The 10th of October is always a special day for The 1010 Project – it matches our name! Here’s a list of ten reasons to celebrate and support us and our partners on 10/10:

1. Since 2006 we have distributed over 115 microgrants to our partners in Kenya, funding everything from chickens to peanut butter.
2. The E-Race Poverty team raised over $8,000 through the Your Cause Sports 5-k, Duathlon and Triathlon event on September 3rd. Some team members even took 1st place in the Relay Duathlon and 3rd in the Men’s Triathlon!
3. Our partners have turned majorly successful crops in the face of the famine in the Horn of Africa. Check out photos of the amazing sweet potatoes and maize.
4. More than 30 vendors will sell socially responsible products at the 4th annual Shop for a Cause Holiday Gift Market on November 4th and 5th.
5. Some of our past interns have gone on to work for USAID, the U.S. Department of State, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Chemonics, Doctors without Borders, Relief International, and International Rescue Committee.
6. We access the knowledge and expertise of local university and graduate student interns. They receive practical experience with an international development organization. Our interns and volunteers provide over 1,000 hours of volunteer work every year!
7. We sold 138 tickets as the non-profit of the match for the Colorado Rapids game on Oct. 1st!
8. Products from our partners will be sold at the Shop for a Cause Holiday Gift Market thanks to a timely delivery by a friend of Humble Hearts School.
9. The Global Entrepreneur Academy has trained 22 Kenyan business leaders in sustainable business practices.
10. We are one of the featured non-profits for the Young Philanthropist Foundation’s Penny Harvest program. In 2009, a 4th grade class raised $165 for The 1010 Project through Penny Harvest.

This year, the 4th Annual Shop for a Cause Holiday Gift Market has the same HEART but a new HOME!