Giveaways 4 Good

Below are some giveaways that do some good
...and not just for the people who win them!

Have a giveaway for good?  Not sure?  Please read below before posting...

Your giveaway can be posted here if ANY of the following is true...

1. The giveaway promotes a charity.
2. The giveaway promotes a product that donates 10% or more of it's revenues to charity.
3. The giveaway raises awareness of an important cause.
4. The product being given away is Fair Trade.  
5. The product being given away is a bath or beauty product which is cruelty free.

All others will be deleted. 

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Slavery: Then and Now

Part of Hearts Should Be Free - 2015

giveaways to raise awareness of modern slavery

SLAVERY STILL EXISTS

"I want to be very clear:  I'm talking about real slavery.  This is not about lousy marriages, this is not about jobs that suck, this is about people who can not walk away, people who are forced to work without pay, people who are operating 24/7 under a threat of violence, and have no pay.  It's real slavery in exactly the same way that slavery would be recognized throughout all of human history."
           - Kevin Bales (from his TED Talk in 2010.)

I think sometimes when people first hear about millions of people in modern slavery today they wonder, "Is it REAL slavery that we're talking about?  Or is this just some metaphor for being trapped in bad circumstances?"  But the more I learn about slavery today, the more clear it is that this is LITERAL slavery.  I have read stories of people beaten if they would not work, people's lives being threatened if they tried to leave, and even some branded with tattoos so that they could be found again if they escaped.  Slavery today, looks a lot like slavery a few hundred years ago (though there are some differences).  Read on...

Past and Present Slavery
A Side by Side Comparison 

Then	Today
For most of history, in most places, slavery was legal. (1b, 1c)	Today, slavery is officially illegal around the world, though laws against slavery are not always enforced, and some countries lack laws covering some forms of slavery.  Still, slavery as a criminal activity exists worldwide. (1c, 2)
The average cost for a old-world slave was around $12,000 to $40,000 (adjusted to today's currency), and were treated as a long term investment (1d, 2)	The average cost of obtaining a slave, worldwide, today is somewhere between $90 - $400.  In North America, the cost is around $3,000 to $8,000--still a fraction of what it cost when slavery was legal here.  The result of this is that today's slaves are often treated like disposable resources. (2)
Slaves were subject to beatings and other forms of violence and abuse. (1d)	Beatings and other forms of  violence are still tools traffickers use to keep people enslaved today. (2)
Women slaves were often raped by their masters and subjected to other sexual exploitation. (1d)	Women in slavery today are still subject to rape, even when they are trafficked primarily for labor, not sex. (2)
Tattoos were used to mark people as slaves in ancient China, Greece and Rome, and branding was common during the trans-atlantic slave trade. In both ancient Rome and in the U.S. south, metal collars were sometimes put on slaves who tried to run away. (1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 4)	Today, sex traffickers sometimes tattoo their victims so that they can mark prostitutes as "theirs" and track them down if they try to leave.  These tattoos may be names or designs like logos, and often  incorporate bar codes that can be scanned by smart phones.  In Niger, Wahaya slaves are sometimes made to wear heavy brass ankle bracelets to signify their slave status.  (5,6, 7a, 7b)
In the past, slavery was an important part of world economies, and a large percentage of many nations were slaves.  Here is a sampling of nations who's historical slave prevalence we know (numbers are rounded). Percentage of  Population Enslaved (by Year Recorded) 150 BC - Rome - 30-40% 1086 - England - 10% 1930 - Ethiopia - 12% to 25% 1910 - Korea - 30% to 50% 1860 - United States - 13% (1b,1g)	The percentage of the world population enslaved today is lower than at any time in modern history, and the money generated by slavery today is the "tiniest proportion of the global economy to ever be represented by slave labor." (2)   The exact percentage of slaves in the world today is impossible to  determine as slavery today is  mostly a criminal, underground activity, and no longer publicly recorded as it often was under legal slavery.  But the largest  slave population in the world today is most likely Mauritania, where an estimated 4% of the population is still enslaved. (2, 8, 9)

Access printable version of this chart for classroom use

 with additional alternative chart for elementary age children.

