Andrew and Jillian met while Andrew was coaching a soccer camp at Jillian’s church. They had heard about each other for years, but hadn’t actually met until Andrew stopped by Jillian’s office at the end of the summer two years ago. That visit sparked six months of long distance communication, multiple [...]
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BeadforLife Volunteer Coordinator, Korri Roach, met with Astrid and asked her the following questions:
Where are you from?
I was born in Colima, Mexico but I have lived in Northglenn Colorado for eight years.
What are some of your hobbies, likes, dislikes, interests, passions, etc.?
I love to play sports, I enjoy puzzles, and I wish to travel the [...]
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BeadforLife has been working with Vermillion Design + Interactive of Boulder, Colorado to re-vision our branding and create a new look that embodies the heart and spirit of BeadforLife and the work we do. We love the end result and think you will too.
As always we would love to hear from the many voices of [...]
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BeadforLife was very excited to host 18 Community Partners from across the United States and Canada in our Boulder office this past September for the bi-annual CP Gathering.
Community Partners are volunteers in various communities throughout North America who serve as ambassadors for BeadforLife. Their work is to expand our reach, sell our beads and inspire [...]
Today is Halloween and what is more endearing than the image of cute little children frolicking from door-to-door dressed as ladybugs, ghosts, miniature comic book characters and fairies?
The goodie bags full of candy seems harmless enough, apart from the inevitable exhaustion parents may experience due to sugar-infused children. However, what may be just chocolaty treats for [...]
I wasn’t exactly looking for something like BeadforLife when I stumbled upon it my sophomore year of college. “I want to do something with Africa,” I told professor McLean that day in her office. As a young aspiring journalist turned anthropologist, I knew I wanted to make a difference. Never in 100 years did I [...]
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In 2005 an estimated 40,000 children were fighting to survive in the midst of Uganda’s 20-year civil war. Many children escaped death every night by walking from rural villages into the town of Gulu and other urban centers for safety.
Upon hearing this story, in 2005, two Canadians began walking every night to downtown Toronto to [...]
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It is essential that we examine and compare the patterns of extreme poverty on all levels, whether it is local or global, if we are to understand its complexity and gain the means to eradicate it. As they say, with knowledge comes power!
Here’s a glimpse…
Microcosm: Children in Colorado are plummeting beneath the poverty line and [...]
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Recently two of BeadforLife’s incredible Community Partners, Suzanne Bowman and Donna Theobold who live in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire area invited all of their volunteers for an afternoon get together to have some fun and meet BeadforLife co-founder Torkin Wakefield. This group of volunteers help sell beads and tell the stories of our Ugandan partners who [...]
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