Within six months of starting to sell the world’s most unique unscented candle in 2008, black & light co was introduced to Airline Ambassadors at an event at the United Nations Building in New York City hosted most graciously by Ann Curry (NBC Today Show) and Peter Greenberg (now with CBS). Inspired beyond words, black & light co® has supported Airline Ambassador’s effort since, helping children in dire need around the globe. See our past blog posts: Airline Ambassadors Efforts in Haiti, http://blog.blackandlightco.com/?p=493 , When One Witnesses,  http://blog.blackandlightco.com/?p=469 and our first post, black & light co® takes off with Airline Ambassadors http://blog.blackandlightco.com/?p=61

This is one of the best examples we’ve ever seen of one ordinary person, Nancy Rivard, doing extraordinary things.

She’s motivated tens of thousands of others to do the same, to the tune of millions of woman and man hours of pure volunteer effort and over fifty million dollars in aid since 1996.

Below is the recent cover and back page of their April newsletter. For more information on Airline Ambassadors go to www.airlineamb.org. black & light always offers an AAI discount, AAI100. Save ten percent and we’ll donate an additional percentage of each sale using this code to AAI regardless of type.

Share the glow!™

The result was better than anyone could have hoped. Using a special technique, Holly was able to hand paint colors onto the Tulip and Gerber prints in a whimsical watercolor fashion that had never been done before. Thus our two new collections for the spring were ’sprouted’.

Both designs are available in three different colors each and can be found exclusively on our website. Check out a preview of the designs below:

Yet another great suggestion on where to use our candles….!

Airline Ambassadors was the one of the first NGO’s on the ground after the disaster with three planes full of medical supplies and sixty doctors, half of whom spoke Haitian.

Their work in Haiti has helped save numerous lives and improved conditions for many who were left without a home. We’ve been following their journey for the past month on their blog, which we encourage all of our readers to follow as well: http://airlineambassadorsblog.blogspot.com/

We cannot tell you how much it means to get this type of insight into a catastrophe unparalleled in our western hemisphere human history. In their efforts, detailed in their blog, we saw much pain, death and misery but also hope, love and something else…

Joy.

Those reflections, journals, stories, hit that special nerve in one’s heart that said, “These people are incredible!” This includes the AAI volunteers, doctors, the military of the US Southern Command, all the people helping and most of all the sorely wounded people of Haiti.

black & light co donates a portion of the gross proceeds of the sale of all Inspirational candles to AAI. In addition, shoppers using the AAI100 promo code receive a ten percent discount on their order and we’ll donate a percent of the proceeds of all sales using this code regardless of candle.

AAI will be on the ground in Haiti, long after the media attention wanes, like they were before the event and like they are in eighty-one other countries around the world.

black & light co is grateful to be able to provide goods and donations to AAI, an opportunity for plain ordinary people like us help them do their extraordinary things and dovetailng with our desire to measure success by how we support those in greater need.

Click on the link above or the picture below to visit the Airline Ambassador blog!

Also, we have several exciting announcements!

• By next week we will be launching our first ever semi-annual Clearance Sale. It will run for a limited time only, so be sure to check www.blackandlightco.com frequently to see if your favorite candle has gone on sale
• Holly Eve is hard work at several new candle designs that we will be unveiling for the February Buyers Market of American Craft in Philadelphia PA.
• We will be adding an additional 3 candles to our Inspirational collection

We wish everyone a safe and happy New Year and look forward to sharing the glow in 2010!