It's in the bag

Last month Sammy Fries e-mailed me about his bar mitzvah project idea. It was such a good one I wanted to share it.

Sammy is involved with Operation Noah, an organization that delivers stuffed animals hospitals. He sent me the following e-mail asking for help.

Message: I am looking for a way to get sponsorship for reusable bags and would like your help. We bought some shopping bags at the store and have been reusing them ever since. We even got some for friends to thank them for bringing over dinners while my mom is battling cancer. I have learned that there are numerous reasons why we need to start to use a reusable bag.I would like to share this knowledge at my upcoming Bar Mitzvah and each time we deliver stuffed animals. I am having a go green great outdoors theme for my January 3rd Bar Mitzvah. I would like to give everyone a bag so they do not have to use plastic ones when they go shopping. I was hoping you could sponsor this. Or know someone who could. I could help design the bags and we could put your logo on it. Please e-mail me and let me know your thoughts.

Thanks you,

Sammy Fries

Reply

Hey Sammy -

This is a great idea. Although I cannot personally sponsor you I will post your question and see if any of my readers have ideas for you. That said, I recently found this company that offers a lot of eco-items that can be personalized. You can buy reusable organic bags for about $2 each. I suggest you make a logo for Operation Noah (if you don't have one already) and use these as favors.



However, I think they require you to buy a minimum of 150 bags. If you need a smaller quantity I have put a link to a company that sells individual organic totes for $2.95 each on the look book favors page. You can then add the graphic of your choice using iron-on transfer paper.



Hope this helps!

All the best,

Kate

If anyone else has suggestion please leave your comments below. Let's help Sammy get his dream off the ground!