Give Something You Love

The Victoria Green Collective is proud to annouce our exciting Holiday 2009 Campaign. "Give Something You Love" is our slogan for the 2009 Holiday Season. If you love fair trade, locally made, organic or eco-friendly products, then give what you love this Christmas with the Green Collective. Our holiday campaign is designed to honour and reward all of our loyal customers! Here is what we have in store for you.....

Thursday December 3rd - Participating Green Collective stores will be open late till 8:00. We will be serving up yummy treats and goodies and providing our customers will exceptional promotions! Each store will have their own twist to the evening. We at Fiber Options Naturals will be providing our customers with 20% OFF ALL of their purchases in the store!! The sale is from 6:00-8:00 pm. It is THE best sale of the Holiday season, and THE best pricing you will receive before Boxing Day at Fiber Options.

The ENTIRE month of December - The Green Collective wants you to not only "Give What you Love" this Christmas, but also "Get What You Love"! SO, for the month of December, purchases over $50.00 at each Green Collective store will qualify you to receive one of our 'Green Cards'. The Green Card will get you a discount at all Green Collective store in the New Year for the months of January and February. It is our thank you to all of our loyal customers!

Watch for our Holiday "Give What You Love" Campaign coming out in Monday Magazine this December!

Holiday Gnome Hunt on LoJo

Come get into the Christmas cheer with the merchants of LoJo this Saturday and Sunday and YOU could WIN a $500 Shopping Spree! Wouldn't that help the holiday budget!?

Participating stores on Saturday November 21st and Sunday November 22nd could potentially have one of 6 holiday gnomes hidden in their store. Find 3 out of the 6, fill out a ballot available at the participating stores, and then drop it off at Willie's Bakery for your chance to win!

One dollar for every ballot entered, will be donated by the LoJo Merchants to the Salvation Army (to a maximum of $500.00)

What is LoJo? LoJo is the hottest shopping area in downtown Victoria. It is where the locals shop for unique gifts, fashions, and accessories! Come down to the 500 block of Johnson St. and see for yourself what the hype is all about! Our Victoria location, Fiber Options Naturals, is located at 577 Johnson St.

*The Santa Claus Parade Starts at 5:30 on Saturday evening. Make this day a great kick start to your holidays! Shopping on lojo, your chance to win a shopping spree, donations to Salvation Army for every entered ballot, and then the Santa Claus parade to top it all off! Bring a non-perishable food item to the parade if you can. They will be collecting donations at the end of the parade!

Happy Holidays!

Sale at our Victoria Store!

50% OFF SALE

Select Styles of Your Favorite Eco-Brands

Icebreaker - Nixxi - Lav&Kush - Lela Designs - Effort's

American Apparel - Nomads - Brandwear - We3

Thursday, October 22 - Sunday, October 25

Fiber Options Naturals

577 Johnson St.

Victoria BC

250.386.4367

Art Show with Darla Reid

You are invited to an Art Show!

What: Art Show with Darla Reid

'Transformations; Fading Light - Autumn Visions'

Where: Fiber Options Naturals, 577 Johnson St. Victoria BC

When: Thursday October 8th 6:00-8:00 pm

Why: In the family of Ecoeverything and Fiber Options stores is a gallery in Tofino called Cedar Corner Art Gallery. The Gallery is designed to have values that align directly with those of the Fiber Options and Ecoeverything stores. Therefore, the gallery showcases artists who are local, being mainly from Vancouver Island. One of these artists is Darla Reid, from Sooke, BC. Her pieces are rough, textured and showcase creations of the natural world.

We want to show off her talent, so come and join us in celebrating this local artist!
Reid's pieces are often referred to as 'accessible art', meaning that they are priced for a variety of budgets.

Please join us this Thursday!

Call 250-721-3263 for more information.

"We Day" 2009

Today marked the third annual 'We Day'. It is the largest youth empowerment event of its kind, and it was held today in Vancouver, and will be held again in Toronto on October 5th. How does this connect to us? In many, many ways.....

'We Day' is a Free the Children initiative. Free the Children is a non profit that started in Canada in 1995. A young boy, by the name of Craig Kielburger, started this organization at the age of 12. At the age of TWELVE he got together 11 school friends to start fighting against child labour. What started in 1995 as what seemed like a relatively small movement, has now turned into something that has touched youth worldwide. Free the Children program's are across Canada, empowering youth with knowledge, strength and momentum to know that they can change the world. Along with Free Children, is an initiative called 'Me to We'. Me to We is a clothing line, which we are now selling in our stores. The line directly funds the Free the Children program. 50% of the profits from Me to We sales goes directly to Free the Children. The rest of the profits go back into the growing the clothing line.

This is why we decided to start carrying the Me to We line, as it fully matched our ethics and values. The clothing items are all made in Canada and are all made out of eco-friendly fabrics. However, I don't think we quite realized the impact the clothing line would have until a few months ago. You see, Me to We is more than just clothing...its about relationships, stories and a movement that is changing youth across Canada. Stories from customers who have met Craig Kielburger. Stories from customers whose kids or grand kids have fundraised for Free the Children and have had their lives enriched from the organization. Or, stories from customers who have attended these annual 'We Day' events. The stories have brought people together to talk about real issues, that go beyond just buying a shirt in a local store. The stories have created relationships between customers and our staff, and have most importantly awakened our awareness for what more we could be doing. It is reasons like this that I believe my family does what is does with these smalls businesses here in Victoria and Tofino. There is a movement happening. A movement towards fairly traded products and environmentally friendlier choices being made. We are so proud to be a part of that.

So, with that said.....I hope my mum, a school teacher here in Victoria had an empowering time with her children from school at the We Day celebration today. I also hope her friend, a school teacher in Vancouver had a day to remember as the Dalai Lama spoke at We Day. And, I hope my uncle, the founder of this business I work for, had an enlightening day as he sat in GM place and realized what we are contributing to, and how we can do even more in years to come.

Want to learn more? Click here.

May you all have a 'Me to We' kind of year ahead :)

- Megan

Fiber Options Victoria Supports Wear 2 Start Event

On Thursday September 24th, Wear 2 Start held "Spontaneous Combustion", a fundraising event for their amazing cause. If you have not heard of them, Wear 2 Start is a non-profit in Victoria BC. It is an innovative program established to outfit unemployed women for job interviews. The work that they do for women in the Victoria community is absolutely empowering. Check out their website for photos of stunning makeovers that they have done. Move over Oprah, these are the most amazing makeovers I have ever seen!

Our store donated a door prize for their event - a small contribution for their big cause. Our store supports many small and large community events, and this is just one example of one the great organizations in our city.

Fiber Options Victoria Supports Earthdance Event

Saturday September 26th will be Victoria's 2nd annual Earthdance event. The event is held in different cities all over the world to promote peace worldwide. Our store has donated a gift certificate to the cause, so perhaps you'll win if you attend!

Click here for more information.