End of the Year Musings and Gratitude
The end of the year is always a bit frenzied for us here in a retail set up. I feel like we have all these plans and ideas and then BAM! Halloween approaches and we race around trying to keep in stock the various parts you all need for your holiday crafting. So, it's nice to be able to take a breath and look at the year and take a minute to say a very earnest thank you. I think it is no exaggeration to say that on a daily basis we, behind the counter, talk about some fantastic aspect of you. It could be you as a group, or an individual you. You make our daily work lovely. You let us in on your creative process, you share your excitement, your pride, you ask us questions in a language that may be completely new and foreign to you, you trust us to lend a hand. You find joy in creating, and we are so lucky to get to be around that. Thank you.
The other wonderful thing you allow us to do is make donations to a wide range and long list of schools, organizations and events around the area. We thought you'd like to know just what and who your support allows us to support. Here's the list for 2016, with a total value of goods and money donated of over $4500. All because of your support. Thank you all, so much.
- Hayhurst School
- Capitol Hill School
- Faubion School
- Irvington School
- Beach School
- Friendly House
- Swallowtail Waldorf
- ACCESS (PPS)
- Human Solutions
- Chief Joseph Ockley Green School
- Beverly Cleary School
- Hawthorne Family Playschool
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Rewild Portland
- Alberta Main Street
- Aprende con Amigos
- Portland Homeless Families Solutions
- St. Andrew’s Nativity School
- Multnomah County Fair
- Imagine Scholar
- Girl Scouts for Dress a Girl Around the World
- Q Center
- Impact NW
- St. Andrew Legal Clinic
- My Voice Music
- Oregon Food Bank
- Alberta Art Works
- Portland Rose Festival Foundation
- Root + Wings Preschool
- Purple Moon Child Development Center
- St. Rose School
- Holy Cross School
- Skyline School
- Vernon School
- Markham Elementary School
- Water Resource Center/ Standing Rock
- Phonics Phactory
- Holy Redeemer School
- Columbia Slough Watershed Council
- Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization
- Modified Style Portland
- CASA for Children
- Martin Luther King Jr. School
- The Dougy Center
- Alliance Francaise de Portland
- Roseway Heights School
- Harmony Montessori
- Montessori Northwest
- Lee Owen Stone Preschool
- All Saints School
We wish you all the very best in the year ahead and look forward to seeing you!
Gina, Cameron, Sarah and Jenna