AHOPE for Children is a program that provides support services to Ethiopian children, especially orphans infected with HIV. How cool would it be if we could support them by SHOPPING?
Lucky us! AHOPE has been chosen as one of Macy’s charities in their annual “Shop for a Cause” event.
How it works:
-People like you and me buy $5 coupons from AHOPE
-On Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, we go to Macy’s to get our $5 off AND an additional 25% off savings pass.
-100% of the proceeds from coupon sales of that go directly to AHOPE. Our goal is to sell 2,000 of them to raise $10,000. Sound modest? That buys a substantial amount of food, medication, books and toys for the 100 children living in AHOPE’s Ethiopean orphanges.
-You’re also entered to win $500 from your local Macy’s store. I personally think all contests are rackets, ever since I got screwed on Cosmo’s “Win a Date with Alex Rodriguez” in 1997. So to make this one interesting, I’ll dedicate my potential $500 winnings in advance as an AHOPE donation.
I’ll make the AHOPE coupons available here via whatever email/paypal/Facebook machination we can figure out. If Seattle-area blogreaders are interested, I’d love to meet at Macy’s (Southcenter would be best for me) on October 17 for a WGD shopping event.
Shop on!
If you’re interested or involved with any other Shop for a Cause charities (there are hundreds of them), feel free to promote them and meet up to shop.
i’ll go with you!
and am i the only one immature enough to think hee hee A-HO(le). Pee.
Are you tempting me with a Free People photo? 🙂
Update — I have 10 Macy’s Gift Certificates ($5 + 25% on October 17) available for whoever is interested! Let me know.
Aki and I are still trying to arrange our shopping foray for that morning, but they can be used at any Macy’s.
And stay tuned to see if I win the big $500 to donate to AHOPE!