An updated November calendar

PoPping UP . . .

not quite unexpectedly in office buildings, bazaars, and exhibits. Check out our updated calendar below. Please share this with family, friends, colleagues and others who you know want to support grassroots livelihood communities.


Thanks!

DLSU Green and White supports G&G

Gifts and Graces is happy and proud to have been selected by La Salle's Green and White yearbook staff to be a partner and beneficiary this year.

In connection with this partnership, the organization not only made a generous donation to G&G, they also requested a visit to the G&G office and one of G&G's partner communities. 

At the G&G office, the students admired G&G's products and they were given a brief orientation on the work that we do, who we work with, and how their donation helps support our mission. 

Green and White staffers with adviser Ms. Rosanna Valerio visit the G&G office
1st Row: Gwen Qua, Mikee Yboa, Celina Baylon
2nd Row: Tere Velez (Editor in Chief), Patty Baun, Kat Zialcita, Marc de Leon, Trixie Ngo,
Ms. Anne Valerio (Student Media Office Coordinator)

After the G&G office visit, we went to visit the Caritas Livelihood Center in Tondo where we were met by Tita Daisy. It was gratifying to see how G&G's orders have contributed to the livelihood of Caritas' mothers. 

The students tried their hand at sewing. . . They had to get used to working on a high speed machine. But it was a lot of fun and one of the students was even able to make her own wallet out of scrap denim and tarp!

Patty Baun learns to control the sewing machine

Celina Baylon being oriented on how to use a high speed sewing machine

Tere Velez threading the needle

Trixie Ngo tries out the high speed machine

Paola Malong poses with her retaso

Gwen Qua shows her handiwork

Mikee Yboa proudly shows off the wallet she made out of scrap denim and tarp

Group photos at the Caritas Livelihood Center

It was a great interaction between G&G, the students, and our partner Caritas. We're happy to see more and more students who are not only aware of social realities but who also make a proactive effort to be involved.

Gifts and Graces was also invited to the Green and White launch. The Green and White staff showed the interactive DVD version and explained the inspiration behind the yearbook's theme. The yearbook and the DVD were impressive displays of the student's creativity and vision.

The Green and White 2011

Students read and admire the yearbook

Greg receives the check donation at the Green and White launch

Congratulations Tere Valdez, Celina Baylon and the rest of the Green and White staff, and of course their adviser Ms. Anne Valerio for a great event and great yearbook. And of course kudos and thanks again for their support of G&G, our partners, and our advocacy!

Green Christmas Shopping

Christmas is just around the corner and we're sure most of you have already started your Christmas shopping. Whether you're shopping at G&G or at one of your favorite malls, have fun Christmas shopping the green way by saying no to plastic and saying yes to reusable bags. 

The ideal bag is roomy, sturdy, and of course stylish. G&G's great reusable bags are all three. To help you be eco-friendly stylish this Christmas shopping season, choose from among these:

  

 

    

For boho chic, pick up one of our harina bags made from upcycled flour sacks and jute sacks. You'll love the different funky flour sack designs. Did you know that there's a flour company named Cinderella with of course a Cinderella designed sack? Available at the Ayala Museum Museum Shop

For classic elegance, shop with one of our beautiful newspaper bags in our iconic women series. Channel Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Jackie O, or Marilyn Monroe. All images are handpainted by Pandacan artist Boy Buenafe. Available at the Edsa Shangri-la Manila Lobby Shop

For serious grocery shopping, you can't go wrong with our extra large magazine bag. You'll love how colorful magazine strips are woven banig-style to make this bag. And you'll love how this bag is waterproof so it's great for the beach as well. Available at major Kultura Filipino branches

Our stylish directory boat bag is a fun way to promote your advocacy in going green. It's roomy enough to go shopping for fun accessories for your girlfriends and kikay nieces. Available at major Kultura Filipino branches

Last but not the least, our foldable canvass bag doubles as both a great purse and a handy shopping bag. The woven cloth detail on the pocket gives it a distinctive and unique modern Filipino look. Available at the Ayala Museum Museum Shop. 

All the bags are also available at the G&G office at the Mile Long Building Amorsolo St. Makati. In our last post, we posted our calendar of upcoming bazaars! We hope to see you there with your very own reusable G&G shopping bag!

Cash for Scrap: A Recycler's Bazaar

Bring your scrap to the Greenhills waste market this Sunday. G&G will be there to do a crafts demo and to showcase products upcycled from waste newspapers, magazines, and cloth strips. Hope you can join us!

G&G around town this November

Where can you find unique gift ideas like tangrams, funky monogram gift tags, retaso stuffed bears, and monster dolls? At G&G of course!

Check out all these great items and more at Gifts and Graces. Unable to go to our Mile Long showroom? Visit us at one of the bazaars we're joining. This November G&G will be at Rockwell, Greenhills, Eastwood, PICC Manila, and the British school. Check out our calendar below and mark your own calendars for when and where you're going to visit us. Check this space every now and then for new bazaar schedules. See you!