"The past, the present, and the future are really one:  They are today"

~Harriet Beecher Stowe, 18th Century Abolitionist

Click here to see how you 
can help end slavery!

Sources listed at the bottom of this page.

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GIVEAWAY

PRIZES:
One winner will receive the items pictured above...

One Heart-Shaped Ceramic Ornament by Scribbleprints

Set of 20 Heart Valentines by Scribbleprints

Set of 3 "Voices of Freedom" Bookmarks by 8th Wonder Creations

TO ENTER:

This giveaway is open to residents over 18 of the United States, Canada (except Quebec), and the United Kingdom. Enter on the Rafflecopter below.  Read complete rules here.

(NOTE:  I'm so sorry I can't offer these giveaways in more places right now.  If where you live isn't on this list, please help me bring next year's Heart's Should Be Free giveaways to your country by helping me researching giveaway laws there.  e-mail me at ecarian@yahoo.com for more info).


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SOURCES:

1.  Wikipedia: 
1b. Slavery
1c. Abolition of Slavery Timeline
1d. Treatment_of_slaves_in_the_United_States
1e. Human Branding
1f. History of Tattooing
1g. Slavery in Ancient Rome
1e. 1860 US Census

2.  How to Combat Modern Slavery, 2010 TED Talk by Kevin Bales (Transcript)

3. Sexual Violence in Labor Trafficking

4.  Object Record:  Slave Collar

5.  Tattood Trafficking Survivors Reclaiming Their Past - The Guardian

6. The Ink 180 Story

7.  Anti Slavery.org
7a. Descent Based Slavery
7b. Wahaya:  Young Girls Sold Into Slavery
(This article has been taken down, but there is another related article here.   I do not know if it contains the exact info but does talk about the Wahaya practice)
8.  Global Slavery Index - 2014 Report


9.  "The Global Markets in Modern Day Slavery" by Gary Craig Criminal Justice Matters, Volume 97, Issue 1, 2014

10 "Twenty First Century Slaves:  Combating Global Sex Trafficking" by Siddharth Kara

Giveaways 4 Good

Below are some great giveaways for fair trade products, or products which support charity.  

Ends Oct 30

Fair Trade Prize Package - US & Canada

Ends Oct 31

Fair Trade Style Share Box

Fair Trade Style Share Box

Fair Trade Tote, Chocolate, and Lime Marmalade

Autumn Prize Package - US & Canada

All Items are either Fair Trade, Green/Organic or Homemade Products from Bloggers & Small Businesses (or gift cards that could be spend on anything)

Ends Nov 4

World Vision Hand Carved Serving Spoons - US

Giveaway supports charity

World Vision Fair Trade Coffee Set - US

Fair trade AND supports charity

Fair Trade Fashion 

Ends Nov 22

Fair Trade Gym Bag Full of Fair Trade Clothes - US



If you know of any other giveaways spreading awareness, or promoting a fair trade or charitiable product, please submit them here.

Giveaways 4 Good

The following giveaways are for products that help support good causes!

$25 to Apollo's Tools - (ENDS TODAY, 4/29) - US

  A portion of the proceed of Apollo Tools' pink tools is given to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

  

Natures Path Gift Package (5/6) US, CAN

Nature's Path purchases all of their organic cocoa fair trade, and are doing what they can to purchase their organic sugar cane, molasses, and spices from Fairtrade farmers as well.  They also donate 1% of their proceeds to to help endangered species and support environmental awareness programs for children

Giveaways 4 Good

The following giveaways are for products that help a good cause, or fair trade products which provide a living wage to those who make the product and the materials in it.

$75 Novica Gift Card (4/3 10 pm)

Fair trade company

Apollo Tools (4/4)

Portion of sales support breast cancer research.

Liberty Fair Trade Chocolate (4/8)

Primal Pit Paste Natural Deodorant (4/15)

Uses fair trade Shea Butter.

