Charitable Giving

December Special Organization: Deviated Theatre

Elemental Threads is a socially responsible custom-made handbag business. During the month of December we are donating 10% of sales to select charitable organizations. Below is one featured organization; click here to view the full list.

Group: Deviated Theatre
Code: DeviatedTheatre

Deviated Theatre is a dance/theatre company founded in 2008 in the Washington DC metro area by Kimmie Dobbs Chan and Enoch Chan.  The company performs all original works, created and choreographed by the Chans, which have been described as “operas of movement, rather than song.”  A budding non-profit, Deviated Theatre debuted to sold-out performances, has since had 7 successful performance runs, and hopes to continue expanding through the generous help of its supporters.

To participate and help raise funds for this group:

1) Design your own bag at www.elementalthreads.com or view our Blog Shop
2) Checkout with Google Checkout
3) Use the referral code DeviatedTheatre
4) That’s it!  Elemental Threads will now donate 10% of your sale!  You get a fun new accessory, Deviated Theatre gets a donation.  Everybody wins.

November Special Charity: GENaustin (Girls Empowerment Network)

Elemental Threads is a socially responsible custom-made handbag business. During the month of November we are donating 10% of sales to select charitable organizations. Below is one featured organization; click here to view the full list.

genaustinlogoGroup: GENaustin (Girls Empowerment Network)
Code: GENaustin

GENaustin (Girls Empowerment Network) is a nonprofit organization in Austin, TX that equips teen girls with the skills to navigate growing up female and to make wise choices. GENaustin offers several programs for middle and high school girls throughout the central Texas area. They don’t just build strong girls, they build girls of influence! Visit www.genaustin.org or more information or to get involved!

To participate and help raise funds for this cause:

1) Design your own bag at www.elementalthreads.com or view our Blog Shop
2) Checkout with Google Checkout
3) Use the referral code GENaustin
4) That’s it!  Elemental Threads will now donate 10% of your sale!  You get a fun new accessory, GENaustin gets a donation.  Everybody wins.

November Special Charity: Friends of El Faro

Elemental Threads is a socially responsible custom-made handbag business. During the month of November we are donating 10% of sales to select charitable organizations. Below is one featured organization; click here to view the full list.

friendsofelfaroGroup: Friends of El Faro
Code: FriendsofElFaro

Founded in 2000, Friends of El Faro visit and support the Casa Hogar Sion orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico.  Here children who have been abandoned, abused or neglected have found a home, a place where they are safe and cared for, nourished and loved. The Friends of El Faro do what they can to take care of the children, and Mama Carmen and Papa Jorge and the staff, all remarkable people who have created a home for children who did not have one.  Friends of El Faro’s mission is simple – to show up and help improve the lives of the children of Casa Hogar Sion in anyway they can. Long term, FOEF’s goal is to purchase land and build the children a new home. In the meantime there are hungry children to feed, shelter, keep safe and send to school.

To participate and help raise funds for this cause:

1) Design your own bag at www.elementalthreads.com or view our Blog Shop
2) Checkout with Google Checkout
3) Use the referral code FriendsofElFaro
4) That’s it!  Elemental Threads will now donate 10% of your sale!  You get a fun new accessory, Friends of El Faro gets a donation.  Everybody wins.

November Special Charity: Native American Student Organization, Wellesley College

Elemental Threads is a socially responsible custom-made handbag business. During the month of November we are donating 10% of sales to select charitable organizations. Below is one featured organization; click here to view the full list.

Group: Native American Student Organization, Wellesley College
Code: NASOWellesley

NASO was first founded by Native students in 1996, and continued to support Native American women until 2004, when the organization became inactive.  However in 2007 Wellesley students again saw the need to build and sustain a community for Native American students on campus.  For the past two years the newest incarnation of NASO has worked to both support students entering Wellesley from reservations or other Native communities, as well as engage the campus in dialogue about contemporary Native issues.  NASO Wellesley will use funds to further this goal by sponsoring lectures regarding present-day political, social and cultural issues in Indian Country.

To participate and help raise funds for this cause:

1) Design your own bag at www.elementalthreads.com or view our Blog Shop
2) Checkout with Google Checkout
3) Use the referral code NASOWellesley
4) That’s it!  Elemental Threads will now donate 10% of your sale!  You get a fun new accessory, NASO Wellesley gets a donation.  Everybody wins.

November Special Charity: Amnesty International/Boston College Chapter

Elemental Threads is a socially responsible custom-made handbag business. During the month of November we are donating 10% of sales to select charitable organizations. Below is one featured organization; click here to view the full list.

