Contest--Jacmel Bay Giveaway!

Hey all--

I have a great giveaway for you!

My mom, Denise Goodale, is the founder of Jacmel Bay, a company deeply entwined with the process of redemption. She creates with the broken treasures washed up on the shores of Jacmel Bay, (a small city on the southern coast of Haiti) including sea glass, sea ceramic, earthquake rubble. All of these beautiful "treasures" were made out of items that were one time very, very broken.

But that's just the beginning. Denise, a sign language interpreter, teaches classes/clinics in sea glass creation to a group of deaf young adults in Jacmel, Haiti. She provides supplies for their artwork and buys from them wholesale. This enables these young people, who currently have no other options for work, income which she hopes will one day be enough to support themselves. Denise sells their work (as well as her own creations) online, in boutiques on the Outer Banks of NC, and at a variety of craft shows. 25% of her profits return to Haiti to support the work of Joy in Hope. Finally, Denise offers significant bulk discounts to teams/individuals raising funds to come and serve in Haiti (with any organization or individual).

In order to get the word out about the work of Jacmel Bay (currently in its second year of operation), Denise is offering a great giveaway.

The winner will receive the following items:

Nativity Scene made from earthquake rubble and Jacmel Bay sea ceramic.

AND

This beautiful cobalt earring/necklace set made with sea glass collected from the beach of Jacmel Bay, Haiti.

There are three ways to participate for SIX chances to win... Via facebook, via twitter, or via blog.

Here's how it works--

• Go to facebook and "like" Jacmel Bay-- one entry

• Go to facebook and link to this blog post- one entry

• Tweet this blog post--one entry

• Write a blog post linking people back to this post - three entries (Now that's what I call bang for your buck!)

When you've done one (or all) of these things, leave your name, email address, and which entries you completed in a comment on this blog post.

THE CONTEST WILL BE OPEN TODAY, September 13, 2011 and will end on September 20, 2011 at 5PM. On September 20th, I will put the correct number of entries into a bowl and have one of my kids draw the winning name! It COULD be your name!

So spread the word...

Thanks friends!