Life is busy and overwhelming. With the 24 hour news cycles on top of that we are plied with more misery than ever before. It can make you feel like there's no possible way to help anyone ever.
The helpless feeling is not one that I really can live with and as such the last few years most especially I have been looking for easy ways to contribute to organizations and people who are trying to make the world a bit less horrible. With the internet filled to the brim with information it's not all that difficult anymore to take a few minutes and look up the ethics of a business. I personally am glad for that because I am pretty tired of giving my money to people who are ruining the world and it seems almost unavoidable at times to not give your money to some jerk who is going to buy a fourth house and yacht.
One of the ways I am incorporating this practice more into daily life is in my gift giving. I am looking for places who have good track records on ethics or support things that I care about and My Sister is one of those places. It's an organization who makes and carries gifts and apparel that is feminist oriented and uses it's funds in the fight against sex-trafficking. One opened in Minneapolis not all that long ago and I stopped in for a visit when looking for a gift for a friend.
They had great tops and stretch pants as well as other little treats. And if you're one of the people out there protesting especially in this heat-this is a good place for shirts to wear. The gifts I gave from here went over well I might add. People seem to really appreciate knowing you thought of them in a way that would contribute positively and that is a nice feeling. Stop in some time or visit the website My Sister.
