http://www.leakeycollection.com/blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:06:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en International Women’s Day celebrated March 8 and Women’s History Month, celebrated the month of March in the United States, should be a time of reflection, as well as a call to action to help those women around the world not as fortunate as we are. Although IWD is ... http://www.leakeycollection.com/blog/321-321.html Make your plans to spend a very special evening on March 10 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm! Both Katy and Philip Leakey are here in California and are offering a rare opportunity to hear them discuss the extensive effect that Fair Trade purchases have on local communities and why ... http://www.leakeycollection.com/blog/317-317.html February is all about hearts. Pink hearts, red hearts, sentimental hearts, funny hearts, frilly hearts and most importantly, HEALTHY HEARTS.   This Friday, February 5, Americans will participate in National Wear Red Day, a simple, powerful way to raise awareness of the No.1 killer of women in the United States. Both the ... http://www.leakeycollection.com/blog/316-the-heart-truth-wear-red-day.html As Valentine’s Day, the holiday of love, approaches, consider purchasing a gift that will not only send love to your Valentine but will send love in the form of a donation to Haiti. Through 2/14/10, The Leakey Collection will donate 10% of all orders placed through this website to Partners ... http://www.leakeycollection.com/blog/310-send-a-little-love-to-haiti.html "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead The renowned American anthropologist may not have been speaking specifically about young people when she said those words, but one 6th grade class in California ... http://www.leakeycollection.com/blog/304-children-helping-children.html Happy 2010!  May this be the best year yet for TLC and all of you!!!  Philip and I returned from our holiday rested and ready to go for a successful year.  We are getting production up and running this week as people slowly return from their holidays around the country. The ... http://www.leakeycollection.com/blog/301-end-of-year-end-of-drought.html HAPPY  HOLIDAYS The air is filled with excitement as Kenyans prepare for holiday celebrations around the country.  The weather is warm and although much of Kenya is still gripped with the devastating drought people are turning their thoughts, as are many families worldwide, to preparing for the holidays in ways that ... http://www.leakeycollection.com/blog/299-holiday-greetings-from-kenya.html Sometimes we get such a heartwarming story that we just can't wait to pass it along! One of our customers, Beth Wrightington of Fair is Fair recently told us this sweet tale about friends.  We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. I sold a pair of Friendship Bracelets the ... http://www.leakeycollection.com/blog/297-a-heartwarming-story-about-friendship.html “Create good karma with a purchase from The Leakey Collection…..one of the coolest eco-chic lines on the market today…..Zulugrass is one of our favorite lines of jewelry ever…..a win-win purchase…..a company you can feel good about supporting” That's what Yoga Magazine said about us! Click here to read the rest. We ... http://www.leakeycollection.com/blog/296-need-some-good-karma.html   Turkey, pumpkin pie, quality time with family, football games, tryptophan-induced naps. Then there’s Black Friday shopping. Do you really want to interrupt those relaxing, traditional Thanksgiving activities to join the chaos, long lines and frantic shoppers, trying to find the “perfect” gift at a bargain price? As I’ve noted before, the ... http://www.leakeycollection.com/blog/290-tlcs-version-of-black-friday.html