The Board of Make Piece/Peace met recently and voted to dissolve the organization.

The poor economy greatly impacted us through lower sales and fewer grants and contributions. Equally importantly, family and personal health challenges over the last twelve months reduced management’s ability to work at the pace sustained during some ten years of Make Piece activity. This too impacted our sales and other donations. We have searched for other leadership who might reinvigorate the organization, but a suitable candidate has not emerged.

We have thus concluded that we need to celebrate our achievements with joy and close down gracefully. We take great comfort in knowing that our graduates, many of whom keep in touch regularly, will continue to carry Make Piece values into the wider community. In fact, one of them is forming a business to teach jewelry entrepreneurship in the space the organization has been occupying at the Perry School. The food service also operated in that space by one of our grads will also continue, to the delight of those who work at Perry.

I want to express again, in the strongest terms, how much the students, graduates, Board and I appreciate your kind and generous support over the years. Together with you, we have been ‘making peace :: changing lives’. And we couldn’t have done any of it without your steadfast support.

Sincerely,

Maureen Ward

Come join MakePiece/Peace as we host “Women In the Know”….A Progressive Woman’s Event. Help shine the light on empowered women who dare to defy the odds. Come out and support this wonderful organization for there Christmas Clearence Blowout!!!

Semi-Precious and Precious Gem Stones, Sterling Silver earrings, necklaces, bracelets and pendents all for the taking. Shop online or at the Open House…so many ways to give and give back!

For more details about MakePiece/Peace visit our website at www.makepiece.org

When: December 4th
Where: 128 M Street N.W. WDC 20001 Suite 322
Time: 3-9pm

Make Piece at Vivo

Vivo Annapolis!

234 Main Street, Annapolis.

Opening Day – Nov. 19.

Grand Opening – Nov. 21,  4pm to 7 pm.

Other special events to follow — Watch this space!

Make Piece -- 'One of the Best' in Greater Washington

Catalogue for Philanthropy Honor

On Nov. 16, Make Piece will receive a special ‘Enterprise Award’ from the Catalogue for Philanthropy for making creative use of our 2008-09 designation as ‘one of the best’ small charities in the Washington Region.  This award carries a monetary gift which will help fund our operations.  Thank you to the Catalogue family yet again!

Chevy Chase House Party

Have a glass of wine and peruse our pretties, Nov. 19, evening, at a private home of one of our Board members.  Contact us at info@makepiece.org if you’d like an invitation!

Party at Perry (Part 1.)

Nov. 20. in the Perry School Conference Room, from 1 pm to 8pm.  Join us for some beverages, tid bits, elegant jewelry, and other fun happenings!

Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase- Designers Jewelry Show

Meet Us at WCCC

Come join the fun — Nov. 22  11 am to 5 pm

Part of the proceeds go to support the WCCC and of course your patronage of the Make Piece booth will help our organization, as well as the livelihood of our talented graduates and students.

And this isn’t all we’ve got up our sleeves — watch this space for MORE!

Miss Naomi Does Fish!

she donated a gorgeous keishi pearl necklace to be auctioned at Perry School’s Tenth Anniversary Gala last Saturday night.

And she does 'jools' too!

Two gentlemen, both determined to win the piece, bid the necklace up to $800 before one of them bowed out!  Miss Naomi was thrilled, as were we when we learned of it.  Miss Naomi phoned Maureen at 8:30 Sunday morning to tell her the good news, predicting that Make Piece, where Miss Naomi learned her jewelry skills, would be receiving lots of calls from impressed gala-goers.  Miss Naomi — thanks for all you do for everyone in and around Perry!

Come see us in booth 415, in front of the “Community Focus” area!  Also, ask us about special discounts available only to our facebook fans.

For more info visit:

http://www.greenfestivals.org/washington-dc/

Check out these looks & click here for the ‘mother load’.  Thanks to everyone who created, selected, and displayed our lovelies.  Job well done!

The Amber Look

Coral, Carnelian and Fresh Water Pearls

We're Doing GREAT pearls!

Swing Those Chains!

Gorgeous Triple Quartz Necklace

Remember our model with 'tude??

There were many, many more.  Go visit the Fashion Week site and check them out!

The organizers of Fashion Fights Poverty invited Make Piece to show our wares and educate the guests at FFP’s Eco/Ethical Fashion forum last night.  We were delighted to attend, pass out our pretty postcards, and answer questions about our mission and our role in exemplifying ethical fashion.

The forum included a wide array of perspectives on topics such as the role of international law and government in setting standards for fashion and consumer ethics, the challenges (and successes) in the emerging fair trade jewelry industry, fashion’s carbon footprint, and the consumer’s role in creating and sustaining a market for ethical goods.   Read more about it http://www.fashionfightspoverty.org/events/events_redefine.html.  Here is the link to footage from the forum http://www.youtube.com/user/fashionfightspoverty.