Charity Initiatives 2018-2019
Here at More Polish Pottery, we care deeply about the community...
Throughout the years, More Polish Pottery has donated thousands of dollars to various charities in the United States and Poland. We care about the community and we do everything we can to give back.
Cure JM
Cure JM is a charity that raises money to cure Juvenile Myositis (JM). Although this disease is rare, it's effects are heartbreaking, and close to home at More Polish Pottery. In 2017, one of Rebecca's daughters was diagnosed, and her fight with this disease helped inspire us to give back and help cure this disease. To date, More Polish Pottery has donated over $12,000 the past two years to this charity to help fight this disease.
Fundacja Wielka Orkiestra Swiatecznej Pomocy
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, or Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy in Polish, is the largest non-governmental charity orginization in Poland. This orginization helps children recieve medical care and has done a variety of initiatives from providing CPR training, to providing MRI machines to hospitals. In 2019, More Polish Pottery has donated over $4500 to this charity to date.
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Lynn Sage
The Lynn Sage foundation is a charity based out of Chicago that helps fund Breast Cancer research at Northwestern. This charity is important to us here at More Polish Pottery because in 2018, Rebecca was diagnosed with breast cancer. Research organizations like this one have made important discoveries that have helped many people like Rebecca win their fight with cancer. To date, More Polish Pottery has donated over $4000 to this charity.
Polish Mission Trip
We love our Polish pottery, and we love Poland too! We wanted to give back to the community, so we took a mission trip to Poland. This mission trip was an amazing opportunity to give back. In 2019, Between donations from customers and our own contributions, More Polish Pottery raised $1200 for the Polish mission trip.
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Evie's Echos
Evie is a 10 year old girl who was diagnosed with Cystic Fybrosis at age 5. Cystic fybrosis is a rare disease that effects lung function and makes everyday activities like breathing and walking difficult. Through a charity called Great Stides, we were able to raise money for Evie and provide her with medications and equitment that helps her live life to the fullest. We were even lucky enough to have Evie join us for a special Facebook Live show! To date, we have raised over $1,000 for Evie.
Big Rock Heart Patient
In 2019, More Polish Pottery raised $500 , in order to help a little boy in Big Rock, IL pay for transportation to get to and from the hospital to receive treatments for a heart condition. Thanks to you, this little boy was able to recieve treatment without his family having to worry about how he was going to get there.
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Our Own Initiatives
More Polish Pottery has started 2 initiatives to help give back to the community and do our part.
The first, "Pledge for Your Health" was started as a way to remind adults not to neglect their health. In 2018, Rebecca was diagnosed with breast cancer, and in 2017 her daughter was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease called JM. In light of this, we ask our pottery fans to pledge for their health, pledging to not miss their doctors appointments and checkups, which can save lives with early detection.
The second, "We Care For Kids", helps us help the comminity! On our "we care for kids" page, you can help us by nominating a cause that is important. This is how we found Evie, the Cystic Fybrosis patient!
The first, "Pledge for Your Health" was started as a way to remind adults not to neglect their health. In 2018, Rebecca was diagnosed with breast cancer, and in 2017 her daughter was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease called JM. In light of this, we ask our pottery fans to pledge for their health, pledging to not miss their doctors appointments and checkups, which can save lives with early detection.
The second, "We Care For Kids", helps us help the comminity! On our "we care for kids" page, you can help us by nominating a cause that is important. This is how we found Evie, the Cystic Fybrosis patient!