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

Monday, December 27, 2010

Swapping is the new shopping for 2011

Swapping is the new shopping - and swaps are only going to get bigger in 2011.  With the economy the way it is and the growing concern about the environment, swapping is really the way to go.  We have been putting on kids clothing and gear swaps for over a year and a half now, and will be coming up on our 50th swap in the first part of 2011... that's A LOT of swaps : ). peace. love. swap is the only organization (that we know of) that produces ongoing kids clothing and gear swaps (bi monthly or quarterly)... we know how fast kids grow & how quickly they grow tired of their toys.  We also help moms get their own successful swap started in their area. We really feel like every community should have a kid's clothing swap that happens every other month. That's why we partner with kid friendly locations to host the swaps - moms get out and socialize and meet other "green" moms, the kids play, then.. we swap! Leftovers always go to local charities.
If you haven't been to a peace. love. swap event, you really must try it out. If you don't have one near you, you should contact us to find out how to start your own.  It's fun and rewarding being a part of an organization that gives back to each community that is involved.
Stay tuned for some upcoming changes for 2011 and for new locations across the US.

happy swapping and happy 2011


meg

0 comments:

Post a Comment