Welcome to the peace. love. swap. blog

The peace. love. swap mission is to keep gently used baby, kid, and maternity items out of landfills and to donate to local charities by producing fun, affordable, family friendly swaps where you can get together & exchange your unwanted/ outgrown items on an regular basis.
You can find more info about peace. love. swap at http://www.peaceloveswap.com/ . You can also email Meg at peaceloveswap@gmail.com This is general info about p.l.s (peace. love. swap)- where I let people know about updates to the current swaps, new swaps coming up, and general info about swaps in general. Hi! My name is Meg & I married, live in Grass Valley, CA and have 3 beautiful kids (Christian, Milla & Lola) and one on the way. I started doing these kid's clothing and gear swaps in June 2009 in Nevada County. They were fun, rewarding and very needed. After getting emails from moms asking when I was coming to their area, I knew I had to help moms get them going in their own cities. I also knew that in order to grow peace. love. swap, I was going to need help. In February 2010, I welcomed Elle Beyer on as a partner. Elle is also a mom of 4, wife, small business owner, performer, artist, and martial arts pro. Elle found me while posting her children's clothes online, loved the idea and became a regular swapper. After the first swap, she was addicted as well, and wanted to help take p.l.s to the national, or even worldwide level. Along with Elle, I think we have what it takes to recruit moms everywhere and offer our events in different cities across the US.



For more info on how it works & upcoming events- check out the website http://www.peaceloveswap.com/


happy swapping~

meg & elle

Sunday, December 6, 2009

p.l.s. news and updates

Wow! great turn out at the Nevada County kid's swap yesterday. The upside... plenty of stuff to go around - great gifts from the gift swap section.... the downside? (if there is one) - the fact that I don't have enough room in both of my cars (btw one is a F-250 longbed & the other is a small SUV) to cart everything to and from the swaps. Thank goodness for the volunteers that took some stuff with them on Saturday. I still had to leave the truck at the swap - drive the car home, unload, then come back for the truck.... Solution?? I need to get a trailer- this will allow me to keep the stuff in the trailer between swaps too. No loading and unloading 6 times for one swap - just loading and unloading at the swap. Anyone that goes to the swaps (especially this last one) can attest to the fact that there is a TON (not literally but close) of stuff left over. I will look into donors to come and pick the stuff up the day of the swap - but many places that I have donated stuff to don't want stuff every month - so I am always in search of new chartible organizations. I have recently aquired non-profit (501(c)3) status, so all money & sponsorship donations are tax- deductible. Or on the off chance that someone wants to donate a large enclosed trailer - that too would be tax deductible. I am looking forward to the first Rocklin Swap on 12/19. I am hoping for good weather and for a great turnout - I am a little scared b/c it's so close to Christmas, but we will see how it goes! I will email the winners of the Nevada County Raffle and post of Facebook later today. Also, there were some large items that were not taken at the swap yesterday - I have posted the items on the p.l.s. yahoo group page - thought I would try to give to some swappers before I donate on Monday and Tuesday.
Thanks - stay posted for more changes, upcoming news and other updates - you can subscribe to blog posts (I don't blog every day - maybe once a week if I have the time) - you won't get inundated with updates...Until then~
Happy Swapping.
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