Dust off your boots, grab your cowboy hat, and scoot on over to The Backyard Venue for a night of Boot Scooting, BBQ, and Brews! Boots & Belles is one of our most popular events of the year, and rightly so. We have 2 professional dancers who teach line dancing - and don't worry about your skills! Everyone is on the dance floor having the best time.

This year, Boots & Belles will be held at The Backyard Venue in McKinney. The outside is beautiful and rustic, while the 2,000 SF barn is the perfect backdrop for dancing the night away!

Tickets to this event are $50 per person. You or your business can also be a Sponsor for this event, which holds many advantages while financially supporting Belle & Sparrows. Your registration includes an amazing BBQ dinner, an open bar, a silent auction, and dancing. It's sure to be a night to remember!

This is a major fundraiser for Belle & Sparrows and we hope to see you on the dance floor!

For more information & tickets visit our website: https://www.belleandsparrows.org/events/2021/5/22/boots-amp-belles-we736

On March 27, 2023, Belle & Sparrows is holding their 5th Annual Birdies for Belles Golf Tournament at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, Texas. This is a charity fundraiser and tax deductible, and your donation helps us further our ministry by building a long-term partnership with women around the world offering them economic sustainability. Funds raised by this event go to supporting our local candle program through The Stella Projects. We offer supplemental income to women coming out of various recovery programs, as well as job skills training and experience. Our mission is to stand in the gap for marginalized women, share the message of the gospel and let them know they are WORTHY!

Your day at Birdies for Belles includes a grab & go lunch, a keg & on-course beverage cart, raffle items, fun throughout the course, super ticket bonuses, and a cocktail & appetizer post-tournament award ceremony. Registration begins at 11:30 am and you tee off at 12:30 pm.

How can you get involved? Become a SPONSOR! This is a great way for your business to give back to the community & promote your name and services. You can visit our website for all of the sponsorship levels, or you can email: Lynde@belleandsparrows.org for a Sponsorship Packet.

 Registration is also open for individuals & teams through the link above. See you on the green!

https://www.betterunite.com/belleandsparrows-birdiesforbelles2023

https://www.belleandsparrows.org/

Imagine if you will...

You have a problem with your plumbing, your water is shut off and you must go without a shower or the ability able to flush the toilet until the plumber can make it in a couple of days. What do you do? Tough it out? Go to a friend’s house or check into a hotel?

Going to a friend’s house or to a hotel was not an option for one of our beloved candle makers; she was in between housing and living in her Honda with her twin 11-year son and daughter. Let that sink in for a moment, three humans living in a Honda. After candle making one Saturday, she was going to drive to a mobile shower unit so she could bathe. While having mobile showers available for those in need is something every city should have, it is still a demoralizing experience that only reinforces the stigma of homelessness.

When we found out she was going to the mobile shower, we insisted that she take as much time as she needed and take a long hot shower in the privacy of our office and not in view of those around. You see, we are blessed to have two full bathrooms with showers in our office. I quickly drove to the store, purchased a plush bath towel, and with toiletry donations we had on hand she was able to care for herself, by herself with dignity.

Restoring dignity and eliminating barriers are core to what we are about. Our goal for this Giving Tuesday is $18,000. This is what it takes to open our doors at our office for one year.

We need: 18 -$1000 Gifts OR 36 - $500 Gifts OR 180 - $100 Gifts

We need you in order to achieve this goal so that our office can continue to be a beacon of hope and place of refuge to women we are called to serve. Donate today or mark your calendar for Tuesday the 29th if you want to give on the actual day. Thank you in advance for pouring into women rebuilding their lives.

https://www.betterunite.com/belleandsparrows-donatenow

When we started The Stella Projects candle line, our desire was to create a sustainable product that could provide employment, income, and training to women rebuilding their lives after addiction, incarceration, homelessness, domestic violence, and other traumas.

To date, we have hired two women working to make our candles while receiving paid training on skills such as personal finances, computers, and resumes/interviews. It has been incredible to see how this program and our social enterprise efforts have provided for these women.

We are excited to have businesses use our candles for branding and promotional purposes. We have realtors, mortgage groups, and banks that have created Private Labels for our candles to use at events, client appreciation, and employee gifts. This has been a great way to sell more of our candles and share more about our mission, but also for businesses to give something that is unique and impactful to the community. Every candle sold is an investment in a woman's future.

The Stella Projects candles are hand poured with 100% soy wax, phthalate-free fragrance oil, and wicks made of cotton, containing no lead, zinc, or other metals. They are beautifully boxed with matches, ready for gift giving.

The Holiday Season is the perfect time to give The Stella Projects candles to your employees, customers, and partners. If you are interested in creating a private label for our candles, please contact Lynde Griggs via email - lynde@belleandsparrows.org

 www.thestellaprojects.org

In 2018, we saw an increasing gap in services for women exiting recovery programs. This led to research, time in prayer, and the call to begin The Stella Projects. The Stella Projects' mission is to restore dignity and quality of life to women by eliminating barriers to success through entrepreneurial development, innovative education, training, and community-driven programs.

Our newest sustainability initiative under The Stella Projects is our candle line. We employ women that have graduated out of local recovery programs and are on their own, usually supporting their children. Rebuilding a life after any trauma (addiction, abuse, incarceration, homelessness, trafficking) is extremely difficult and these women need job experience, training, and money. Without someone standing in the gap for them, they are likely to return to the situations that put them in the margins, to begin with.

 We pride ourselves in making high-end candles that are made with 100% soy wax, phthalate-free fragrance oil, and wicks made of cotton, containing no lead, zinc, or other metals. Every candle is hand poured by the local artisans we employ and come beautifully packaged in a classic glass jar. We have several scents to choose from, including rotating seasonal fragrances. The perfect candle to please even the most discriminating noses!

You can find us online by clicking the website below, and you can visit us on September 18 at The Adriatica Wine Walk where we will have our candles available for purchase. We also welcome appointments at our offices located at 205 Wilcox in McKinney to tour our program and smell the candles.

https://www.belleandsparrows.org/shop

If you are interested in hosting a candle pop-up shop, private candle labels, or other ways to support The Stella Projects, please email Lynde Griggs - lynde@belleandsparrows.org

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