{Winner}: For the Greater Good

Mikala: “I was overwhelmed by the incredible nominations submitted in our little contest here on The Dressed Aesthetic and the many passionate people who sent them. Thank you all so much. I have learned a lot about the different causes and organizations nominated. I got a little swept up in them, in fact, and it took me a long time to choose just one.

When I chose a charity to work with, I look for three things. Transparency, Efficiency and Effectiveness. So far, GreaterGoodsVintage has been raising funds and awareness for organizations that are changing the lives of people around the world in sustainable, lasting ways. For the months of September AND October, however, we are going to broaden our focus to changing life itself. We are proud to announce that from our nominees we have chosen to support The Ocean Conservancy in their efforts to protect the most vital and most vast parts of the Earth, our waters. Every day the brilliant and earnest men and women working in and with this organization are using their knowledge and skill sets to repair, restore and rehabilitate our planet, as well as to educate and empower individuals and governments to personally and collectively take care of their world. They face huge opposition – big corporations with lots of money and bad manners – and stand like a small but brave army of science soldiers fighting against a giant army of greed and more bad manners to promote the truth: without healthy oceans, our planet could not sustain life.

Of all the issues that were laid before me in this competition, I could not help but feel that by supporting this group of scientists and activists in their fight for the planet, we would also be promoting the ideas that knowledge/literacy is power – that other species should be treated with respect – that everyone deserves the basic rights of food, safety and equality –  that despite our differences, our common ground is the planet we live on – and that unless we make a serious commitment to protect it, the problems of the future will be too big for any organization to tackle. It brings me great joy to know that the vintage beauties at GreaterGoodsVintage will be continuing their legacies by supporting The Ocean Conservancy and helping to not just for the GreaterGood of today, but for the possibility of a future.

I’m so grateful to all who participated in the contest and I’m incredibly grateful to Kara for giving all of us a “soap box” to stand on to talk about what WE want our style to stand for.

For future inquiries on having your favorite organization sponsored by GreaterGoodsVintage, please write greatergoodsvintage@gmail.com

I am truly inspired by the heartfelt passion of GreaterGoodsVintage for taking action and providing an opportunity to their customers to become part of the solution, so that we might then feel inspired to collectively take small steps to incite change, which become bigger steps that ultimately changing the world. And I was equally inspired by the passion shown by all of my readers, as they detailed the causes that mattered most to them!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway, and for bringing all of your amazing charities to the forefront of public attention and serving as a champion for so many worthy causes. It really doesn’t take a huge amount of effort to affect small change in the world.

Congrats again Brianne! If you weren’t the lucky winner this time, you can still check out GreaterGoodsVintage on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and their website and be sure to spend a few hours getting lost on Mikala’s stunning Etsy shop. Remember that a portion of any purchases you make this month at GGV will go to support The Ocean Conservancy.