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Good idea Agwen. Maybe we could come up with a craft use for the bags? Teabag patchwork?
Beattie you are a star! Thank you. It is so exciting to see how many pods are making morsbags. I love Colorado Cath!
Ooh wonder who that was! Was just reading Pol’s post about not charging. I don’t think he did join I must have scared him off!!
Isn’t there someone else in the pod who might be up for finding sponsorship? There is money out there. I am saying no to sponsors now because I am very loyal to our sponsors, the Lions who have sponsored 35 000 labels for us so far. We have had offers from Rotary but I passed them on to Pol in case they can help any other areas. With sponsors you do have to go in with your eyes open because I have had offers where there has been a catch like supplying bags. The Lions have never made any conditions except having their logo on the label. Sponsors sometimes don’t even want that and are happy to buy normal labels.
Another thing, did you know the supermarkets have money available collected from their plastic bag charges which goes to environmental organisations. We heard that this is allocated at the end of the year.There is more info here
The main reason that we in Leics don’t accept donations is to do with the word of mouth/growth thing. If someone has a free morsbag we hope they will tell all their friends, family, people on the bus, supermarket queues that they had a free bag, and hopefully they will check the website, facebook, donate fabric, make bags etc. If they have given a donation I’m not sure this will happen.
The other reason is we are actually asking for free fabric donations which can be worth hundreds of pounds. I source fabric for Trusty Bags and they make about 200 morsbags per week and need 100 metres per week. They pay for their own labels.
However every pod is different and others might think differently. I also think giving a money donation is a bit of a cop out. People need to think about paying forward in kind, why we are making free bags, etc. Anyway thats me!
What does everyone else think?
Well what I think is we live in a manufactured processed commercial world and everyone has different lines that they draw. There are so many baddies that cause harm to ourselves, the wildlife and the environment including cleaning products, packaging, carcinogenic toxins from plastic. It would be really difficult to avoid absolutely everything but we can only do our best. We tend to use loose tea or tea pigs because the taste is better. I don’t like the look of the tea in teabags – it looks like tea dust to me. I use tea infusers when just making one cup or my fav teapot has an infuser inside. (bought from the Tate St Ives Scallywagbags!) Then I put the leaves straight on the flower bed or pots.
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Masterclock I just love your surrealism! 🙂
Kentish Essex girls, I have had a sponsorship offer from a lovely gentleman Rotarian. He is based in Rochester and would like to support a local Kent pod. I think he might pay for your labels. Email me at rpeley@yahoo.com for more info 🙂
Yes I have Beattie. Looking forward to May! xx
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Hi Kathy, lovely to hear about your morsbagging. I have made so many lovely people on my morsbagging journey. Have fun and happy bagging! 🙂
I missed the stats Beattie! x
5000 well dones, one for each bag made. Glad you enjoyed you trip. xxxxxxx
Thank you Agwen x
And another Leicestershire pod has topped 10 000 – Harborough Hitbags! Well done guys and enjoy your party!!
