Gettys History Club to Sponsor Bead for Life Event

Submitted by Tracee Simpson

The Gettys Middle School History Club will sponsor a Public Sale Event for Bead for Life March 8 and 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Gettys Middle School Media Center. Parents and the public are invited to this exclusive event.  Student Days will be March 12-16 during all lunches.

The event is an exciting opportunity to learn more about and support impoverished Ugandan women who are lifting their families out of poverty with their handmade, high-quality beaded jewelry, featured on NBC Nightly News, in O Magazine, Vanity Fair, Family Circle and other publications.

Bead for Life is a socially responsible global organization, working with women, all of whom were living on less than $1 a day in extreme poverty.  Like extremely poor people worldwide our members have experienced many sorrows and difficulties.  Yet they remain strong, resilient, and hopeful for a better life.  Based in North America and Uganda, BFL has partnered with industrious women who make vivid beaded jewelry out of recycled paper.  The 300 members of BFL support almost 5,000 others to climb out of poverty. 

“Bead for Life’s philosophy is that people want jobs rather than handouts.  We focus on ways for people to leave poverty behind forever,” says BFL Co- Director Devin Hibbard.  “The beaders are incredibly hard working, and every dollar they make goes into critical things, like sending children to school, paying for health care, and saving to build a home.” 

The beaders’ work has been sold at thousands of home parties and businesses and community-sponsored events around the world. All net profits from BFL sales are invested in projects that fight extreme poverty, primarily in three key areas: health, affordable housing, and vocational training for impoverished youth, and entrepreneurial development through micro credit for small businesses.

For  more information about BeadforLife is found at www.beadforlife.org.