Project Sprouts

The charity I'm involved with is called Project Sprouts.  It has a clothing sale on the streets to help raise money. They get tons of clothes donated and we sold a lot this past Saturday! I helped these two girls set up all the clothes they had on cardboard boxes on the ground and also on racks. All of the money is given to the charity to help children in the hill tribes. It was a very fun and different experience to bargain with people when you don't even speak the language. But I picked up fast how much the money is worth and what is a good price. I volunteer to work at the clothing sale every other Saturday.  Most of the people buying are Vietnamese with a few Caucasian friends of the two girls I work with. People can be very aggressive! They would find out I didn't know exactly what I was doing and talk to me about a cheaper price when the other girls had told them a higher price. I loved it though! I can't wait to do it again, now that I'm more experienced!

I also went to their meeting to meet all the members and was able to learn more about what they are doing while I'm here. I'm excited for their event in March which will be with an artist and a comedian. I'm excited to help them and the children who need the help in their schools.

Here is the link to their site!
http://www.project-sprouts.com/home.html

We had an event last week and it was a blast! The event was at a nice venue near my house and was a success! On the walls of the place was a painting that was really cool! The event was a fundraiser for the children up in the hill tribes, specifically for the children within the schools. We had many musicians come and perform great music as people ate food and drank.

I helped with the kids area which was full of painting on canvases, face painting, and making bracelets. The kids did a great job with their paintings as most of them were abstract. It was a great event and fun to meet new people. We also had three artists who painted on canvases during the whole event, it was cool to see them paint it from start to finish. Two vendors came to support our cause and provided delicious food. The Sandwich shop of Hanoi is a must if you love sandwiches!

 

As the event went on we had a few comedians perform which was good! There were a few funny people and some who couldn't get the crowd going. But sometimes that makes it even more funny! There was an auction throughout the entire night where we auctioned off motor bike rentals, vouchers for restaurants, and gift cards. As they were calling one of the items I was like this better be me! Then I realized that it was a bottle of wine...I don't drink, but guess who won it! Me! It is still sitting in my room, any ideas what to do with it?

The last event of the night was to auction off the paintings that the artists had made - they were beautiful! Auctions are always fun to be a part of and to see people fight over a painting as the price gets higher and higher.

It was a successful and very fun event to be a part of. It is a great cause that we are helping. We earned a lot of money for the supplies for the children, and for future events!