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Announcing our New Partnership in Ottawa!
Every day at ZOË seems to bring exciting new developments! This issue we have the privilege of introducing all of you to Grow. Grow is a social enterprise in Ottawa, Canada that provides training and employment opportunities for adults with disabilities.
Two of their projects include wood and pottery shops, and we are delighted that the teams working in these areas have agreed to team up with ZOË to produce our newest product line - Equitas.
The Equitas product line consists of two fantastic new speakers or general gifts. A very high quality hand made pottery coaster set, and an exquisite business card holder for the desk make with genuine jade accents.
Both items involve skill and care in their production that the team at Grow is more than capable of demonstrating. We are proud to be working in partnership with Grow and feel the Latin word Equitas, which means justice and from which our English work equality is derived, is the perfect way to capture the spirit behind this great enterprise.
The idea for the name came from an early conversation with Micah Elson who oversees the work at Grow. In speaking about the team he said: "Equality is a huge piece of what we are doing here - providing access to jobs that they would normally only dream of. There is nothing that I can do that they can't do. Even though it may take them longer to learn it, there is nothing I have come across that they can't do given enough time and the right training."
Our commitment at ZOË Alliance is to continue to extend opportunities to individuals and communities who are marginalized that allow them to fully exercise their abilities and to provide for themselves and their families.
This new project with Grow is especially fun because it allows us to extend highly skilled and meaningful work opportunities to an exceptionally gifted group of people right here at home.
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Ideas for Conferences for the New Year
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Even in the midst of the holiday season, many of us are already planning events for the New Year.
ZOË Alliance has several great conference items to choose from including conference pens, conference bags, attendee, and speakers' gifts that are receiving rave reviews from our association and large corporate clients.
Did you know that while you are handling the larger details of speakers, program, and venue over the next couple of months, your order for routine gifts could be helping 20 - 30 people in a village provide for their families while they prepare your pens, conference bags, or speakers gifts?
Contact us for a custom quotation and let us help you tick one more thing off your list early as you prepare for your next big event.
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The ZOË Challenge invites corporations and individuals to join us in harnessing 10% of what we plan to spend on gifts, donations and promotional items to generate $89 billion dollars in job creating sustainable aid.
As we head into the holiday season and plan for next years conferences, why not take a moment to think about the impact that your routine gifts could have on the lives of people like Wilma, Darl, Darshini, and Helene.
If you plan to buy some gifts personally, it's not too late to find one that is produced in accordance with fair trade principles.
If you still need some last minute executive client gifts for the holidays or are planning a big conference in the New Year, we would encourage you to look at how you might source an especially memorable gift or promotional item.
If you like the idea but don't know where to start, give us a call at 647-477-4377, or drop a line at info@zoealliance.com
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News and Links
TELEVISION NEWS STORY
Our launch event in October was covered and developed into a 7-minute news segment that aired November 23, 2010. You can watch this online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dK1XPY5s1Q&feature=player_embedded
KEY LINKS
ZOË Challenge Video (I Can Do That!)
Press Release (Think 1:1:1)
Interview with Chris Chopik of Evolution Green
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Recent Blog Posts
Have you been following the ZOË weekly blogs? It's a great way to keep in touch with the current activities of both ZOE Alliance and our founder, Angie.
Here are a couple of her more recent blogs that we think you would enjoy: How We Define Ourselves and Others? (November 23), The Advent Conspiracy on Steroids (November 30).
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Who is ZOË Alliance?
ZOË Alliance Inc. is a social enterprise that harnesses what we spend to help developing nations break the cycle of poverty.
ZOË Alliance helps people and companies transform impoverished villages with their regular purchases. We stretch each dollar spent on a personal or corporate gift three ways: to purchase a gift that tells the story of hope; to create jobs with dignity in villages; and to donate funds toward a school or village project.
We also help companies link their Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives to the bottom line by making it easy to source high quality, profitable products from producer groups in villages around the globe.
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Contact Us
ZOË Alliance Inc.
15-75 Bayly Street West, Suite 279,Ajax, ON Canada L1S 7K7
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