Giveaways 4 Good

I like to share giveaways that support good causes, and giveaways for fair trade items.  Here are some I found this week.  If you know of any more, please share them and I'll add them!

Ends March 7

$10 Causora Credit 
Causora is a site that rewards you for giving.

Ends March 9

Advertising Raffle
Helps a group fighting sex trafficking.

Fair Trade Necklace


Ends March 14

Jewels for Hope Bracelet
10% of sales go to charity.

Ends April 15

$100 GC to Sitara Collection 
Fair Trade Store

Slavery Still Exists

SLAVERY STILL EXISTS

"I want to be very clear:  I'm talking about real slavery.  This is not about lousy marriages, this is not about jobs that suck, this is about people who can not walk away, people who are forced to work without pay, people who are operating 24/7 under a threat of violence, and have no pay."
           - Kevin Bales (from his TED Talk in 2010.)

The quote above is from the video that prompted me to start Hearts Should Be Free.  That quote especially caught me, because, I think sometimes when people first hear about modern slavery they wonder, "Is it REAL slavery that we're talking about?  Or is this just some metaphor for being trapped in bad circumstances?"  But the more I learn about slavery today, the more clear it is that this is LITERAL slavery.  I have heard stories of people beaten if they would not work, people's lives being threatened if they tried to leave, and even some branded with tattoos so that they could be found again if they escaped.  Slavery today, in most of it's forms,  is almost identical to slavery throughout most of history.  But there are some differences...

1.  Slavery of the past was a legal activity.  As of 2007, there is no country around the world where slavery is legal, and yet it still continues as a criminal activity in nearly every country (even in developed nations like the United States and Canada).

2.  Slaves are cheaper than they used to be.  Before the civil war, adjusted for inflation to today's money, the average price of a slave would be around $40,000.  Today, the cost of acquiring a slave ranges from around $8,000 to as little as $5--with the average worldwide cost being around $90.  In the past because a slave represented a significant investment, slaveowners were more likely to take better care of their slave and less likely to endanger them.   In many places now  slaves are so cheep that they are treated as disposable.

Slavery is widespread.  There are as many as 27 million slaves in the world today, and the products of slave labor contributes to nearly every industry.  In recent years, slaves have been used to make, grow, mine or harvest a dizzying array of products, including...

Bamboo, Bricks, Carpets, Cassiterite, Cement, Charcoal, Christmas Decorations, Clothing, Cotton, Cottonseed, Coal, Coltan, Coffee, Drugs. Electronics, Fireworks, Flowers (real and artificial), Fluorspar, Food/Produce, Footware, Gemstones, Gold, Granite, Gravel, Iron, Nails, Palm Oil, Palm Thatch, Pornography, Rubber, Soap, Stone, Surgical instruments, Teak, Textiles, Timber, Tobacco, and Toys.

Slave labor has also been used for various services including prostitution, housecleaning, cooking, childcare, and hair styling.  Children are also forced to beg, while others are forced to fight as child soldiers.

The first step in ending slavery is simply making more people aware that it exists.  That's why I started Hearts Should Be Free.   You can learn more ways that we can help end slavery here.


GIVEAWAY (ENDED)
To help me spread awareness, Temeka of Zen Custom Jewelry is donating a pair of earring and a bracelet for this giveaway.  She is also donating another pair of her beautiful hand-made earrings which is being given away in another Hearts Should Be Free giveaway here.

TO ENTER
To enter to win the earrings shown above, just answer a question on the Rafflecopter form below.  Extra entries are available after you answer the first question.

You must be at least 18 to enter.  Entries accepted through Feb. 15.  Winner will be chosen and announced here on Feb. 16.  Full entry rules are listed at the link on the bottom of the Rafflecopter form.

FOR THOSE OUTSIDE THE U.S.
This giveaway is only open in the United States, Canada (except Quebec), The United Kingdom, and the following areas of Australia  (QLD, NT, TAS, and VIC only).   I would love to make my giveaways open in more places, but it's hard to meet all the legal requirements for various countries.



