Carnegie Mellon SIFE Global Threads

With our Silent Auction and our Auction Roadshow, we were able to raise over $1600 in profit, all of which were sent to the struggling artisans! The Silent Auction that we’ve been working hard on finally came! This year we tried to improve on product selections by choosing our inventory carefully, considering aspects in both [...]

Coffee is something that most of us can’t start the day without, but we rarely think about what it costs for the cup of freshness to come to us. Consumers pay top prices for their Mochas thinking that it must be great to be in the coffee industry. That is partially true, but not for [...]

No way! Over $100?! You heard me right! Global Threads made over $100 on presale goods and cheesecake the very first day we started tabling! This is definitely a great start for us, and it adds excitement to the Silent Auction, which is presented this Friday! Everyone should definitely stop by our table sometime this [...]

The Silent Auction is in just TWO days! So soon… Everyone should come on Friday! If you need presents (V-day soon!) or want stuff for yourself, COMECOMECOME! Scarves and jewelry start at around $10, and we have a ton of cute oriental goods too starting at $2. So we were doing inventory the other day. [...]

Ten Thousand Villages is one of the world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations, a nonprofit program which works with over 130 artisan groups in more than 38 countries in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. The organization aims to build long-term relationships with artisans that are based on mutual understanding and respect, enabling [...]

Each year, Global Threads hosts a silent auction, featuring handicraft donations from local businesses, and, most importantly, goods that have been collected by non-profit organizations from global artisans and students’ travels to places, such as villages in India. This year, the Silent Auction will be held on February 5, 2010 in the University Center Connan [...]

The world is a beautiful place. Come see it with us. Global Sistergoods is an organization that works to enhance free-trade through the sales of hand-made, top-quality, and often eco-friendly goods made by women in 18 countries around the world. These goods include everything from hip messenger bags from South Africa and adorable elephant keychains [...]