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There is no place for shame in addiction. Addiction is mental illness, and we don’t have control over that. My goal is to have people step out of the shadows of shame and truly do what they can to help those who are suffering and want to change.
Selling for long-term addiction recovery
Recovery Road Ministries | Cori O’Steen, Board member
Charitable giving has always been part of Cori O’Steen’s business model. The owner of Upaknship, which sells shipping materials on eBay, has donated a portion of her sales to organizations that are dear to her family—like St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for her son who spent an extended time in the neonatal intensive care unit, and Operation Family Fund to support veterans returning to civilian life in honor of her husband’s military service. But as she witnesses her oldest daughter battle drug addiction with few options for long-term recovery assistance, Cori knew she had to do more.
There is no place for shame in addiction. Addiction is mental illness, and we don’t have control over that. My goal is to have people step out of the shadows of shame and truly do what they can to help those who are suffering and want to change.
Selling for long-term addiction recovery
Recovery Road Ministries | Cori O’Steen, Board member
Cori opened a store on eBay where 100% of the proceeds go to Recovery Road Ministries, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the physical, spiritual, and psychological health of individuals recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. Recovery Road aims to open two long-term addiction recovery centers in Aiken County, South Carolina, in fall 2018, providing an intensive, 10-month, in-house program that will be free to those seeking help from substance abuse. The online store supplements the organization’s other funding sources, which include corporate donations, fundraisers and direct donors.
“I’m compelled by those whose need is greater than mine. I find that it’s extremely healing for me. Going through the different experiences in my life, and donating to charities, it made me feel like I was able to do something for people who had it worse than I did. It’s made a huge difference in my life,” said Cori.
Creating impact in support of women
International Women’s Day | Sweepstakes with Kristen Bell
International Women’s Day (IWD) commemorates the movement for women’s rights, and also celebrates the acts of courage by ordinary women who serve as activists to fight entrenched prejudice and promote gender equality.
Creating impact in support of women
International Women’s Day | Sweepstakes with Kristen Bell
On March 8, eBay launched its 2018 IWD campaign, which raised over $31,000 to support three organizations that empower women.
A sweepstakes to win a meet-and-greet with actress and women’s advocate, Kristen Bell, and tour the set of NBC’s hit fantasy comedy, “The Good Place” headlined the eBay for Charity IWD campaign. Proceeds from the sweepstakes benefitted the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, a coalition of global women’s groups, which advocate for the full and effective implementation of the Security Council resolutions on women and peace and security.
In addition to the sweepstakes, eBay for Charity ran a special IWD auction benefiting Women for Women International, a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides practical and moral support to women survivors of war. eBay also sold “Phenomenal Women” t-shirts on the platform to support Girls who Code, a nonprofit that aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science.
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