Necklaces with charity funding! (please look)

quadraptor's picture
Hey guys, what do you think about necklaces that half of the proceeds go to Tale of Tales and the other half go to a wildlife charity organization?

I'd need some help deciding on a few things about this:

1: Which charity should benefit? I've decided on the World Wildlife Fund, who look for solutions to problems in habitats and work to preserve them. They also are advocates in conserving the animals on the endangered species list. (One idea I have with them is what they call a symbolic species adoption). Maybe next time, if I do another batch of these, I could donate to the Defenders of Wildlife.

2: How much? $10 - $5 towards ToT and $5 to the charity per necklace. My thoughts were that if we could raise $25 from the necklace sales, I would add $25 of my own money to make it a $50 donation toward the charity. What do you think? I also haven't decided on shipping yet, either, but it would be very low.

3: Should there be a special name for this project? What do you think about the name "Twin Leaves Conservation Fund"?

Here's what the necklaces look like:



And here's a closeup of one:



They are made of the following:
A pewter leaf pendant
Green pony beads
Glass spacer beads
And the lace is made from black woven hemp that is surprisingly soft!

Thanks for looking, and please comment, even if you just want to say if it's a good idea or a bad one! I really want to help both this community and wildlife, and I thought this would be a great (and fun) idea!
Pegasicorn's picture

The only charity I know of

The only charity I know of is World Wildlife Fund (which you have listed |D), but when I looked them up, it looks like they only take monthly payments via credit card. Unless I read something wrong... |D;
But this is a good idea. =]

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quadraptor's picture

This page has the one-time

This page has the one-time donation form. The other idea I had was a symbolic species adoption, which is what I'd probably do instead. We'd have to decide on which species to 'adopt' - I was thinking among the Moose, Okapi, Bison, or Big Horn Sheep - something *somewhat* deer-ish.


Pegasicorn's picture

The symbolic species

The symbolic species adoption sounds like a really cool idea. =D

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The Dragonfly Deer's Biography
Pega's Forest Philosophy: "Look for Friends. Let Love find you."
"If you don't like something, tolerate it."

No idea 8D;;; But I do wish

No idea 8D;;; But I do wish I could buy...;__; -curses 13-year-oldness and over-protective gran-

-- Dannii <3

I think this is a wonderful

I think this is a wonderful idea!
Sadly I've got my financial work cut out for me with University, so I doubt I could contribute anything personally. I hope you get some interest thought, with the number of community members, you should end up with a few buyers.

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quadraptor's picture

If all else, if I manage to

If all else, if I manage to sell four of them, I could always 'buy' one from myself. I think they'd be wearable for both girls and guys.

Yeah I'm really excited about it too! I think I've decided what I want to put on them, so either tomorrow or later in the week I'll start putting them together.


Emiva's picture

WWF. I love that

WWF. Laughing out loud I love that organization. I have a Tshirt with the logo. I also like defenders of wildlife. Maybe somehow you could split the half so proceeds could go to BOTH? 8D;




quadraptor's picture

What I may do instead is do

What I may do instead is do one this time, and depending on the popularity of this (as in if it does real well), I could do another set that could benefit the other organization.

I think I've decided on WWF for this one.


Quadraptor i wish i could

Quadraptor i wish i could buy every one of you neclaces however i have no way of paying you. Smiling