Giving Back — Non Profits you need to know about
ROSA LOVES
www.rosaloves.com
MISSION STATEMENT:
The mission of Rosa Loves, Inc. is to better the quality of life for people living in poverty and to engage the public in the tangible process of helping others. It does this by providing a sustainable solution for a specific individual, family or community in need through the sale of artful, customized t-shirts.
HOW IT WORKS:
First, we meet an individual, family, or a community in need. We get to know them, hear their story, and design a shirt inspired by what we’ve learned. Each T-shirt design is hand printed on sweatshop free apparel. The outside tells the story through illustration. The inside tells the story through words which are printed directly over the heart. Shirts are sold on our website. After the projected amount has been made to supply the need, we stop printing and selling the shirt, making each one part of a limited run. Finally and most importantly, we hand deliver the gift and meet the need. Friendships are made, lives are changed, and the process repeats itself with new people and new needs.
2 YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Purchased a new walker for Glenda, a local St. Augustine handicapped woman, in first 2 months of business.
- Raised $5,895.40 ($895.40 over the original financial goal) for the Coley family, who lost their home in a fire. The funds will be used in the reconstruction costs of their home.
- Raised over $2,800 to purchase Made, an Indonesian fisherman, a custom-made fishing boat.
- AOL names ROSA LOVES #7 of Top 12 Businesses That Could Be The Next Big Thing in March of 2008
- Provided ten local families with holiday meals during 2007 holiday season.
- Raised over $1,800 to provide funding for an irrigation system for vegetable crops at Hananasif Orphanage in Tanzania, Africa.
- Work published in: HOW Magazine, GOOD Magazine, RELEVANT Magazine, AOL.com
- Raised over $4,500 in scholarship funds for three Mexican college students
- Raised over $5,000 to provide new surfboards and wetsuits for South African township outreach program.
- Built school in rural Bangladesh and provided sustainable income programs for a local family, the Sharkars.
