Saving the World at Home and Abroad...with a Basket

Button Aprons is donating 10.00 dollars from the sale of every Homekeeping Basket to Heifer International. Heifer International fights hunger by giving animals and knowledge to families in need around the world.

(PRWEB) November 26, 2003 --Can a basket save the world? No, but its a start." says Christine Ansorge, owner of Button Aprons. Button Aprons has challenged itself to sell 500 Homekeeping Baskets by Christmas in order to raise the 5,000 dollars necessary to donate a gift ark of animals through Heifer International. Heifer International take a unique approach to solving the problem of world hunger, instead of milk they give the hungry a cow or a goat or a water buffalo, and with the animal comes training in the best care of the animal and the environment to ensure long-term success. This simple approach has successfully lifted people out of poverty in 115 countries for more than 50 years.
   The Homekeeping Basket is willow basket filled with goodies for making a house homey. One of the Cheryl" style aprons turns ordinary women into domestic goddesses with its cheery red and white check and its detachable bib. Mrs. Dunwoody offers her Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping" in a hard back, first-edition book, and Emilys Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix and a scoop guarantee that if nothing else goes right the cookies will taste good. For every basket sold Button Aprons will donate 10.00 dollars to Heifer International so purchasers will be improving their home and helping to feed someone in need. The Homekeeping Basket can be purchased online at www.buttonaprons.com.
   Button Aprons is a small company in Ravenna, Michigan. The company is dedicated to serving others, first by providing women with distinctly feminine aprons that celebrate the nurturing spirit, secondly, by supporting charitable organizations and thirdly, by offering glimpses of wisdom through its web site and online newsletter. An apron, after all, is a humble garment worn by those who get messy taking care of others.
   Christine Ansorge, owner of Button Aprons, is no stranger to taking care of others. As a mother of four children, taking care of others is what fills her day. Recently though, taking care of her own has not seemed like enough. I saw a picture of a mother collecting grain, kernel by kernel, after an aid truck had driven through the area. Here I sit in a house full of food, and this woman is hunting dirty grain from the road to feed her children. I needed to do more with my life than just take care of my own. Button Aprons is my chance to do that."
   Purchasing a basket wont save the world, but it is a start toward making a difference. Its often said and worth repeating that if we all do a little a lot gets done. For more information about Heifer International look up their web site at heifer.org.
###