Lucky Shot Bear inspired by One Direction's Niall Horan

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This is the Lucky Shot Niall Bear! He's a custom bear that we're auctioning off to raise money for Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland for Niall Horan's 22nd birthday. All proceeds from the bear will go towards our charity drive! His body is a retired Build A Bear Lucky Fur You bear. The bear's outfit includes a black polo shirt, black pants, a red sweater vest, a cap, black canvas high tops, and sunglasses. He also comes with his very own smartphone (not a real one, duh; it does have sound when you push the buttons, however,) to take as many selfies as his famous idol. He also comes with a golf bag with three actual golf clubs and a ball and a doll stand to display him! Happy Bidding! 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281630867047?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Hand knit 100% Wool Cowl Inspired by One Direction's Liam Payne Up for Auction

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Fuzzypurplestuff has made a cowl to auction off for Liam’s charity drive. The cowl is hand knit with 100% wool in cream and navy from an original design, it is one of a kind!  Liam’s arrow tattoo is on both side.  It would also make a great gift for your favorite Liam fan! Proceeds from the auction will go to Liam’s birthday charity drive for Doctors without Borders. 

(more pics on ebay)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hand-knit-100-Wool-Cowl-Inspired-by-One-Direction-039-s-Liam-Payne-/281623189435?

$5 Day for Girl Almighty Drive in Honor of International Women's Day

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Today is International Women's Day, the day ordained by the United Nations to observe the triumphs and challenges faced by women around the world. Every March 8th, thousands of events are held throughout the world to celebrate women's achievements. 

In honor of International Women's Day, we're doing a $5 day for our Girl Almighty charity drive, which benefits Women's Aid. You can donate here:

http://www.justgiving.com/girlalmighty

(We also have two stores with Girl Almighty gear - http://girlalmighty.spreadshirt.com and http://girlalmightyuk.spreadshirt.co.uk)

Reminder for UK Donors to do Gift Aid for Donations

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Just wanted to remind the UK donors to make sure you are claiming Gift Aid where eligible. Gift Aid allows UK charities to claim back the basic rate tax already paid on donations by the donor. When a UK taxpayer gives a gift of money to a charity, tax has already been paid on that money. Because charities are exempt from tax, Just Giving can claim this money back from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and give it to the charity.

When you donate, you will be asked to confirm whether or not you are a UK taxpayer. Just Giving will also ask questions to determine if your donation is eligible for Gift Aid. Make sure you say:

  • NO to donating on behalf of someone else or a group of people
  • NO to donating on behalf of a company
  • NO to donating to a family member or friend doing an event where the charity is contributing to their costs
  • NO to donating in return for goods, rights or services

(Obviously, if any of these situations apply to you, you'd say yes, but for most of the people donating to these charity drives, these situations will not apply.)

Answering these correctly will ensure the charity gets more of the donation!

Petrina from the Eden Dora Trust also wanted to pass on how amazing she thinks we all are!

Always in My Heart Wristbands are Here!

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The Always in My Heart wristbands are here! They will benefit both the London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard (for Harry Styles' birthday charity drive) and the Eden Dora Trust (for Louis Tomlinson's birthday charity drive). The wristbands, based on Louis' tweet that reached more than 1 Million retweets recently are purple and say Always in My Heart on one side and 1M 22.02.2015 (the date the tweet reached 1 Million retweets). Get yours at:

http://www.1dfansgive.com/store

Raffle For Eden Dora Trust - Package 1!

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The Eden Dora Trust was nice enough to give us some merch to help us raise money for Louis Tomlinson's birthday charity drive and we've got the first set of merch ready to go! 

Package 1 includes:

  • Tote bag
  • Wristband
  • Googly creature

If you donate $5 between now and next Sunday and write "I love No Control" in the message portion of your donation, you'll be entered into the raffle! We'll draw a name Monday the 9th!

To donate: http://www.justgiving.com/louis24

Loose Change for Zayn

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Would you like to contribute to Zayn’s Charity Drive, but feel like you can’t afford to donate much? Well regardless of the amount, The British Asian Trust is grateful for any contribution! No donation is too small. Here’s a great way to not only give what you can, but also to DOUBLE your donations! 

We are issuing a matching challenge titled Loose Change for Zayn! 

How does it work?

Courtney (ninicutiepie) has offered to match loose change donations for Zayn up to $100 a month! That means there could be an extra $100 raised for the charity per month!! So if you donate $5, then that means your donation will be doubled to $10. If you donate $10, your donation will be doubled to $20, and so on. 

Remember, there is no minimum to how much you can donate! Regardless of the amount, your donation will be doubled! :-D

What do you have to do?

1. Dump out your purses, backpacks, coin jars, couch cushions, pockets, anywhere where you might have any “loose change.” Buy something and get “change.” Then take that and donate it here. 

