GoodWeave is teaming up with CNN’s Freedom Project to end modern slavery across the globe. Tune in this Monday, April 18, where GoodWeave’s innovative market-based solution to end child slavery will be showcased on World Business Today at 9am EST.

To learn more about GoodWeave and their efforts visit their web site: www.goodweave.org

To learn more about The CNN Freedom Project visit; www.thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com

To learn more about the Thalia House, please visit www.thaliahouse.com.

Twigs Interiors is a full-service design firm located in downtown Overland Park, Kansas. As a team of interior designers with a fresh and inspired style, Twigs Interiors specializes in both residential and commercial design in Kansas City and across the nation.

Items used at Thalia House: Inspire pillow, Create pillow, Dream pillow, Toucan Turquoise pillow and Gabriella Kiwi pillow.

The campaign draws its inspiration from the estimated one million children exploited in the carpet-making industry when GoodWeave began its work in 1994, and the one million or more knots that go into each handcrafted rug. GoodWeave has helped reduce the incidence of child labor in South Asia’s handmade rug industry by an estimated 75 percent.

To learn more about GoodWeave, please visit: www.goodweave.org

Twenty percent of sales of our specially-designed breast cancer awareness rugs, Karen’s Rug and The Sisters’ Rug, will be donated to Komen for a Cure. Are you on Facebook? All month long, you can win one of our Passion for Pink rugs! Every Friday in October, we’ll give away one of each design to a random Facebook friend. Make sure you “Like” Company C on Facebook: www.facebook.com/colorfulliving. (Employees, family members and vendors not eligible.)

We are thrilled to announce that Company C is an official corporate partner of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Company C will donate twenty-percent of the purchase of each of our Breast Cancer Awareness rugs, “The Sisters Rug” and “Karen’s Rug” support breast cancer awareness, research and education. The rugs will be available for sale in September 2010 at more than 800 specialty retailers nationwide; at company-owned retail stores in Hingham, MA, Portland, ME and Concord, NH; and online at www.companyc.com. Both limited edition rugs are hand-hooked 2-feet by 3-feet accent rugs made of 100 percent wool.

About Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure®, we have invested nearly $1.5 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.

Company C will donate twenty percent of the retail price of each rug sold to support breast cancer awareness, research and education. In addition, all contest participants will receive one of the new accent rugs, and the namesakes will have their stories featured in Company C’s Spring 2011 catalog.

“The Sisters Rug,” is named after Allison Moir-Smith of Manchester by the Sea, Massachusestts and her sisters. In Allison’s family of five sisters, four battled breast cancer in the last five years, and the fifth participated in a study to help understand how women’s genes and their environments influence risk of breast cancer. All five sisters are living and well today.

“Karen’s Warrior Rug” honors Karen List of West Palm Beach, Florida, who first learned of her cancer when she was a young mother of two boys. Karen helped to raise awareness of the disease by becoming a breast health advocate and educator, and was later honored by Susan G. Komen for the Cure as their “Warrior in Pink.” Recently named Chair for the 2011 Race for the Cure, Karen continues to fight “not just for me, but for my fellow warriors.”

“Our entire organization felt very strongly about supporting this cause and what better way to show our support than through the use of color and design,” said Walter Chapin, co-founder and president. “This contest was part of our larger Passion for Pink initiative, which we started in 2008 and continue to stand behind with the hopes we can inspire colorful living for our customers and all those affected by breast cancer.”

“Karen’s Warrior Rug” and “The Sisters Rug,” will be available for sale to end consumers in September 2010 at more than 800 specialty retailers nationwide; at company-owned retail stores in Hingham, MA, Portland, ME and Concord, NH; and online at www.companyc.com. Both limited edition rugs are hand-hooked 2-feet by 3-feet accent rugs made of 100 percent wool.

Thank you to all of those who participated in our Passion for Pink rug-naming contest!

Our namesakes will receive one rug in each design and also have their story featured in our upcoming Spring 2011 catalog. Please submit your story by posting on our blog http://blog.companyc.com/ or facebook page, www.facebook.com/colorfulliving.

We will be accepting submissions through June 15, 2010.

To tell you a little more about the rugs, one of the designs features impressionist flowers full of color and character while the other rug incorporates five different shades of pink and features curlicues and circular medallions hooked in different densities to give the pattern textural depth. A spin-off of Company C’s best-selling Garland and Giverny rug designs, the passion for pink rugs are hand-hooked and made of 100 percent wool. Available for a limited time only, these rugs were specially designed to benefit breast cancer awareness and community outreach. Company C will donate twenty percent of the retail price of each rug sold to support breast cancer awareness, research and education.

Our entire organization felt very strongly about supporting this cause and what better to show our support than through the use of color and design! We hope our new designs will inspire colorful living for our customers and those affected by breast cancer.

Our Passion for Pink rugs will be available for sale to end consumers in September 2010. Both rugs will be available at more than 800 specialty retailers nationwide; at company-owned retail stores in Hingham, MA, Portland, ME and Concord, NH; and online at www.companyc.com. To find a dealer in the area or for additional information, visit www.companyc.com or call 800.818.8288.

Our Natural Grounds collection includes four rugs–Sachi, Wentworth Floral, Yukata, and Yuri. The overscaled chrysanthemum designs in the Sachi rug are fresh and modern. “Sachi” is a Japanese name meaning “Happiness,” and this rug will surely make you smile. Wentworth Floral boasts an arresting floral pattern in all natural shades of gray. The Yukata rug was inspired by the brightly colored kimonos worn in Japan. By layering vibrant red, teal, wasabi and gold colors on the black bean ground of this rug, this rug is a true statement piece. The Yuri’s Ikat patterns in brilliant colors make for a dramatic contrast against the dark charcoal (and natural) ground.

And don’t forget our Natural Grounds rugs are GoodWeave certified, assuring you that your handmade rug was created without the use of child labor. Join us this month to celebrate these naturally beautiful rugs. Enjoy 25 percent savings on our Natural Grounds rugs. Make a statement in your home–be naturally beautiful today and every day.

Company C recently sponsored GoodWeave’s Faces of Freedom exhibit in each of our three retail stores – Concord, NH, Portland, ME and Hingham, MA. The collection of photographs, taken by acclaimed documentary photographer U. Roberto Romano in South Asia, depicts both the horrors of child labor and the hopeful faces of children the GoodWeave program has saved from the looms. The exhibit offers a deep look into the heart of this transformation. We’ve received such positive feedback that we really just don’t want the exhibit to end so we’ve decided to launch an online version of the exhibit.

Company C has been a member of GoodWeave since October 2005. Our goal has been to educate consumers about the powerful impact their purchases can have and to help build awareness about child labor in the handmade rug industry.

As you journey through the exhibition, you’ll learn about the ancient craft of rug weaving juxtaposed with the grim reality of weavers, too young to be at the looms, laboring in poor conditions where childhoods remain incomplete. However, the bright faces and futures of rescued children will bring joy to your heart! For many of these children, GoodWeave schools and centers provided their first opportunity to be in a classroom or playground.

We encourage you to share your thoughts on the exhibit with others. We look forward to hearing your feedback.