Great Gift: $10 Mask Minder Chain!
These beautiful, functional mask minder chains keep your mask close at hand when moving in and out of shared space.
Hand-made by volunteers with donated jewelry, 100% of the sales revenues go to support girls’ education in the Homa Bay region of Kenya through Grandmother Circles.
Learn more at http: //grandmothercircles.org
$10 (plus shipping if out of Mpls/St. Paul area)
Text Margaret at 612-825-0111 to order and arrange for delivery.
Outdoor Fair Trade Market: Sat. Sept 26th
When: Saturday September 26th, 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Where: Minneapolis Farmers Market, 312 East Lyndale Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55405
The World Jubilee is hosting a special outdoor version of its Fall 2020 Fair Trade Market!
Supporting the work of fair trade artisans has never been more important! Stock up on all your gifting needs, for birthdays, weddings, holidays, and for just treating yourself… our Fair Trade Market is coming up soon, so mark your calendars, invite friends, and we’ll see you there!
CARDS • POTTERY • BASKETS • JEWELRY • CLOTHING • CARVINGS • TOYS • TEXTILES • NEEDLEWORK • RUGS • PHOTOGRAPHY • MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
There’ll be vendors and crafts from around the world, on sale to directly benefit artisans and community organizations abroad, including: Global Mamas, Ten Thousand Villages, Fair Anita, Zatoun, Gifts for Change, PEN, Elevat, Blandine Wolesse, Tiny Tim & Friends, Twin Engine Coffee, Grandmother Circles, Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Mano a Mano, Global Ministries among others.
Rain or shine! Free Parking! Covered Outdoor Space! Covid Protocals!
Holiday Jewelry Sale: December 12, 2019
When: Thursday, December 12, 2019: 7:30 am to 2:00 pm
Where: Public Service Level, Minneapolis Government Center
Support a great cause while crossing one more name off your gift-giving list, or treat yourself…you deserve it.
Grandmother’s Circle, a program within Adult Probation, is hosting a jewelry sale Thursday, Dec. 12 from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Skyway Level of the Government Center. As an alternative to Sentencing to Service, the program offers female probation clients an outlet to create and sell jewelry, with all proceeds supporting the education of young girls in the village of Homa Bay, Kenya.
If you have outdated or broken jewelry, recycle it at the December sale – the woman in this group love bringing it back to life. For more information about this program, you can email Melissa Toavs, Jaimee Fofana or view the event poster.
Holiday Jewelry Sale: December 12, 2019
When: Thursday, December 12, 2019: 7:30 am to 2:00 pm
Where: Public Service Level, Minneapolis Government Center
Support a great cause while crossing one more name off your gift-giving list, or treat yourself…you deserve it.
Grandmother’s Circle, a program within Adult Probation, is hosting a jewelry sale Thursday, Dec. 12 from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Skyway Level of the Government Center. As an alternative to Sentencing to Service, the program offers female probation clients an outlet to create and sell jewelry, with all proceeds supporting the education of young girls in the village of Homa Bay, Kenya.
If you have outdated or broken jewelry, recycle it at the December sale – the woman in this group love bringing it back to life. For more information about this program, you can email Melissa Toavs, Jaimee Fofana or view the event poster.
Jewelry Sale: May 2, 2018
When: Wednesday, May 2, 2018: 7:30 am to 2:30 pm
Where: Minneapolis Government Center, Public Service Level
For months, women on probation in Hennepin County have been doing a unique brand of community service. They make jewelry to donate for sale — with all proceeds going to benefit Grandmothers Circles in Kenya.
It’s a win for women in both communities — and for anyone who stops by to purchase the absolutely gorgeous jewelry they’ve made.
Pre St. Pat’s Pop-Up Craft Fair
When: Sunday, March 12, 2017: 10 am to 12:30
Where: Caribou Coffee, 3354 Rice Street, Little Canada (close to 694 and Rice)
Specials include green Jewelry for St. Patrick’s Day and the usual wonderful goods made by our Create to Donate artisans.
Want to get involved? Join us to Create to Donate.
More Pop-Up Craft Fairs Planned!
There are plans, and hopefully energy, to have monthly Pop-Ups at different locations around the Cities. We’re planning to feature St. Patty’s Day in March, Earth Day in April and whatever strikes our fancy for the rest of the year.
If you’d to help us to host an event in your neighborhood, please check out a location and let Karleen know (kjreller@hotmail.com) if they’d be willing to let us set up for 3 or 4 hour sale. It would be a great way to help support Grandmother Circles.
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Spring 2016 Jewelry Sale Report
$1,290 Raised!
Thanks to everyone who came and purchased handcrafted jewelry made by Our Hennepin Circle! The support and enthusiasm for our mission was incredible.
By working to connect marginalized women in Hennepin County with marginalized women in Kenya, we help advance social, economic, and educational justice for women in both communities.
Funds raised will be used to replenish a small emergency fund and to provide scholarships for girls to attend secondary school in Kenya.
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