Peace Deeds

When you shop at PeaceThings you are helping us to do good deeds.  Although we haven't made any money yet, we are intent on creating a foundation of charitable giving to worthy causes that support fairness and prosperity for all inhabitants of this earth.  Below is the list of PeaceThings' good deeds to date,  our current wish list, and suggestions for our visitors.

2006

We sent ducks and geese and chicks to families through Heffier International.  We gave to UNICEF and the Peace Alliance.

2005

Our Gifts and Cookies for Soldiers program was the biggest yet.  We had about 100 sponsor groups, families and individuals who gifted 133 soldiers.  A few minor glitches happened when a handful of soldiers were re-deployed right before the holidays.  We are hopeful that their packages followed them.  Click here for pictures and links for our soldiers at Taji Military Base in Iraq.

We created The PeaceThings' Cyber Team for UNICEF Tsunami Relief Fund.  To date (3-15-05) we have raised $1,472.30, surpassing our goal! Our online total doesn't show this because it seems processing checks takes a long time.  But the checks have been sent. .  Every little bit helps, so join us please! Click here to donate.

We sent $100.00 to Oxfam America's fund for Asian earthquake and flood aid.  Even though we don't have any money, we did it anyway.  Oxfam uses a very high percentage of donations for sustainable aid efforts to develop lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice.  They are working round the clock to help provide water, sanitation, food and shelter to areas recently devestated by earthquake and flooding.
 

COOKIES & GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS - 2004
This holiday season, our third year of doing Gifts & Cookies for Soldiers, we ended up with a great bunch of generous sponsors who sent many packages of gifts and treats to soldiers who weren't able to be home for the holidays.  We had a total of 54 sponsors including individuals, schools, communities, businesses, and groups who sent gifts to 82 soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. If you would like to share some holiday cheer with those unable to be home, please email soldiers@peacethings.com and we'll put you on our list. A Big Thank You to all who participated!  Enjoy the pictures we received from grateful soldiers.

Another group of happy gift-getters at Bagram

Sponsors sent 27 copies of A Purpose Driven Life and many other gifts and treats to a Bible study book group at Bagram.

Call for Quilts and Blankets: 
QUILTS NEEDED FOR RETURNING WOUNDED SOLDIERS FROM IRAQ - A quilt guild in Waldorf, MD asks for your help in making quilts for wounded soldiers returning from Iraq. Due to the escalation of hostilities, approximately 40 to 48 wounded soldiers are coming back almost daily. The guild has had to cut back and give quilts to only the most seriously injured. This means that some of the wounded on the plane do not receive quilts. Quilts or crochet blankets should be no smaller than 36" by 36" (wheelchair size) or lap size (for stretchers) and preferably red, white and blue in any design. Completed quilts and blankets should be sent to: 
Shirley Mandrel, 3135 Whispering Drive, Prince Frederick MD 20678 
or to Carol Mitchell, 9815 Hope Acres Rd., White Plains, MD 20695. 
The quilts will be forwarded to Andrews Air Force Base for delivery. You can contact Shirley at her web site: www.itseamssew.com .

We made a donation to www.laundrylist.org to help them continue to educate people about how simple lifestyle modifications help reduce our dependence on environmentally and culturally costly energy sources.

PeaceThings helped sponsor the Massachusetts Peace Action 2003 annual awards dinner.

We sent a check to the Revolutionary Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) via the Afghan Women's Mission.  We are looking into finding crafts and clothing created by Afghani women to sell at PeaceThings, where our business relationship will benefit them directly.

We sent a Mercy Corps education backpack to an Afghani school kid.  We look forward to supporting more Mercy Corps projects.

We sent two checks to the Victims Trust Fund of the International Criminal Court which will be sent to our representatives by the World Federalist Association of New England.

We sent a bunch of care packages from home to US soldiers in Iraq last year.  We also organized sponsors and Christmas gifts and cookies for soldiers of the 403rd detachment who were in Bagram, Afghanistan over the holidays in 2002.

We donate $5.00 to the Hague Appeal for Peace for each Bye Bye War we sell.

We are intent on offering our customers FAIR TRADE products from around the world.

PeaceThings looks forward to lending support to: 

Oxfam International
UNICEF childrens fund
Mercy Corps
The Hunger Site and all of its affiliate sites

If you have a suggestion for PeaceThings' good deeds, please email us.