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

Friday, January 8, 2010

In the news...

I am pretty excited about the recent exposure on both Good Day Sacramento and the CBS evening segment called "Save with Dave". The links to the segments are posted on both the website www.peaceloveswap.com and also the facebook page.
Check them out if you have a chance. My focus now is 2 things: trying to get the word out to the schools & get them to send fliers home with students & finding sponsors. I really want to be able to bring the swaps to all different communities, but
financially it's hard to do with travel and storage issues (let alone the extra time it takes) hopefully funding through sponsors will help. I wanted to initially have moms start them in their own communities, but I haven't had any takers on that yet :)
It's harder and more time consuming than I think people realize and once they find that out - they aren't really sure they want to do it. But it is always an option.
We will have one in El Dorado Hills in May - so, that will make 5. I would like to expand a little more in the Bay Area as well maybe hitting San Jose, Santa Rosa, and maybe Berkeley. We'll see - I am due with my fourth kiddo in July, so I will be busy.
Until then....
Happy swapping & see you soon,
meg

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