AmnestyInternationalLogoGroup: Amnesty International/Boston College Chapter
Code: BCAmnesty

Amnesty International is a non-profit, grassroots activist organization that seeks to protect the human rights of all people in all places at all times. Amnesty International “undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuse of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.” With a worldwide membership base of close to 2 million people, Amnesty’s presence is felt everywhere. Founded in 1961, Boston College’s Amnesty chapter seeks to make students aware of the power they have to influence world events – and protect human rights – through political activism. They will donate the funds to Amnesty International in its support for its Demand Dignity campaign, which supports social, economic, and cultural rights all around the world.

To participate and help raise funds for this cause:

1) Design your own bag at www.elementalthreads.com or view our Blog Shop
2) Checkout with Google Checkout
3) Use the referral code BCAmnesty
4) That’s it!  Elemental Threads will now donate 10% of your sale!  You get a fun new accessory, Amnesty International gets a donation.  Everybody wins.

November Special Charity: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) – Northern Essex County/Kappa Alpha Theta Boston Metro Alumnae Chapter

Elemental Threads is a socially responsible custom-made handbag business. During the month of November we are donating 10% of sales to select charitable organizations. Below is one featured organization; click here to view the full list.

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kappaalphathetaGroup: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) – Northern Essex County/Kappa Alpha Theta Boston Metro Alumnae Chapter
Code: CASA

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is a national organization that trains and supervises community volunteers who are appointed by court judges to represent the best interest of children who have been abused and neglected.  This organization was founded in 1977 by a Seattle, WA judge who wanted trained volunteers to become his eyes and ears in the community and report back to him with recommendations of what needs to happen to protect these children.  Northern Essex County CASA Program began serving children in Northern Essex County, Massachusetts in 1992 and today serves about 100 children in two courts.  Twenty years ago, the National Kappa Alpha Theta organization chose CASA to be their national philanthropy.  Over the years, Theta sororities across the nation have help spread the word about CASA and the need for these vulnerable children to have a voice in the court system.  The money raised by Theta helps CASA’s efforts to recruit and train more volunteers to advocate for child victims.

To participate and help raise funds for this cause:

1) Design your own bag at www.elementalthreads.com or view our Blog Shop
2) Checkout with Google Checkout
3) Use the referral code CASA
4) That’s it!  Elemental Threads will now donate 10% of your sale!  You get a fun new accessory, CASA gets a donation.  Everybody wins.

November Special Charity: Brady’s Smile

Elemental Threads is a socially responsible custom-made handbag business. During the month of November we are donating 10% of sales to select charitable organizations. Below is one featured organization; click here to view the full list.

bradyssmilelogoGroup: Brady’s Smile
Code: BradysSmile

Brady’s Smile, Inc. is a Fairfield, CT, children’s-based 501(c)(3) charitable organization that was created by Annie and Matt Hinton in memory, love and honor of their son, Brady. It is their mission to help make life easier in the newborn and pediatric intensive care facilities for patients and their families and they currently have four programs established to help accomplish this goal.  All funds raised will go towards these four programs that are available to patients at ten children’s hospitals in six states.  To learn more about Brady’s Smile, please visit www.bradyssmile.org.

To participate and help raise funds for this cause:

1) Design your own bag at www.elementalthreads.com or view our Blog Shop
2) Checkout with Google Checkout
3) Use the referral code BradysSmile
4) That’s it!  Elemental Threads will now donate 10% of your sale!  You get a fun new accessory, Brady’s Smile gets a donation.  Everybody wins.

November Special Charity: Margaret Fuller House/Lesley Running Club

Elemental Threads is a socially responsible custom-made handbag business.  During the month of November we are donating 10% of sales to select charitable organizations.  Below is one featured organization; click here to view the full list.

margaretfullerhouseGroup: Margaret Fuller House, Cambridge, MA/Lesley University Running Club
Code: LesleyRunningClub

The Lesley University Running Club’s mission is to motivate and encourage students and faculty from the community to train for local 5k races who support good causes and most importantly just to have fun and run.  The LU Running Club was started in 2007 by three cross-country runners who were involved in a lot of community service.  This year the club is working with the Margaret Fuller House in Area IV of Cambridge, MA.  The MFH is an inclusive community house that offers many events for locals such as community breakfasts, community birthday parties, family play groups, and a tri-weekly food pantry.  The running club wants to host the December birthday celebration and wishes to purchase a decorated cake from a local bakery in Cambridge.  They need your help to make this event special for their December birthday friends.

To participate and help raise funds for this cause:

1) Design your own bag at www.elementalthreads.com or view our Blog Shop
2) Checkout with Google Checkout
3) Use the referral code LesleyRunningClub
4) That’s it!  Elemental Threads will now donate 10% of your sale!  You get a fun new accessory, the Margaret Fuller House gets a donation.  Everybody wins.