This week we're leading up to our big Super Saturday event in the Hamptons. It is a chance for QVC and all of us to help raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF). But what you might not realize is how many people you see on QVC every day who are involved in wonderful causes. Vicky Tsai with TATCHA has a cause that is near and dear to her heart. So this week I wanted to share her letter to me with pictures of her recent trip.
Dear Lisa,
Greetings from the jungles of Cambodia! It was an amazing trip.
Starting in Jan 2014, we began our partnership with an amazing organization called Room to Read. Their mission is world change through children's education and they have a special fund for girls education. They do everything from building libraries, publishing books in local languages reflecting local culture, creating literacy programs, and providing life skills training in 10 countries, including Cambodia.
We decided to build girls education into the DNA of our company because we believe that beauty begins in the heart and the mind. Also, my daughter was born the day that I started Tatcha and every night when I read to her, I could not help but think of all the other girls out there just like my daughter who don't have the same access to an education.
Our partnership is called "Beautiful Faces, Beautiful Futures" and 1 purchase = 1 day of school for an incredible girl in a developing country. Our goal for 2014 was to fund 50,000 days of school. As of June 2014 (half way through the year), we are coming in at 90,000 days of school.
Here are some pics from the trip.
The girls in the program greeted us when we arrived at their school. They all line up, sing songs, and give us little trinkets that they made for us like friendship bracelets. Then they proudly show us their libraries and read to us.
When I came back from Cambodia last time, my daughter decided she wants to save her money and help the girls too, so we got her an elephant piggy bank and she's been saving her pennies. She came with me on this trip and it meant so much to her to give the money to the girls directly. We were surprised there was $99 in her piggy bank after only 6 months! She has apparently been sneaking money out of her dad's wallet.
Always,
Vicky
P.S. For more information about the partnership, here's a link to our site http://www.tatcha.com/giving.