Spreading the Love....

I want to thank all of you who made it out to Soiree on the Strand yesterday. We were blessed with great weather, people, food and most of all LOVE. The event rang in the Valentine holiday quite well with it's love based theme and non-profit organizations doing their part to make our world a better place to live in. I was happy to be involved in the event and was able to promote healthy eco-friendly love bottles to friends and families. 

Here is an article written by the Coast News about this great event:

Nonprofits gather to feed the world at Soiree on the Strand

Coast News Group

OCEANSIDE — Vicki Casper, representing World Vision and Belinda Canez, of Cafecito, 200 The Strand North are hosting another Soiree on the Strand. This month’s event, the Love Edition, will take place from 2 to 7 p.m. Feb. 13.

“Our event is an effort to bring together both local and international nonprofit organizations and fair-trade promoters together to support a better world for the poor and voiceless,” Casper said.

Additional groups and representatives participating include other nonprofits Laura Luxemburg with Ssubihut.org for Uganda with paper beads, etc.; Heavenly Treasure, which sells all kinds of products made through micro loans; Janey De Meo of Orphan's First, who help orphans worldwide; John Ashfari of Music Moves, a local organization for autistic people; Holy Honey, selling honey and other items to fund projects around the world; Jason Coker of the local Micah Film fest who will be showing a film made by Carlsbad High students on poverty; The Purpose, with more items including Love bottles made from recycled glass and Chikumbuso purses made from recycled plastic bags by ladies in Zambia.

Throughout the day there will be music by Torque of Oceanside, and Yael from La Jolla.

“This is our third Soiree on the Strand event and we are coming together to bring awareness to our community about those who may live next door or across the world who are suffering, voiceless and dying without hope,” Casper said. “Through all the organizations coming, we would like to show others how they can make a difference through purchasing products, sponsoring a child, donating time or money or promoting green practices.”

 ** I promise I will post pictures that are not from my cell phone. I had some amazing pictures taken of not just the love bottles but of the whole event. Stay tuned......