About Us
The GreaterGood Network of websites offers the public a unique opportunity to support causes they care about at no cost to them.
Every purchase in our suite of online stores gives a charity royalty of from 5-30% to a specific worthy cause.
Global Girlfriend was created by Stacey Edgar in 2003 to help women worldwide gain economic security while providing you unique products and a simple way to help women in need. Our fair-trade boutique offers a line of trend-setting, women-made, fair-trade products including stylish apparel, accessories and gifts with one purpose -- helping women in need help themselves. We believe passionately that economic opportunity for women holds the promise for real change in the world; because when women have an income, they reinvest in themselves and in their children's health, education and nutrition, building stronger families and communities over time. Many women try desperately to make a living selling their artisan-quality goods but find that they have little access to market opportunities. Through fair-trade practices, Global Girlfriend brings the work of these disadvantaged groups directly to you. Global Girlfriend believes in forming long-term partnerships that provide women a fair living wage with equal employment opportunities, healthy and safe working conditions, technical assistance and development strategies to foster prosperity and reduce poverty.
- Women Made
We know that economic opportunities for women holds the promise for real change because with a sustainable income over time, a woman invests in her family's health and education -- things that really help break the cycle of poverty. - Fair Trade
We also know that for women to thrive, those opportunities must reflect fair working conditions, many times non-traditional ones like working from home, and access to resources that provide a gateway into the global economy - Eco-Friendly
We share one earth and it must be healthy for us all to thrive. We support women in producing products that solve their community environmental issues, producing healthier children, rivers, skies and world.
Global Girlfriend directs the charity royalty from each purchase to Camfed (Campaign for Female Education), a nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating poverty in Africa through the education of girls and the empowerment of young women. Camfed works directly with girls and women in rural areas of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana and Tanzania, providing educational and economic opportunities.
The charity royalty from each purchase at Global Girlfriend is directed to Camfed's seed money micro-grant and micro-credit program. Camfed's seed money micro-grant program is run by young women for young women, creating a bond of female solidarity that is integral to its success. Young women in the seed money program receive an initial micro-grant, which they do not have to repay, in order to launch a small business venture, benefiting themselves, their families, and their entire communities.
About Stacey Edgar
A passionate advocate for women and children, Stacey Edgar started Global Girlfriend in 2003 as a way to provide economic security for women in need by creating a sustainable market for their products. She used her 10 years in social work practice with women and children as a springboard to her role as a social entrepreneur.
Stacey has been honored by the Microsoft Corporation as a recipient of the company's "Start Something Amazing" awards, by the Denver Business Journal as a 2007 "40 Under 40" Business Leader, featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, in Multichannel Merchant magazine as a "Maven of Merchandise", and by Organic Style as one of their 2005 "Women with Organic Style". Stacey is a Next Generation Fellow of the American Assembly, a Columbia University project to define a strategy for America's foreign policy future.
Stacey travels regularly to build valued lasting relationships with the women artisan cooperatives Global Girlfriend promotes and to design and hand-select fashion-forward products in order to bring the best in fair trade fashion to Global Girlfriend's customers worldwide. Stacey is a sought-after speaker on the topics of women in the global economy, fair trade, sex trafficking, market and enterprise development, cause marketing, entrepreneurship and parlaying your passion into your career. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Illinois and a Bachelor of Social Work from Western Illinois University.
You can follow Stacey's Global Girlfriend adventures on Twitter at:
http://twitter.com/Staceedgar
Artisan group Cerca la Source in Haiti, January 2009
Pink Ribbon Store directs the charity royalty from each purchase to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information and education to women about breast cancer. NBCF places a special emphasis on reaching low-income, minority, and working-poor women whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited. They provide free to low-cost mammography screenings and educational programs for women in need.
Museum Shop directs the charity royalty from each purchase to First Book, a national nonprofit organization giving children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. First Book has provided more than 50 million new books to children in need in hundreds of communities nationwide.
We also operate a suite of Click To Givetm sites, where visitors' once-a-day clicks fund contributions to charity at no cost to them. One hundred percent (100%) of sponsor advertising is paid as a royalty to charity through the non-profit, tax-exempt GreaterGood.org. Our Click To Givetm sites include The Hunger Site, The Breast Cancer Site, The Child Health Site, The Literacy Site, The Rainforest Site, and The Animal Rescue Site.
In addition, supporters can contribute directly to charity by purchasing Gifts that Give Moretm, where one hundred percent (100%) of their donation is given to charity.
In fiscal year 2007, the GreaterGood Network gave over $1.7 million to charity, nearly 7 times our after-tax profit.