2. Add Loose Change for Zayn in your donation message to have your donation matched. 

Example:

Your donation will help support The British Asian Trust which reaches out to the poorest people in South Asia. Their vision is to “unlock the life potential of disadvantaged people…and be a catalyst for change, ultimately creating a South Asia that is free of poverty, injustice and inequality.”

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Let’s show our appreciation for Zayn by doing something good in his name :-D

#BRAVERY Wristbands are Here!

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The #BRAVERY wristbands have arrived! Proceeds will go to the Eden Dora Trust for the charity drive for Louis Tomlinson's 24th birthday. If you also ordered (or are ordering) the Always in My Heart Wristband, I'll hold your order until those arrive (March 3 is the expected date). You can get them here:

http://www.1dfansgive.com/store

New OT5 Loose Change Drawing by Cyrilliart to Benefit All the Charity Drives

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I've added a new design from Cyrilliart to each of the guy's stores. The design is based on our Loose Change efforts and it's adorable! The design is up in each store, so you can pick which guy/charity you want to support by buying it from the store of your choice! It's currently on t-shirts, but if you want it on another product, contact me at amy@1dfansgive.com and tell me what item you want it on and which guy's store!

Always in my heart and #BRAVERY Wristbands Available for Pre-Order

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I've put those the Always in my heart and #BRAVERY wristbands up for pre-order. The Always in my heart wristband proceeds will be split between Louis' drive for the Eden Dora Trust and Harry's drive for London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard. The #BRAVERY wristband will benefit the Eden Dora Trust. They are scheduled to arrive and start shipping around March 3. You can get them here:

http://www.1dfansgive.com/store/

(If you order other wristbands that aren't pre-orders, I'll hold your order until everything is here unless you let me know otherwise!)

Shirts to Commemorate Louis' Always in My Heart Tweet Reaching 1 Million Retweets

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Louis' Always in my heart tweet reached 1 million retweets today and to commemorate the moment, we've got several items up in the store and one more on the way. Proceeds of the current designs will benefit Louis' charity drive and the design on the way will benefit Harry's drive. You can get the design above at:

http://1dfansgive.spreadshirt.com

http://1dfansgive.spreadshirt.co.uk

$5 Day for Eden Dora Trust's Birthday!

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The Eden Dora Trust for Children with Encephalitis was launched on the first World Encephalitis Day, February 22, 2014.  In honor of the first birthday of the trust we are doing a $5 day to raise money for the trust to celebrate Louis Tomlinson’s 24th birthday later this year.

Additionally, the first Loose Change for Louis matching day is fast approaching, so donate here before February 24th and be sure to tag your donation with the words “loose change”.

Donations to the trust go to fund research, education, information and support. According to their official website it costs just £30 to provide a child with Gilley the Giraffe Materials for a child with Encephalitis.  That’s just a little over 9 $5 donations so if you want to help out, donate here:

Donation Link: www.justgiving.com/louis24

 

What's Coming Up with the Charity Drives?

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We have a bunch of activities planned for each of the charity drives! 

Louis:

  • On February 22nd, we'll be doing a $5 day in honor of Eden Dora Trust's birthday! We've also got some items from Eden Dora Trust that we'll be both selling and auctioning off! 
  • Louis' newest wristbands have been ordered and will be up in the store as soon as they get here. They are teal and say #bravery on them!
  • I got my first Hedgehog Louis, but OMG he's going to be hard to dress. He has little arms and a big ole booty so we'll see what we can do! I already have the first outfit mostly planned! 

Niall:

  • We have some March madness raffles coming up - still being planned!

Liam:

  • Liam's drive is going to have an auction of a special limited edition item soon (Layne just sent it to me so I think it should arrive tomorrow). 

Zayn: 

  • Zayn's team are planning festival bracelets, most likely in Rasta colors to match Zayn's in-ears! 

Girl Almighty:

  • The $5 instead of 50 Shades brought in some donations for Women's Aid so that's awesome! 

Harry:

  • We've added a couple of new tshirt designs. Look how great the rainbow banana shirt turned out:

The best news for the Harry Team was that LLGS has decided to joint Just Giving! This means we will be able to offer you a donation link that's user-friendly and tracks percent donated! The total will also be displayed in US Dollars, which will make my life easier (if I never have to convert pounds to dollars again, I'll be a happy girl)!

So, that's a quick update for now!

Check out the 1D Fans Give New Logo!!!

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After lots of ideas and brainstorming, we've finally got a logo that I really like! Yoana made the original design (I love the 1D heart!) and I made a few tweaks to get us to the final design! I also just changed the colors to pink and green because I like those colors together, but also because the pink = our love for the guys and the green = the money we raise for charity! Thanks to everyone who suggested ideas or made mockups! 

Parma Ham Design Added to Louis' Charity Gear Shop!

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You heard all about the famous dinner. You've seen the re-enactments a billion times. Now you can own the shirt memorializing Louis' first cooking experience with proceeds going towards our charity drive for Eden Dora Trust! Get yours at:

http://1dfansgive.spreadshirt.com

http://1dfansgive.spreadshirt.co.uk