How You Can Help
Every penny Soul of Somanya doesn't have to spend on goods and services
is a penny we can use to offer employment opportunities to more young people in Ghana. Here are some of our current needs. To help, please contact Melody at [email protected].
Help with Transportation and Shipping Costs
Transferable Frequent Flyer Miles or buddy passes
(This helps to make it possible for Mel to get over to Ghana more often, and it saves Soul of Somanya money on shipping, since travelers can bring back 100 pounds of goods per person in their suitcases.
Shipping and Printing Supplies:
Packing/mailing tape
20-pound inkjet printing paper (white)
110 lb. card stock (white)
Ink cartridges (Hewlett-Packard #62 (B&W and Color), #74 & #75)
Printable mailing labels (10 per page)
Printable address labels (30 per page)
Jewelry Making Tools and Supplies:
Sterling silver and silver-fill wire
24-gauge dead-soft
22-gauge dead soft
20-gauge dead soft
18-gauge dead-soft
16-gauge dead-soft
14-gauge dead-soft
Non-Tarnish Parawire in all the same gauges
Gold
Silver
Copper
Bronze
All Bright Colors
Good quality wire cutters
Good quality round-nose pliers
Good quality chain-nose pliers
Crimping tools (the grooved kind)
Stringing wire (Acculon 7-strand, Beadalon 7-strand,
Soft-Flex 49-strand), .014, .022 or .024
Silver-look round crimp beads, 2mm & 2.5mm
Gold-look round crimp beads, 2mm & 2.5mm
Copper round crimp beads, 2mm & 2.5mm
Key chain rings, any size or shape
Fan pull ball-chain attachments
Free or Discounted Services For:
Printing & copying
Accounting
Legal services
Shipping
Information On:
Possible sale venues
Bead Societies
Full-Service Bead Stores (with classes)
Thematically-related conferences
Prominent church bazaars
Women's groups
Professional groups
Gift fairs
Open to ideas
Possible free media venues anywhere on earth
Newspaper articles
Magazine articles
Television news/talk shows
Radio news/talk shows
Blogs
Open to ideas
Potential couriers to or from Ghana
Anything of potential interest or value
Local Volunteer Services For:
Sorting/bagging beads
Tagging/pricing inventory
Hostessing home party/sales
Recruiting hostesses for home party/sales
(Wo)manning the SoS booth at sales events
Selling/Networking
Open to ideas
Non-Local Volunteer Services For:
Hostessing home party/sales
Recruiting hostesses for home party/sales
(Wo)manning the SoS booth at sales events
Donations:
Soul of Somanya is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Donations of $25.00 or more are tax-deductible.
To make a donation of money, click on the
"Donate" button at the bottom of this page or mail a check to:
Soul of Somanya
Melody MacDuffee
607 Texas Avenue
Signal Mountain, TN 37377
To make an in-kind donation, contact Mel by clicking here.
We Do Cultural & Project-Related Presentations For:
Bead Societies/Beading Groups
Women's groups
Church groups
Schools (3rd grade on up)
Professional groups
Pretty much anyone who is interested
Every penny Soul of Somanya doesn't have to spend on goods and services
is a penny we can use to offer employment opportunities to more young people in Ghana. Here are some of our current needs. To help, please contact Melody at [email protected].
Help with Transportation and Shipping Costs
Transferable Frequent Flyer Miles or buddy passes
(This helps to make it possible for Mel to get over to Ghana more often, and it saves Soul of Somanya money on shipping, since travelers can bring back 100 pounds of goods per person in their suitcases.
Shipping and Printing Supplies:
Packing/mailing tape
20-pound inkjet printing paper (white)
110 lb. card stock (white)
Ink cartridges (Hewlett-Packard #62 (B&W and Color), #74 & #75)
Printable mailing labels (10 per page)
Printable address labels (30 per page)
Jewelry Making Tools and Supplies:
Sterling silver and silver-fill wire
24-gauge dead-soft
22-gauge dead soft
20-gauge dead soft
18-gauge dead-soft
16-gauge dead-soft
14-gauge dead-soft
Non-Tarnish Parawire in all the same gauges
Gold
Silver
Copper
Bronze
All Bright Colors
Good quality wire cutters
Good quality round-nose pliers
Good quality chain-nose pliers
Crimping tools (the grooved kind)
Stringing wire (Acculon 7-strand, Beadalon 7-strand,
Soft-Flex 49-strand), .014, .022 or .024
Silver-look round crimp beads, 2mm & 2.5mm
Gold-look round crimp beads, 2mm & 2.5mm
Copper round crimp beads, 2mm & 2.5mm
Key chain rings, any size or shape
Fan pull ball-chain attachments
Free or Discounted Services For:
Printing & copying
Accounting
Legal services
Shipping
Information On:
Possible sale venues
Bead Societies
Full-Service Bead Stores (with classes)
Thematically-related conferences
Prominent church bazaars
Women's groups
Professional groups
Gift fairs
Open to ideas
Possible free media venues anywhere on earth
Newspaper articles
Magazine articles
Television news/talk shows
Radio news/talk shows
Blogs
Open to ideas
Potential couriers to or from Ghana
Anything of potential interest or value
Local Volunteer Services For:
Sorting/bagging beads
Tagging/pricing inventory
Hostessing home party/sales
Recruiting hostesses for home party/sales
(Wo)manning the SoS booth at sales events
Selling/Networking
Open to ideas
Non-Local Volunteer Services For:
Hostessing home party/sales
Recruiting hostesses for home party/sales
(Wo)manning the SoS booth at sales events
Donations:
Soul of Somanya is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Donations of $25.00 or more are tax-deductible.
To make a donation of money, click on the
"Donate" button at the bottom of this page or mail a check to:
Soul of Somanya
Melody MacDuffee
607 Texas Avenue
Signal Mountain, TN 37377
To make an in-kind donation, contact Mel by clicking here.
We Do Cultural & Project-Related Presentations For:
Bead Societies/Beading Groups
Women's groups
Church groups
Schools (3rd grade on up)
Professional groups
Pretty much anyone who is interested
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