Olympic Item on Ebay Funds Charity

During the height of the Olympic Games recently, the Children’s Miracle Network listed a piece of Olympic memorabilia on eBay to help raise money for its organization. The U.S. Olympic Gymnastics team donated a jacket that was signed by the members of the 2012 team, including the women’s gold medal winners. John Macready wore the jacket while acting as a host and emcee at the San Jose, California Olympic trials. Macready was a member of the 1996 Olympic team.

The auction which began on August 1 started with a listing price of $19.96. Ten days and 35 bids later, the auction closed at $2025. The winning bidder will receive a certificate of authenticity and free FedEx shipping along with the jacket. The entire amount of the final sales price will go to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals organization. The organization supports 170 children’s hospitals across North America. The funds raised by the organization are used to support research and training, purchase equipment, and pay for uncompensated care. Below is a screen shot of the completed listing.







The donation for this auction was processed through eBay Giving Works. Managed by Misson Fish, the eBay Giving Works program allows sellers to share a percentage of the final sales price of a listing with a nonprofit organization of their choice. While listing an item, you can designate if you wish to donate to an organization, which organization you’d like to donate to, and the amount you wish to give. The donation is processed when a sale is made.

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World of Good by eBay

Today's post is contributed by Karen Pickett, Director of Education and More. Karen made a comment on the recent post about selling damaged cashmere. Karen mentioned her organization that does something similiar - taking used sweaters, unraveling them, and using the yarn to make crafts. Here is Karen's post:

A passion to help women earn a fair wage and to earn money so they can feed and educate their children is what propels the volunteers working with Education And More.

Education And More, a Christian non-profit organization, has a simple mission – to help the impoverished lift themselves out of poverty and to further the education of the children and young adults in the rural areas of Guatemala.

The people in the rural highlands, mostly of Mayan descent, suffered greatly during the 36 year civil war which ended in 1996 with the signing of the peace accords. Today nearly 70% of the rural indigenous Mayans live in poverty and nearly half of their children suffer malnutrition.

Education and More, a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation, works with artisan groups using international Fair Trade principals, which gives the artisan a fair daily wage for the work done. This not only gives them a fair income but gives them dignity and hope for the future. In addition to earning a fair wage they receive much more through benefits which include interest free micro-credit loans and grants to help grow their business, a student sponsorship program to help educate their children, business training and development and educational opportunities for the women.

The main selling venues for the Fair Trade handcrafts is their listings on World of Good by Ebay and their online web store, although many universities, churches and volunteers host bazaars throughout the United States to help sell the beautiful handcrafts which include: weavings, jewelry, purses, computer sleeves, pet items, napkins & placemats, neck scarves, shawls, baskets and much more. Each and every sale makes a huge impact on the life of the artisan!

World of Good by Ebay is a perfect site to buy gifts that make an impact to artisans around the world.

Visit Karen's site at Education and More.

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