Happy Labor Day! We’ve seen some good progress on Wings and Aji’s house project these past few weeks, but they’ve got a long way to go. We know many folks have given what they can, so our main message continues to be, please share and keep sharing, on Facebook, Twitter, or just by email or, you know, speaking words to people who are located in the same physical place as you are.
BUT, we DO have something special coming up to tell you about! As an artist in Native American silver and semi-precious stones, Wings realizes that many people who’d like to help by shopping are priced out of most of the items he’s created and sells on his silver website. Even the 8x10 prints of his photographs, while more affordable, are a stretch for a lot of us. So...
So Wings is creating a special series of small silver charms for us. They are a one-time thing, not an ongoing addition to his collection, and they are only for donors to this fundraiser. Once we begin this campaign, if you make a donation of $5 or more to Aji and Wings’ house, you’ll be placed in a drawing to receive one of these charms (which could be placed on a key ring, worn on a cord or chain, or put on your charm bracelet if that is how you roll).
But wait! There’s another tier to this amazing TV offer opportunity. Wings is also making us a special leather cuff, decorated with handmade silver conchas, suitable for a person of any gender. We’ll be drawing the names of larger donors, of $100 or more, for this piece.
The timeframe and exact terms of both these offers still need to be defined, and Wings is still working on them so we don’t quite know when we’ll have them or how many charms there’ll be. Stay tuned! You can follow this group so you don’t miss your chance.
Meanwhile, PLEASE SHARE THEIR YOUCARING PAGE rather than this diary! You can add a widget to your shares like the one above by using the Grab Our Widget button. The page also has specific buttons for Facebook and Twitter. It tells their whole story, so you don’t have to, and shows the current total (minus donations of those who pick other ways to help — see our Big Box o’ Links below! This diary, the first in this series, lays out my telling of their story.
HOW TO HELP
- The YouCaring fundraiser allows you to donate specifically to this cause. You can also share the fundraiser via social networks by using the “Grab Our Widget” button (and other social media buttons) on that page.
- Their Amazon wishlist mostly supports the health needs of their rescue animals and themselves, if that’s more your style.
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Purchases from Wings Silverworks will help them make a living the way they’d prefer, by selling Wings’ work as an exceptionally talented NDN silversmith and photographer.
- If you prefer, donate via PayPal at Aji’s blog, or at her Tumblr blog where she posts her own writing and photography.
- Kosmail belinda ridgewood if you absolutely need to donate by mailing a paper check.
- And Tweet, share on FaceBook, tip/rec/republish on Daily Kos, randomly email your friends about it, drop it into casual conversations. This seems minor, but it is not! When you share, please link to this YouCaring page, or embed the widget!
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