14 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday September 6, 2006 www.oakvillebeaver.com Whole Foods and Blessing Baskets join forces to fight poverty Whole Foods Market at 301 Cornwall Rd., is doing something to fight global poverty. The organic and all-natural grocery store has joined forces with The Blessing Basket Project, is a non-profit organization, that sells Blessing Basket, hand-woven baskets to help to change the face of global poverty. "With the help of Whole Foods Market we are significantly changing the lives of impoverished people in five countries around the world," said Theresa Wilson, Founder and Executive Director of the Blessing Basket Project. "Whole Foods Market sets the corporate standard when it comes to the responsibilities of global citizenship." Whole Foods Market retails Blessing Basket baskets and sends basket sale profits back to the Blessing Basket Project, which in turn sends the funds back to the village where the baskets were made to fund social projects benefiting the entire village. The Blessing Basket Project is focused on building a model of sustainable employment to help the more than four billion people worldwide who live on less than $2 a day. "We are weaving hope into the world, one basket at a time," said Wilson. The Blessing Basket Project pays its weavers substantially more than the national minimum wage for every exquisite basket they weave. "Directly employing weavers and paying wages higher than any other importer in the world enables poor families to regain self-reliance. We provide a `hand up' for our weavers and their families to obtain proper nutrition, healthcare and education." A surprising by-product of The Blessing Basket Project has been the creation of entrepreneurs. In Africa for example, one weaver escaped a life filled with violence, purchased a cow and started her own restaurant with the money she earned from weaving just a few baskets. She is now financially stable, and has even hired someone to help her raise her four young boys. After just two years of operation, The Blessing Basket Project employs nearly 3,000 weavers in five countries. The organization also sponsors infrastructure projects, including the building of schools and other public structures, which benefit entire communities of impoverished people. For more information about Blessing Baskets, visit www.blessingbasket.org. For information about Whole Foods, see 1/2price $55 HIGHLIGHTS OF $20.00 nical F ch Te any en you service wh Ad! g this er offer. brin y oth th Not valid wi an reg. $110.00 cut & style optional with Georgio, new clients only! Redeem ad to qualify. Open Sundays 304 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville 905-845-7671 Financing A vailable 0.A.C. 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