Crafting for Charity: Etsy for Charity Folks

I can’t say it enough, but there are really a lot of people out there interested in doing for others in a creative and otherwise generous fashion. Which is great! For example:

Visit Etsy For Charity

In January I posted about the Etsy for Charity folks, a street team that supports a variety of charities, chosen monthly. What I didn’t know (I should really do a Google search on things before hitting post) is that they have their very own social network through Ning. The Etsy for Charity Social Network has 67 members participating right now, and is of course connected to the Etsy shop that does the actual donations.What a great way to form community with people who are like-minded!

What does this social site offer? Well,

1. you can get Etsy for Charity badges for your site like the one above and promote their work,
2. you can get more information about their charity of the month (in February it’s Farm Sanctuary and Make It Right in New Orleans, and March will be Sightsavers International). Also see their Charity of the Month blog! aaand,
3. you can link to their blog, which talks about what they’re doing and features some of the group memers, and also!
4. you can get to know the people who donate their wares or link to the gallery of members. You can also get to know the folks that support these charity-minded folks.

I saw some familiar faces there – for example, Etsy for Animals is an advertiser. In fact, one of the organizers of Etsy for Charity runs Etsy for Animals!

I got to know some new folks there, like this Etsy shop called Creations4Causes. This shop is made up of a family of artists who donate 15% of their proceeds to rotating charities. They are a very active part of this network, and also do some of the posting to the Etsy for Charity blog, such as featuring members.

More new folks and connections: the Etsy for Charity network is run by Caged Bird Sings, with her coworkers/helpers- UniqueGrabs and Mvegan5 (who also runs Etsy for Animals).