This past summer I was fortunate enough to intern at Spoke Marketing as part of their Sprockets program — in which three interns (including Amanda Yates) did free work for some non-profits and start-ups in the St. Louis area.
Not only was it a great experience — thankful clients, sweet offices, fun work environment, helping organizations worth helping, getting paid to do so — but now I have an excuse to stop by Whole Foods whenever I can to check out some of the collateral we made for Blessing Basket.
BB is a non-profit that sells baskets hand-made by women from villages in third world nations — Ghana, Uganda, Madagascar, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. However, instead of paying them the fair trade minimum (around $0.80 per basket), they pay them $4 to $7 per basket. In doing so they’re actually ending poverty on a village-to-village basis.
Read more about them and their mission, and while you’re at it, why not buy a basket? I’ve got one. The craftsmanship is remarkable, and the colors really pop.
