Yesterday (Saturday), I took a batch of about 100 hearts down to the Visionary Art Museum in Federal Hill (Baltimore, MD). There were a lot of people all over the museum. It looked like something special was going on--a free tour, some other promotional things....The gift store was busy as ever. I handed over the hearts and into the little bucket they went, right by the register. One of the brochures about the Art Creation Foundation for Children is set up right in the little bucket along with a sign that reads:
"Hope Hearts for Haiti-$1.00".
Literally 10 seconds after they were put out on the counter, a woman asked what they were. Shawn, store papa and local artist himself, explained that they go to support the children in Haiti. The customer bought five right away! That is almost one week's wages for someone living under the Universal Poverty Line, as so many people in Haiti do.
I bought all kinds of fun goodies---it truly is the best gift store anywhere, hands down---and left feeling pretty hopeful myself :-)
(photo: Avam banner, photo credit: travelandleisure.com/Timothy Gardner)
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