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For the information on this page I consulted the following sources:
2010 Ted Talk by Kevin Bales
US State Department's Trafficking in Person's Report
US State Department's List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor.
Wikipedia Abolition of Slavery Timeline

HSBF Giveaway: $25 to Spend at Etsy Shops Fighting Slavery!

Would you like to enter win $25 to spend at shops that donate 100% of their profits to fight modern slavery?   Well read on, because you can!

This year at Such Fun to Give, I wanted to have at least one giveaway that would not only raise awareness of modern slavery, but would help raise funds for to help too. So, I called out to sponsors to help pay for a prize that would come with a donation. None of the shops listed on this giveaway payed a dime for this prize:  so when the winner spends his prize at these shops, 100% of the profits will go to a charity that helps victims of slavery.

Here's a preview of some of the items the winner could get...

Mottled Hunter Green string ... HopeCycleRefas... $5	Turquoise Dangle Earrings MercyJewelry $10	Saat Lotion - 2oz purse fri... 27BathandBody $6.5
Button Earrings TheGlobalHeart $5	Labradorite Stone Earrings BFlyProjJewels $20	Turquoise Dangle Earrings MercyJewelry $10
Blessed Necklace Art4Freedom $15	Paper drinking straws - aqua... fayesfinds $3.25	Lampwork Glass Bead Earrings BFlyProjJewels $20
Blue Sweater TheGlobalHeart $20	4.4 oz Freedom Bar: UPLIFT (... 27BathandBody $8	Push Pins with Purpose / Bri... fayesfinds $9.99
4.4 oz Chamomile Freedom Bar 27BathandBody $8	Black Lace Skinny Pants - up... HopeCycleRefas... $20	Turquoise Freedom Bottle-cap... Art4Freedom $15

Sponsored by send bulk email from excel.

I am so inspired by all the shops I found on Etsy that are helping to raise money for this cause.  This giveaway only features the ones that were giving 100% and gave me permission to include them in this giveaway:  you can browse many more shops I found on my Shop2Flight Slavery Squidoo page.

Would you like to follow their lead?  As part of Hearts Should Be Free I'm hosing an Anti-Slavery garage sale where you can list used or hand-crafted items for sale to fight slavery!  It's very easy...if you've ever sold something on Ebay, you can do this.  Learn more and shop what other's have listed here.

The Winner of This Prize Can Spend $25 in Any of the Following Shops

M.E.R.C.Y Jewelry  

Their jewelry is made by and supports women in a safehouse in the Dominican republic.  Their project  is part of drvision.org.  Learn more on their Website.

The Butterfly Project Jewelry Etsy Shop

The Butterfly Project sells jewelry made by former slaves in safe houses, providing them with a safe income.  They also support Love146 and the Born2Fly project.  Learn more at their website here.

27 Bath and Body

Profits from this shop help fund a project that will provide a safe place for victims of sex trafficking in Cambodia to earn an income away from the sex trade.  Learn more on their Facebook Page.  (There is another HSBF giveaway going on for a sample of her soaps here.)

Art 4 Freedom

They support The Good Shepherd, and organization which serves  women, children, families and victims of human trafficking to improve dignity, support self-sufficiency and enhance their quality of life.

Faye's Finds

Supports My Refuge House, a non-profit which helps victims of trafficking rebuild their lives.

The Global Heart

Supports local safehouses and Free the Girls, a non-profit organization that provides job opportunities for survivors of sex trafficking.  Learn more here.

Hope Cycle Refashions

Supports both national and local organizations (VA Beach, VA area) that are active in the fight against Human Trafficking.

TO ENTER
To enter to win the World Love map print above, just answer a question on the Rafflecopter form below.  Extra entries are available after you answer the first question.

You must be 18 to enter.  Entries accepted through Feb. 15.  Winner will be chosen and announced here Feb. 12.  Full entry rules are listed at the link on the bottom of the Rafflecopter form.

