Friends and business colleagues from Indiana, Sheryl Woodhouse-Keese, Pam Wheelock, and Renee Sweany serendipitously met up with each other during the Green Festival in Chicago earlier this year. While catching up on life and their individual businesses, the three learned of their shared interest in partnering with other local eco-friendly business to offer sustainable fundraising options to schools and non-profits in their home state.
Renee Sweany, owner of Green Piece Indy eco-living e-mail tips and Green Savings Indy coupon book, saw how the Indiana-focused fundraising project fit nicely into her Green Indy suite of businesses, and took on the role of developing and managing the project.
In addition to Twisted Limb Paperworks' handmade 100% recycled paper and stationery, Purrfect Play's handmade organic pet toys, and Green Savings Indy's green business coupon book, four other earth-friendly businesses are included in the fundraising catalog. These are Tracey Clean all natural cleaning supplies, Herbal Art handmade soap and candles, Local Folks Food sauces, and Indiana Living Green magazine.
Sheryl Woodhouse-Keese, owner of Twisted Limb feels the strength of this particular fundraising program is not only in the mutually beneficial relationship between Hoosier non-profits and responsible micro businesses but in the variety of practical products offered. The group wanted the catalog to offer something for everyone and expects the wide-ranging selection to be an appealing selling point for working with Green Fundraising Indy.
All fourteen products offered by the seven companies are $15 each and schools will keep $5 of each sale. To request fundraising information, interested organizations should visit http://www.greensavingsindy.com/green-fundraising/.
