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U-Village sales to benefit White Light Fund

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During the month of December, the University Village glassybaby store will donate 10% of all sales to University of Washington Medical Center’s (UWMC) White Light Fund.  Lee Rhodes, glassybaby founder, is a former cancer patient who received life-saving treatment at UWMC.  She founded the White Light Fund to support cancer patients with basic needs during treatment.

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The White Light Fund supports the UWMC Service League Living Well With Cancer program and The Collegiana. The Living Well With Cancer program provides funds and services to support Beauty & Cancer, bedside art and therapy, knitting lessons, music, family room essentials and more.  The Collegiana offers affordable and convenient lodging for patients, families and caregivers while receiving treatment at UWMC.  A warm and welcoming “home away from home”, the Collegiana accommodates both short and long-term stays in a supportive, community-like environment.

If you visit University Village in the month of December, remember to stop by glassybaby!  The store is open seven days a week, with extended holiday hours, and is located at 2627 NE Village Lane, Seattle, WA 98105.  Phone:  206-274-4683.  Hours and locations for all glassybaby stores can be found  here. 

A catalyst for change – The Junior League of Seattle

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The Junior League of Seattle is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.  Each year, Junior League members contribute more than 60,000 hours of volunteer service to the Seattle community, and positively impact the lives of more than 9,000 children.

We are very proud to announce our partnership with the Junior League
of Seattle, and introduce our newest giving set ‘catalyst.’

 

10% from the sale of each ‘catalyst’ set will be donated to the Junior League of Seattle in support of community programs that empower women and children.

Enter the promo code ‘catalyst’ with your online order between
September 18 and 25, and glassybaby will donate 10% from
your entire purchase to the Junior League of Seattle.

This is where the end of cancer begins

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That’s the promise and the premise behind Stand Up To Cancer, a charity launched in 2008 by the Entertainment Industry Foundation, whose goal is to raise funds to accelerate the groundbreaking research necessary to end cancer. Perhaps you saw the third annual Stand Up To Cancer telethon last Friday night, which raised $81 million in pledges. Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Justin Timberlake, Gwyneth Paltrow, Taylor Swift and many other well-known entertainers joined forces to share their personal cancer stories and help raise money and awareness for this worthwhile cause.

glassybaby is proud to announce our collaboration with Stand Up To Cancer, and introduce our newest giving set which supports their initiative to accelerate innovative cancer research. glassybaby will donate to Stand Up To Cancer 10% from the purchase price of the ‘stand up’ set from now through July 1, 2014.

At glassybaby, we stand up for:

anyone who’s been on the receiving end of a cancer diagnosis;

anyone who’s lost their hair;

anyone who’s been too sick from treatments to get out of bed;

anyone who’s life has been forever altered by cancer.

We stand up for the 1,500 Americans that lose their life to cancer each day.

 

Who do you stand up for?

glassybaby donates $10K to Cancer Patient Assistance Fund

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On August 23rd, glassybaby proudly presented a check for $10,070.90 to representatives from Swedish Medical Center for their Cancer Patient Assistance Fund.   This donation was funded through our June glassybaby seconds sale.   glassybaby wishes to acknowledge and thank the amazing glassybaby community that came out to support our sale and, in turn, this very worthwhile cause.

In the words of Lee Rhodes, glassybaby founder, “The goal of giving back is still the core of our mission, and so many stories begin and are fostered around these little beacons of hope, and the enormous gifts they allow us to bestow.”

No matter what kind of treatment a cancer patient receives, the fight against cancer is more than a physical challenge.  It poses hurdles in other areas of life as well, impacting everything from emotional well being to financial stability.

The Cancer Patient Assistance Fund at Swedish Medical Center is a restricted fund that receives donations from Swedish employees and members of the community.  Social workers at Swedish can use this fund in special cases where money is needed to meet non-medical needs and expenses of seriously ill cancer patients and their families.

Some of the ways this fund has recently helped cancer patients include:

Providing a plane ticket so that a 6-year-old granddaughter could come to Seattle and spend time with her grandmother who was battling stage 4-breast cancer.  The two had seen each other only one other time, and the grandmother was desperate to see her granddaughter before she died.

Providing financial support for back to school supplies and clothes to children of cancer patients.   No child wants to face the first day of school without a backpack of supplies, or worse yet, no backpack at all.

Providing assistance with rent, utilities, groceries, childcare and transportation costs to Swedish Medical Center.  With the struggling economy, many patients can no longer count on support from their extended families.

glassybaby is proud to partner with Swedish Medical Center in support of the Cancer Patient Assistance Fund.  If you missed the June glassybaby seconds sale, the next sale is slated for January of 2013.   Please plan on joining us.

For upcoming announcements regarding our seconds sale, follow us on Facebook or sign up for glassybaby e-mail here.