FOR THOSE OUTSIDE THE U.S.

This giveaway is only open in the United States, Canada (except Quebec), The United Kingdom, and the following areas of Australia  (QLD, NT, TAS, and VIC only).   Some of the shops above may not ship to your area, so your giveaway winnings must be spent at a shop that ships where you life. 

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HSBF Giveaway: World Problem, World Love

When I first learned about modern slavery, I was shocked just to learn that it still existed.   I didn't realize that it happened here in American.   I didn't think it could.  I assumed  it was solely the problem of a few third world nations, and I had no idea how widespread it was.

But right here in the United States there have been men beaten and locked in a trailer and forced to pick tomotoes, women have been forced to work braiding hair in a salon without pay, and many are forced to sell their bodies night after night and threatened with violence if they leave--those are just a few examples of slavery right here in the United states.  And these aren't isolated incidents.   The Global Slavery Index estimates that at least 57,000 slaves exist just in the US today.  While impoverished areas and unstable or corrupt governments are the primary breeding grounds for modern slavery,  slavery also happens in developed and stable nations like Canada and the United Kingdom.  Slavery is a not just a third world problem. 

Poppy & Pinecone has donated an item for this giveaway that I thought was fitting for the subject matter:  An 11" x 14" World Love Print.   I see in this map a symbol of the hope that as more people around the world know and care about the problem of slavery, that it can end.  Because while the problem of slavery is huge, I believe that the heart of humankind is bigger.

TO ENTER
To enter to win the World Love map print above, just answer a question on the Rafflecopter form below.  Extra entries are available after you answer the first question.

You must be 18 or older to enter.  Entries accepted through Feb. 12.  Winner will be chosen and announced here Feb. 13.  Full entry rules are listed at the link on the bottom of the Rafflecopter form.

FOR THOSE OUTSIDE THE U.S.

This giveaway is only open in the United States, Canada (except Quebec), The United Kingdom, and the following areas of Australia  (QLD, NT, TAS, and VIC only).   I would love to make my giveaways open in more places, but it's hard to meet all the legal requirements for various countries. 

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HSBF GIVEAWAY: Necklace From UNBOUND Style (ENDED)

This giveaway is part of Hearts Should Be Free,

an Event to Raise Awareness of Modern Slavery

Sex trafficking accounts for over half of all human trafficking around the world, and it's a problem right here in the USA.  76% of human trafficking convictions by the US Department of Justice  in 2012 involved forced or underage prostitution.   Pimps often prey on vulnerable youth and run-aways, first luring them in through deception, then keeping them out on the streets through threats of violence.

The sponsor for this giveaway, Theresa Hoey of UNBOUD Style, is doing something to help children and teens escape prostitution.   At least 15% of everything sold at UNBOUND Style is donated to Children of the Night, a organization which works to help child and teen prostitutes .   Some items from her shop earn even more for charity.  Below is the first of a line of bracelets she's making with 100% of the profits going to support Children of the Night...

The Hearts Should Be Free Bracelet

The gold chain has a tiny heart, hand-molded, cured,

and sanded by Thereasa.  These sell for $16 and 100% of 

the profits go to help Children of the Night.  

I am honored that Theresa choose to name her beautiful line of bracelets after this event, and am thrilled that these will be earning money for an organization that is filling such a desperate need.  Before I move on to the giveaway, I wanted to share a video with you that explains a little bit more about Children of the Night and what they do.

Now, About the Giveaway...

  

Blue Ombre Necklace

Theresa Hoey has graciously donated the necklace above to be given away during Hearts Should Be Free (this is one of two necklaces she's donated for the event.  The other will be given away in a separate giveaway later this week).    You can connect with Theresa at her shop, on her facebook page, on twitter, and on  instagram

To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter form below.  You must be 18 to enter.  Entries accepted through Jan 29.  Winner will be chosen and announced here January 30.  Full entry rules are listed at the link on the bottom of the Rafflecopter form.

