What a great response we’ve had to the launch of our new pink tees and bodysuits and the way we chose to give back with these new products. If you missed it, on the International Day of the Girl (Oct 11), we introduced our pink tees and bodysuits in two styles and announced that 9% of all sales through Malala Day (Nov 10) would go to support girls education via The Malala Fund. Thank you to all who have made pink purchases or shared this special fundraiser via their blogs or social media outlets!

It’s been great to hear the nice feedback about the new pink products  – “gorgeous” from Chelsea at Moments a Day and “adorable” from Homa at Growing Up Global, for example. But even more, we’re grateful for all those who embrace the idea of promoting education for girls as a basic human right. You don’t need to have a girl in your life or to buy pink to support girls education. Direct contributions can always be made directly to The Malala Fund or another organization working to improve opportunities for girls worldwide.

With 65 million girls worldwide unable to attend school due to discrimination, poverty, and violence, this is a huge issue that truly holds back the world. After all, as the African proverb says it best:

Educate a boy, and you’re educating an individual. Educate a girl and you are educating an entire village.

Many people who have heard me talk about Malala this last month aren’t sure who I’m talking about at first. But when I describe the girl who was shot in the face last year by the Taliban for attending school; the young woman who, once recovered, addressed the UN, authored a book, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting the education of girls, pretty much everyone remembers. Most everyone has heard of Malala.

So, in the spirit of celebrating girls and raising funds for girls education, here are a few fun things to share:

As mentioned in our first pink launch blog post, we thought the illumination of world landmarks in pink light on the 2012 International Day of the Girl by Plan International rocked. Here are a couple images from Plan International‘s website of 2013 landmarks glowing pink:

Pretty wonderful, huh?

Here are a few favorite pictures of Malala confidently wearing pink that helped inspire us to design the launch of our first pink products to benefit her foundation. We love that one of the designs on our new pink tops is our “Love All the World” theme which fits a global initiative like this “to a tee.” 🙂

On another note, did you know that in just the last hundred years, pink has gone from being a primarily male-associated color to being the female-associated color we know today? Perhaps in another decade pink will be embraced equally as a male and female color, as everyone looks good in pink, right? 🙂 We are parents of three boys, who have at various stages loved (some still love) wearing pink, as this picture shows:

MALALA DAY IS THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10!

There is less than one week left for 9% of the sales of our new pink tops to benefit The Malala Fund, so if you’ve been meaning to get an order in, please do so by Sunday.

And certainly, if you wish to directly support The Malala Fund or any of the many great funds in support of girls education, please do! Here is the link again to The Malala Fund!”

If you have a connection you’d like to help us make in promoting our Pink for Girls Education special, please email us at: theteam@tendersapling.com  We’d love your help to get the word out these last few days of the fundraiser!

Happy Malala Day! May the educational opportunities for girls worldwide be dramatically improved this time next year!