‘hope’ glassybaby light pancreatic cancer event

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“Hope is something you have as a community, and you also have it within yourself.”

                                                                                    – Lee Rhodes

On Sunday, September 30th, glassybaby joined with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and participated in the PurpleLight National Vigil for Hope.  The Puget Sound event was held in Edmonds, and was one of 60 that took place across the country on the same day.  Pancreatic cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. and approximately 44,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer will be diagnosed this year.   The vigil was an opportunity to encourage those currently fighting pancreatic cancer, and honor those who have lost their lives to this particularly aggressive cancer.

Use the promo code “purple light” with your online order between now and October 10th and glassybaby will donate 10% from the sale of your purchase to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

See all of our purple glass votive candle holders here.

 

glassybaby seconds are first in giving

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Every day, Lindsey pulls the glassybaby made the day before from the ovens and carts them over to a long table in the back. She holds them up to the light, and carefully looks over their size, shape, color, and quality. Those that make the cut are sold in glassybaby stores, but those that do not we call seconds. Twice a year we have a sale so that they too have the chance to light a home, create a memory and start a new story in someone’s life.  But their real purpose, just like every single glassybaby we make, is to give back to charity. glassybaby faithful will soon line up at the Madrona Studio in Seattle for the seconds sale on June 30th, 2012 starting at 8am. glassybaby will donate 10% of revenue (a giving goal of more than $10,000)  from the seconds sale to the Cancer Patient Assistance Fund at Swedish Medical Center.  This fund provides non-medical financial assistance to help those in need.   This crucial program offers relief for rent, transportation; childcare, insurance, utility bills and other essentials that patients need to ensure that they are not forced to forego life-saving cancer treatment.

glassybaby is also supporting the Cancer Patient Assistance Fund by partnering with the Seattle Sounders Women to raise awareness in the fight against cancer. glassybaby donates 10% of revenue from the sale of each ‘grass’ glassybaby to the Assistance  Fund.  As a nonprofit organization, Swedish relies heavily on community partnerships, and the support of those who believe in their mission to provide the very best care to every person they serve — regardless of their ability to pay.

Why glassybaby goodwill:

It began with a light, a light of hope. The year was 1998 and glassybaby founder Lee Rhodes was fighting what would become a 7-year battle with cancer and raising her three young children when she placed tea lights in these small colored handmade glass candle holders and spread them around her home. Feeling the chaos become calm, glassybaby was born. Lee began giving them as gifts, to spread the light of glassybaby. To her, they became “that deep breath that we often forget to take.”  Soon, her friends and family asked her to make more so that they too could give them to others—for celebration, for sympathy, for comfort, for beauty. As the company grew, Lee established glassybaby goodwill, the foundation of glassybaby. To date the company has given over $925,000.00 to charities dedicated to health, healing and quality of life, thereby helping to provide a safety net to those in need. So many stories begin and are fostered around these little beacons of hope. Creating memories, gifting and receiving, lighting and sharing, our community is strengthened and supported by glassybaby giving. As a company, we are determined to stay true to our mission.  We are grateful to our community for sharing in our journey and remembering that as each of us moves through our own story it is our own voice we must listen to, it is our light that must shine.

Sounders Women gift glassybaby ‘grass’

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The new partnership between Sounders Women, Swedish Medical Center and glassybaby was officially launched on May 31st at the Sounders Women home opener in Seattle.  Just before kick off against the Colorado Rush, each of the Seattle Sounder Women gifted a ‘grass’ glassybaby to some very special fans who have been affected by cancer.   Many of the recipients are affiliated with a Washington-based non-profit called “Brandon’s Goal Foundation.”  Named in honor of Brandon Brauns, a four-year old who loved soccer and battled brain cancer, the foundation supports research for childhood cancer, patient services, and family support.

After the ceremony, Kris Forth, Brandon’s mom and founder of Brandon’s Goal Foundation, was approached by a 20 year old woman who was diagnosed with melanoma at age 14.  She shared her story with Kris and told her how exciting it was to learn about the partnership and be at the game for the gifting of the glassybaby.  When Kris learned that this young woman is currently battling her 8th brain tumor, she gave her the grass glassybaby which had just been given to her by a Sounder Player.  Kris said, “I gave her my glassybaby and told her you guys would want her to have it.  You’re reaching a lot of people!”

It’s this kind of generosity, love, and light the partnership hopes to bring to all those who need it.

As part of the new partnership, glassybaby will donate 10% of revenue from the sale of each ‘grass’ glassybaby to the Cancer Patient Assistance Fund at Swedish Medical Center.  This fund provides non-medical financial assistance to help those in need.   This crucial program offers relief for rent, transportation; childcare, insurance, utility bills and other essentials that patients need to ensure that they are not forced to forego life-saving cancer treatment.

photos courtesy of Jane Gershovich/Sounderswomen.com