May is Midwifery Month

We have a very soft spot in our hearts for midwives - when Sebastian & Savara were born, we had Chloe & Heather from Bloom Community Midwives to help bring them into the world. It was a wonderful experience - especially since our babes were both born at home.

There'll be a picnic at Trout Lake Park on May 5th for all you Vancouverites. We hope to see you there! :)

A Family in Need

We were recently extremely touched by a news story of a young woman from Dawson Creek who is in a medically induced coma after being hit by an SUV in Surrey. Her family is struggling financially to remain by her side. My Litttle Green Shop will be donating 5% of March's proceeds to this family to help them out.

See this article - http://www.globaltvbc.com/bottle+drive+for+dawson+creek+teenager+hit+by+car+in+surrey/6442595710/story.html for info on how to donate to this family.



We sincerely thank everyone who shopped at MLGS in March. March sales were great and on April 10th $300 was deposited into the joint account at BMO set up for this family.

To the family: We so hope your daughter is recovering well and your family is finding the strength to get through this difficult period.

Lili

MLGS' New Customer Referral Program

Our business is growing very rapidly and that is largely because of word of mouth from happy customers. We really appreciate our customers speaking highly of My Little Green Shop and so to thank them, on Jan 1st 2012, we introduced a financial rewards program, named our New Customer Referral Program.  As the business grows, we're able to offer more and more product lines, which is really exciting to us and keeps our happy customers coming back.

The basic idea behind this program is that an existing customer or anyone who likes what we carry brings us a new customer and both parties are rewarded. The referrer gets a cheque for $10 and the person being referred gets 15% off their first order. Wow, right?!

Here are the easy peasy steps within  this new program:

1)  Refer a friend or relative to My Little Green Shop. Refer as many people as you like. We've got a brand new cheque book and it is big and fat. :)
2) Have him or her send us an e-mail - lili@mylittlegreenshop.com - prior to placing an order telling us who referred them.
3) Upon receipt of that e-mail, we'll send them a discount code that gives 15% off their first order. The 15% off code can not be combined with any other discount code or promotional offer.
4) After his/her order has been placed, we'll send the referrer a cheque for a cool $10.00

There is no limit to the number of cheques one person can receive, so refer as many people as you like.

Making Magic Fund

My Little Green Shop is participating in the Making Magic Magic Fund this December. This fund's initiative came from Suzanne Bertani, the writer behind the  popular eco-blog, Mommy Footprint. The details of the fundraiser are available on www.mommyfootprint.com but essentially the thirteen participating businesses are donating cash (proceeds from Dec sales) or merchandise to the Adopt-a-School Fund. The Adopt-a-School Fund was established by the Vancouver Sun after publishing a public plea from an East Vancouver teacher for help on behalf of her impoverished students.

Here are the 13 businesses that are participating this year in the Making Magic Fund:

Apricot Culotte, Bamboobino, Bumblebee Toys, dandelion KIDS, Fill Your Own, Giving Gifts, Green Planet Parties, Kippo Kids, Maxwell Designs, My Little Green Shop, Onyx Containers, Puddlegear and Today I Ate a Rainbow

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Mompreneurs+give+back/5823376/story.html#ixzz1fvkfvPh4

Great article alert - Ways to get your children to cooperate without using the word 'no'

http://www.regardingbaby.org/2011/11/05/what-to-say-instead-of-no-six-ways-to-gain-your-childs-co-operation/

Kids' anxiety, depression halved when parenting styled to personality

Found this very ineresting article via

AhaParenting.com - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801094732.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Mind+%26+Brain+News%29

Contest - Babiators! (non-toxic kid's sunglasses)

Contest! Our new Babiators (kid's non-toxic sunglasses) are very cool. We'll give one pair away to a cool boy a girl. Tell us here or on our fb page something cool your little one did or said in the last week. We'll randomly choose a winner on Friday.