebook pages, as well as through e-communications and newsletters. 

 

The partnership culminates in the fall with the Home Is Where the Heart is campaign.  One dollar from the sale of each special edition “Home/Maison” stone will be donated to Habitat for Humanity Canada.  Skillfully crafted by Indian artisans, these palm-sized, heart-shaped stones make wonderful reminders of the importance of house and home, and of Fair Trade. 

 The partnership is a natural fit. Ten Thousand Villages Canada and Habitat for Humanity Canada are both volunteer-driven and dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty.  By combining forces, lives in Canada and around the world will be transformed.

For more information, please contact:
Tyrion Miskell, Manager
Ten Thousand Villages Canada
25 Front Street, Penticton
250-493-3161

Note to Editor:

Ten Thousand Villages is the oldest and largest Fair Trade organization in North America. Through a network of forty-eight stores, as well as through hundreds of Festival Sales and E-shopping, Ten Thousand Villages Canada sells artisan-crafted personal accessories, home decor and gift items from around the globe. 

 Ten Thousand Villages creates opportunities for artisans in developing countries to earn income by bringing their products and stories to our markets through long-term, fair trading relationships.

 Ten Thousand Villages is a non-profit program of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), the relief and development agency of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches in North America. Ten Thousand Villages has its roots in the work begun by Edna Ruth Byler in 1946.

 Ten Thousand Villages is a member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), a coalition of handicraft and agricultural producer organizations, and Fair Trade organizations from both the North and the South.

 For more information, please visit our website: www.TenThousandVillages.ca

Habitat for Humanity Canada

Founded in 1985, Habitat for Humanity Canada (HFHC) is a national, non-profit organization working towards a world where everyone has a safe and decent place to live. Their mission is to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting homeownership as a means to breaking the cycle of poverty. With the help of over 50,000 volunteers every year, HFHC’s 72 affiliates nationwide have provided almost 1,800 Canadian families with safe, decent and affordable housing. HFHC is a member of Habitat for Humanity International, which has built, rehabilitated, repaired or improved more than 400,000 houses worldwide, providing shelter for more than 2 million people since it was founded in 1976. For more information on HFHC, please visit www.habitat.ca.

 

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