NOTE TO THOSE OUTSIDE THE US

This giveaway is only open in the United States, Canada (except Quebec), The United Kingdom, and the following areas of Australia  (QLD, NT, TAS, and VIC only).   I would love to make my giveaways open in more places, but it's hard to find info on where giveaways are legal and what laws and special requirements every country has.


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NOTE:  Children of the Night did not endorse this post and neither is this blog or this event affiliated with Children of the Night.   This post is in collaboration with UNBOUND Style.  After the event was done Theresa did send me a couple items from her shop, just out of the sweetness of her heart...however, I didn't know she was going to do this when I wrote this post or during the giveaway.

HSBF Giveaway: Hearts For Hearts (ENDED)

Hello and welcome to the first giveaway of the Hearts Should Be Free, 2014.  I am holding this giveaway, and this event, for ONE reason--to spread awareness of the 27 million people in slavery today.

This first giveaway will be for a set of heart push pins donate by Melissa of  The Tiny Bee , and a set of heart valentines from my Scribbleprints shop with matching stickers.

A Giveaway From
The Tiny Bee and Scribbleprints

In the last couple years since the first Hearts Should Be Free, I've been happy awareness spread by things like  National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month and the CNN Freedom Project.    But there are many who still don't know, and many more who have misconceptions about the scope of modern slavery.  I've taken the time this last month to dive into some of the new research and reports on trafficking that came out in 2012 and 2013, and compiles the following short list of facts about slavery.  I hope you'll take the time to read through it.

7 Facts About Modern Slavery

1. There is an estimated 27 million people in the world enslaved today.  
2. Human trafficking is the modern term for the "slave trade."
3. Traffickers maintain control of their victims through various means, including violence, coercion  and threats of harm to loved ones.  
4. 27% of known trafficking victims are children. 
5. Sex trafficking accounts for 58% of all human trafficking.  Forced labor makes up around 38%.  Other forms of human trafficking include forced marriage, transportation of people for organs, and forced enlistment of child soldiers.  
6. Victims of  forced labor have been found in nearly every job setting imaginable...including factories, restaurants, private homes, medical facilities, farms, and construction sites. 
7. While poverty can leave people more vulnerable to enslavement, this is not just a third-word problem.  Slavery is present even in developed nations like the United States.

SOURCES:  U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report - 2013 (1, 3, 6, 7)  Polaris Project (2) UNDOC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons - 2012  (4,5) SlaveryFootprint.org 

( Please feel free to copy this list and share it on your blog, tweet about it, etc.     I don't require any credit or back-link, but if I do ask that you include the list of sources below, and if you copy this list verbatim, let others know they are free to copy it too.)

I hope you will also consider joining some of the other events this month on Hearts Should Be Free, such as the Blog-s-Thon to spread awareness, and the Anti-Slavery Garage Sale, and visiting the other giveaways where you will have a chance to learn about different aspects of modern slavery.   To learn more about what you can do to fight modern slavery, click here.

CONNECT WITH THE SPONSORS

You can visit Melissa of  on her facebook page, blog, pinterest page, and of course, at her shop, The Tiny Bee.

You can visit me here, but also at my other  blog, scribbleprints.com, and at my shop www.zazzle.com/scribbleprints

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Thanks so much to Melissa of  The Tiny Bee for donating a sweet set of Heart Push Pins for me to give away on Hearts Should Be Free. I'm also including a set of 10 Lady Red heart stickers and 10 heart Valentines from my Scribbleprints shop (they are made from Zazzle "business cards" so, alas, only usually come in sets of 100.

To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter form below.  You must be 18 to enter.  Entries accepted through Jan 29.  Winner will be chosen and announced here January 30.  Full entry rules are listed at the link on the bottom of the Rafflecopter form.

NOTE TO THOSE OUTSIDE THE US

This giveaway is only open in the United States, Canada (except Quebec), The United Kingdom, and the following areas of Australia  (QLD, NT, TAS, and VIC only).   I would love to make my giveaways open in more places, but it's hard to find info on where giveaways are legal and what laws and special requirements every country has.  If you would like to help me find more info about giveaway laws in your country, e-mail me at ecarian@yahoo.com.

