Today I’m honoured to share this giveaway from Cate Bolt and her project, The Giving Bowl. I’ve known Cate online for years now (gosh, years?!) and have watched her journey to create an orphanage in Indonesia to help get kids off the street and give them a better life. She’s a phenomenal human being – even more so because when life gives her lemons, she not only makes lemonade – she gives it away to those who need it most.
More about the project, and Cate:
The Giving Bowl is an international campaign for incidental altruism. The concept is simple – buy a bowl, throw your spare change in each day and when it’s full – donate to a worthy cause.
The Giving Bowl is an initiative of Australian Humanitarian and Conservationist, foundation 18 Founder, Cate Bolt. Our objective with this project is to be as earth friendly, carbon neutral, fair trade and positive impact as we possibly can. To this end we have reviewed every single process from the fibres we select to the power we use to create an industry which has the most positive impact possible for the earth and all of its creatures.
Cate Bolt describes herself as a bleeding-heart, leftie dogooder, humanitarian, conservationist, social activist, orphanage owner, writer, serial-crafter and mother of nine. Her ‘midlife crisis’ consisted of selling her business, walking away from corporate life and living organically on a mountain, and starting a blog called An Ordinary Life to document the process of starting an orphanage in a third world country – that you’ve never been to. Cate mixes equal parts of Buddhist ideology, careful optimism and scathing cynicism with dry wit, confronting reality and fun rants about how disappointing you all are. She gets gradually more ranty if she is too busy to be creative.
Profits from the sale of these bowls go towards the Foundation 18 orphanage and education and medical outreach programs for severely disadvantaged children in Indonesia.
Enter below to win yourself a giving bowl, and you use your change to make change and give back. And if you don’t win one, you can buy one here.
I’m using Rafflecopter to run this giveaway! Do as few or as many of the giveaway options as you wish – the more you do the more entries you get. If you already follow/like me or Cate-The Giving Bowl on twitter/facebook, just click the button below for an automatic entry.
Giveaway is open world-wide – good luck!
What a great idea! And, come to think of it, I did just that with my last “bowl” of change. The pennies in the container went to the Pennies for Pasta challenge at our school (benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society here in the US). Then, not long after, a couple of neighborhood kids were collecting for the Easter Seals walk, so I gave them the “silver” coins. I didn’t have a bag to put the coins in, so I gave them the container they were in. Fortunately, it was only a plastic container that previously held binder clips. So, a replacement bowl is definitely in order, and the felted wool bowls in Lotus or Kundalini are just lovely!
This is such a wonderful idea! I love this bowl http://www.etsy.com/listing/99997152/the-giving-bowl-organic-wool-felted-bowl
I used to do this with my change when I worked at a coffee shop. most of my purchases are down with plastic now, so there isn’t much change to be had anymore.
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-Nicole
Knit, Nicole, Knit!
What an awesome giveaway!! My fave giving bowl is this one http://www.etsy.com/listing/90753309/the-giving-bowl-fair-trade-shone-twine
Thanks for the chance to win!
I am fascinated by the banana silk thread!! http://www.etsy.com/listing/90751939/the-giving-bowl-banana-silk-vegan
Thanks for sharing and hugs to Cate for being so awesome!
Xo Steph
My favourite is the paper one, this one here : http://www.etsy.com/listing/98281104/the-giving-bowl-recycled-coiled-paper
Brilliant idea Jess. Thanks for sharing this. x
I’ve had my eye on the giving bowls for a little while now Jess! Especially the felted ones. Love the concept behind them too.
Tasha xo
Thanks for helping to spread the word about the Giving Bowl
I adore the abstractness of The Giving Bowl – Recycled Coiled Paper – Eco Friendly – Medium
awesome idea. I love the blossom mini.
what a great idea…and I LOVE people who rant about other people!
My favourite item is the The Giving Bowl in Organic Wool Felted Bowl in “Blossom Large”
I love all of the giving bowls but the Kundalini Large is my favorite because I love that dark purple!
I am so impressed by the positive attention to the animals, to the soil, and to our environment that Cate uses in her processes!
Thank you, Cate and Jess, for this awesome giveaway opportunity!!
~Pam