HelpTheGulfCoast and The Humane Society

So, I've decided until Independence Day, July 4th, a donation will be made to HelpTheGulfCoast and The Humane Society for every sale I make in my shop. The more I watch the news about the oil disaster, the more helpless I feel. So, I'm trying. I've donated the entire purchase price of sterling silver items from my shop and can't continue to operate for free, but can't sit back and do nothing, and still feel like a human being, so what I can do, is stick with one of the motto's I live by, share what I have, when I can. I can live with a little less, to give to those, that are loosing everything. We are so careful at home to farm organically, raise our small herd of beef cattle with dignity, respect, and in a humane manner, and then the gulf oil spill happened. It literally made me want to sit down and cry. It made me feel like all the hard work, extra cost, and commitment to honoring all living things, including mother earth, were flushed down the toilet, because of a multibillion dollar corporation trying to save less than $130,000 in safety measures. In our entire lifetime, we can never personally offset even a tiny amount of the ever mounting damage. I could give away all the organic and natural body products I could ever make, all the jewelry, and it wouldn't be a drop in the bucket. It makes me mad, and sick to my stomache, and frustrated by how little I can do. All I could tell myself is, try to give as much help as we can, do all the right things, and pray. Pray hard. If enough people make a commitment, and pass it down to future generations, maybe at some point, this will be just a terrible chapter in America's history. Though how many generations that will take, I don't know. I hate hawking my shop, but the more people buy, the more it will help. I don't want to make a donation for a hundred dollars, I pray I sell enough to make a donation for hundreds, with a dream goal of $1000. We can't short our shop anymore, so the best we can do, is help with the shop. And Pray, and Pray and Pray.