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Melissa sent me a set of push pins (totally unexpectedly...I didn't ask her to, but I am going to enjoy them). Other than that I have not been compensated for this post.

Welcome to Hearts Should Be Free - 2014!

Did you know that there are as many as 27 million people in slavery today?     I once thought that slavery ended after the Civil War brought emancipation, but I now know that people are still kept illegally enslaved by force, fraud and coercion throughout the world, and even here in the United States.

Heart's Should Be Free is an event I first started in January 2012 using giveaways to spread awareness about this modern scourge, because people can't change something they don't know exists.

Now, after a long haitus and a lot of work, Hearts Should Be Free is HERE!

The first giveaways open today, and more will be added weekly through Feb 15. There are also be some new ways that you can participate this year, starting next week,  including a blog-o-thon and online garage sale to raise money for charities that work  to end slavery and help it's victims heal.  To keep up with when each giveaway and event goes live, you can follow the Hearts Should Be Free Facebook Page.

Abolitionist Events!

1/22 - 2/22 Blog-o-Thon
Bloggers, please join us in raising your voice and using your blogging talents to raise awareness of modern slavery!  You can find info and resources to help you here, and you can  link up your posts here.

1/22 - 2/22 Online Garage Sale

Are you needing to clear some clutter?  Have some Christmas presents you'ld like to "re-gift?"  Are you crafty?  Please consider listing an item for charity in our Online Garage Sale.   Click here to shop items people have listed or add your own item!

ENDED GIVEAWAYS & WINNERS
All giveaways are now ended.

 Piroska Blanchette won
$25 to Spend at Shops Which Donate 100%

of their profits to help victims of slavery.

Original Post Here

   Ashley Renee won
 Earrings and Bracelet from Zen Custom Jewelry

Original Post Here

Tennille Fraser Stuff won

a soap sampler from 27 Bath and Body

Original Post Here

Helen Bush won
A Necklace from UNBOUND Style
Earrings from Zen Custom Jewelry
 and Cards by Scribbleprints

Original Post Here

Clair won 
A World Love Poster 
From Poppy and Pinecone
See Post Here

Rhonda Greig won
the Ombre Necklace giveaway From UNBOUD Style!
See Post Here
(Ended Jan 29)

 

Lalaine Hagler won
the Hearts Collection from The Tiny Bee and Scribbleprints

See Post Here
(Ended Jan 29)

Volunteers Needed!

Do you care about the issues of slavery?  Want to help with the even this Jan/Feb?     Check out the ways you can help below!

Share About This Event on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest etc.

Post The "Hearts Should Be Free" Event Button on Your Sidebar
You can find the blog button code below.  (I plan to give extra entries for this in most of the giveaways!)

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Help Me Bring These Giveaways To More Places
Since slavery is a world wide problem, I would like to open this even up to as many countries as possible.  But I am simply not able to research giveaway laws in every country  If you are from another country and would like to be able to participate in our giveaways, I could use your help researching the laws about giveaways where you live.  E-mail me at ecarian@yahoo.com with HSBF if you are interested in helping with this.  

Translation and Research Help I am working on compiling a list of websites about modern slavery in as many languages as possible.  If you speak English and another language, I could use help finding websites and online articles about slavery in your language, and I also need help translating a couple sentences to introduce these websites.   E-mail me at ecarian@yahoo.com  if you are interested in helping with this.  

Help for Next Year  If you think you might want to help out next year by providing an item for an awareness giveaway, contributing a few dollars for a charitable giveaway, translation help, writing an article, or being a co-host, please let me know.  You can e-mail me at ecarian@yahoo.com.  You can also keep updated on plans through the Hearts Should Be Free facebook page.  

Information about the number of slaves was found in the Trafficking and Person's Report put out by the US State Department.

Thanks to Andrea Renee for her creative commons photo which was used to make the background for the button for this event.