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LIGHT A CANDLE * FEED A CHILD ™: Aw Else Boutique Partners with Bridgewater Candle Company to Fight Orphan Hunger

Aw Else Boutique to attend orphanage service project in Honduras

Greensburg, PA—August 2012—Aw Else Boutique, a fashionable women’s boutique featuring unique accessories and gifts designed or handmade in the USA , has been selected by Bridgewater Candle Company, a candle and home fragrance manufacturer based in Spartanburg, SC, to participate in a special brand experience orphanage service project in Honduras.

Bridgewater Candle Company awarded the opportunity to go on the all expense paid brand experience to four authorized dealers out of thousands. Through a nomination process four dealers were selected from various parts of the country.

As one of the four dealers chosen, Danielle Shaffer, Aw Else Boutique’s owner and partner will travel to Spartanburg, SC on October 18th, 2012 to meet the Bridgewater Candle Company family and tour the manufacturing facility. On October 19th, 2012 the group will then travel to Honduras to spend time at the orphanage and complete a service project that includes delivering much needed supplies. The group will return on October 22nd, 2012.

Furthermore, Bridgewater Candle Company is committed to sharing its blessings, warmth and hospitality with the rest of the world through the Light a Candle Feed a Child program. In 2010, Bridgewater partnered with Rice Bowls, a nonprofit that feeds and nurtures orphans in developing countries. For every jar candle sold, Bridgewater makes a donation to feed a child for a day.

Through the Light a Candle Feed a Child Campaign, Bridgewater hopes to raise awareness for the global orphan crisis as well as help to fight hunger of orphaned children around the world. As the orphan population grows into the hundred millions and more children die from malnutrition every day, the owners of Bridgewater Candle Company wanted to find a way to educate people about the crisis.

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With the support of its authorized dealers, Bridgewater has been able to provide funds for over 618,000 days of food for orphaned children since the program began.

The Bridgewater brand experience trip to Honduras will give dealers the opportunity to get to know the children at the orphanages they are helping to support. They will work alongside Rice Bowls employees and see first-hand how the Light a Candle Feed a Child program is changing the snapshots of life for children around the world.

“When my partner and I decided to open a boutique, there was no doubt in mind about wanting to carry Bridgewater’s delightfully scented candles,” said Danielle Shaffer, Aw Else Boutique’s owner. “Our decisions on vendors were based heavily on a pay-it-forward factor.” We wanted the work they were doing to be helping someone else, said Shaffer.

Bridgewater not only delivered the pay-it-forward factor but excelled in delivering impeccable customer service and product quality, said Shaffer.

“The thing that excites me most about the Honduras trip is to have an everlasting impression of what it means to serve others first-hand and to have the opportunity to share with customers how the purchases they are making are impacting others,” said Shaffer. “This will be by far the most humbling experience one can endure in one’s lifetime. I believe you are placed in pathways for a reason. Therefore, I can’t wait to let these children imprint on my life.”

How You Can Help? Bring donations to Aw Else Boutique and we'll take them to the orphanages.

For more information about Aw Else Boutique, visit www.awelseboutique.com

To learn more about Bridgewater Candle Company, visit www.bridgewatercandles.com