Handmade With Purpose

This month I am joining Lindsay of Paint Me A Picture, and over 20 other bloggers for Handmade With Purpose.

The following is Lindsay's vision for this event...

acknowledging creativity.

using our creativity to produce handmade goods.

selling our handmade goods for a profit.

taking our profit and giving back to our communities, those less fortunate, & those in need.

For the month of April I will be donating 30% of all sales from my shop to The Way of Hope. The Way of Hope is an organization that provides medical supplies and prosthetics to Hospital Shalom, which is located in San Benito, Peten, Guatemala. Having spent time doing missions related work in Guatemala, this charity and the people of this region are very dear to my heart. I made my first trip to Guatemala when I was 16, with a group from my church. Hospital Shalom was still in the early stages of construction, and I had the priviledge of being a small part of building this hospital. Since then, several teams from our church (and many others) have traveled to Guatemala to assist in building Hospital Shalom. The hospital not only serves the people of the town its located in, but also in outlying villages. I am honored and priviledged to be able to donate a portion of my proceeds to this organization. 

Please take a few minutes to head over to the Handmade With Purpose blog & read up on the other shops participating, and the organizations they will be donating to.