Let's Share: The Berkley Blog: Wheels for Henry

Okay, let's get blog things back on track the right way, shall we?

We're happy to announce that starting today and running through October 31st we'll be donating 10% of our Etsy shop sales to Wheels For Henry .

(Illustration by the unstoppable Kate Bingaman-Burt)

Henry is one cool kid and is the son of our pal Chloe (who is also the proprietress of one of Portland's greatest shopping treasures, Reading Frenzy). It just so happens that Henry rocks a wheelchair and he and his mom would benefit greatly from a vehicular upgrade. They have received funding to convert a van in the necessary ways to make it wheelchair friendly, but they don't have the funds for the van...yet. You can read more about Henry and his mom here.

Enough talking, let's do this! Why not start some holiday shopping now and spread some of that moolah around for a good cause. I've already been eyeing some of the other 30+ shops participating and plan to put my money where my bloggy mouth is.

I'm looking at this print by Betsy Walton (although it's really tough to pick out my favorite by Betsy):

And this letterpress calendar for 2010 by ilee:

We have their 2009 version of this letterpress calendar and I get really giddy about flipping over each month. I try to never peek at what's coming up next so I have a little surprise each 1st.

I'm also pretty sure this thank you card by Power and Light Press could come in handy in virtually any situation:

We're going to be a releasing a few new things in the next couple weeks for purchasing motivation as well. Today we start with three new bottle openers. Thanks to Dane and Claire for helping us come us with some new slogans via our Facebook page.

We've got the sl oth taking it easy: