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Australia Is Burning: How to Help

January 5, 2020 by WendyB

If you’re wondering, “What can I do for Australia?,” here’s an answer: Donate to one of the organizations listed in this CNet article. If  you can’t donate even a dollar — that’s okay! You can still raise awareness by sharing the links with all your peeps. To get you started, here are six of the…

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Filed Under: charity, Good Causes, In the News, politics Tagged With: australian bushfires, climate change

Treat Yo Self While Supporting Abortion Rights

May 23, 2019 by WendyB

Treat Yo Self While Supporting Abortion Rights

Shout-out to gorgeous customer Ali, whose ring order enabled me to make a $25 donation to Access Reproductive Care – Southeast today! Like I said yesterday, all people deserve freedom, choice, and sovereignty over their own bodies, and that includes abortion on demand for anyone who has a uterus. Ali was the first to person…

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Filed Under: 1stdibs, charity, feminism, Good Causes, health, In the News, politics, racism, Shopping, shopping suggestions Tagged With: abortion rights, lipslut, naral

New Zealand and the Week in Review

March 17, 2019 by WendyB

To donate to victims of the terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand, you can use a Visa or Mastercard to contribute to the official giving page created by the New Zealand Council of Victim Support Groups. Email helpdesk@givealittle.co.nz if you run into any technical problems due to being overseas. PBS NewsHour listed other…

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Filed Under: charity, Good Causes, In the News, news, racism, week in review Tagged With: fashion designer patrick kelly

Giving Tuesday: Support Press Freedom

November 27, 2018 by WendyB

Giving Tuesday: Support Press Freedom

I’ve been tempted all day to say something world-weary about Giving Tuesday — the way it’s supposed to absolve us of the shopping sins of Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday yadda yadda — but there are so many good causes getting attention that I had to go all Moonstruck (mentally) on my jaded ass. Cher…

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Filed Under: charity, Committee to Protect Journalists, Good Causes, journalism Tagged With: 2018 IPFA, committee to protect journalists, freedom of speech, international press freedom awards, Rappler

Cyber Monday: Buy! Buy! Buy! Give! Give! Give!

November 27, 2017 by WendyB

Cyber Monday: Buy! Buy! Buy! Give! Give! Give!

This is actual footage of me emerging from the Internet rabbit hole I fell down last night while looking up the origins of the term “Cyber Monday.” via GIPHY It was easy enough to find out that Ellen Davis — a young executive at the National Retail Federation trade association — coined the term “Cyber…

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Filed Under: Business, charity, gift ideas, Good Causes, holiday gift ideas, holidays, Jewelry, my designs, sale, sales, Shopping, shopping suggestions, Special Occasions

My Extra-Special Black Friday Deal Begins!

November 24, 2017 by WendyB

My Extra-Special Black Friday Deal Begins!

The extra-special Black Friday deal that I announced earlier this week has officially begun! As I said, if you shop my website now through next Tuesday, you will get ZERO percent off. via GIPHY However, for every item purchased for $800 or more, half of the retail price will be donated to one of three…

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Filed Under: charity, Good Causes, holidays, Jewelry, my designs Tagged With: black friday, black friday jewelry sale, giving tuesday

My Extra-Special Black Friday Deal

November 21, 2017 by WendyB

My Extra-Special Black Friday Deal

There are so many shopping “holidays” after Thanksgiving now! We’ve got Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and (to make amends for all that shopping) Giving Tuesday. It’s all “buy buy buy” followed by a little “give give give.” Kind of overwhelming, no? That’s why I’ve decided to mash a bunch of those themes…

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Filed Under: charity, gift ideas, Good Causes, holiday gift ideas, Jewelry, my designs, Shopping, shopping suggestions Tagged With: black friday, cyber monday, giving tuesday, small business saturday

Help Puerto Rico and Mexico

September 21, 2017 by WendyB

This has been a brutal hurricane season.  Hurricane Harvey hit Texas hard and Irma basically destroyed several Caribbean islands. Now Maria has devastated Puerto Rico: It’s possible that the power will be out for months. In addition to the Puerto Ricans suffering through this, there are people on the island who are doubly traumatized because,…

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Filed Under: charity, Good Causes, In the News

Donate to Islands Devastated by Irma

September 8, 2017 by WendyB

When I was a kid, I had the good fortune to visit St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands more than once.  They and other Caribbean islands have been badly affected by Hurricane Irma.  In some places, nearly all of the housing is gone. Author Tobias Buckell put together this helpful list…

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Filed Under: charity, Good Causes Tagged With: hurricanes

What Wendy Wore: Prada Lip Dress From 2012

May 19, 2017 by WendyB

What Wendy Wore: Prada Lip Dress From 2012

On Wednesday, I went to the 50th-anniversary fundraising dinner for the State University of New York’s Educational Opportunity Program. The EOP provides college access and support to low-income students in New York State — young adults who are often the first ones in their families to go to college. These students haven’t had the advantages…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, charity, dresses, earrings, emoji, Fashion, Good Causes, Jewelry, necklaces, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, repeat offender collage, stud earrings, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: 2012 prada dress, slow fashion

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