Changing Lives - One Shirt at a Time
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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For Immediate Release:
Giovanni Mannella
Phone: 407-376-1131
email: giovannimannella@shopgivingthanks.com
Website:
www.ShopGivingThanks.com
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19 yr old launches charity providing shirts through African Parliament
for children in need |
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Winter Garden, FL - June 15, 2010
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-- "Since I
returned from a mission trip to Costa Rica in 2007 I have always wanted
to help those in need, but I wasn’t sure how,” says
Giovanni Mannella, founder and CEO of
www.ShopGivingThanks.com.
Picture: Giovanni Mannella, click
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With helpless
children in need,
a heart was stirred to develop a movement, a movement designed
to aid children in
need across the globe. Giovanni observed that impoverished
children grow up without shirts, and at best, soiled shirts that
infect sores and cuts on the children's bodies.
Without proper clothing these sores and cuts can easily lead to
disease and infection. Touched by his tragic observation,
Giovanni created a solution,
GivingThanks
Clothing.
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“A lot of people doubted me, it’s very rare to hear of a 19-year old
college student who is starting a company; let alone one that
essentially gives away its product,” explained Giovanni. He spent over a
year contacting clothing companies, web developers, and raising public
awareness and support. It was hard for most people to take such a young
man seriously. However, this all changed when he ordered one thousand
shirts to give away to the children of Burundi, Africa. “For every shirt
purchased, GivingThanks
will provide another shirt to a child in need”. Built on the foundation
of giving, Giovanni was determined to help
children in need, one
shirt at a time. Currently offering select styles and designs,
GivingThanks Clothing is
affordable, made with organic materials to be environmentally safe and
friendly, and personally hand delivers clothing to impoverished
children. GivingThanks has
sent their first 1,000 shirt distribution to Burundi, Africa on June
15th, 2010 - Giovanni’s 20th birthday.
The children of the local town Karuzi of Burundi, Africa will be
receiving the 1,000 shirt delivery through members of Giovanni’s First
Baptist Church of Windermere, Province Governer Ndayize Sylvestre, and
other members of the Burundi Parliament. Having the support of the
Burundi Parliament and local Florida volunteers, the Karuzi children
will be hand delivered
GivingThanks shirts, making a forever lasting impact on the
children’s hearts, spirits, and dreams.
Truly working his way up to ambitious goals from a facebook group of
100,000 to providing thousands of shirts to the impoverished children,
gaining the support of the Burundi Parliament, and providing stylish
GivingThanks clothing at
affordable prices, Giovanni has prayed in faith and worked treacherously
to make his goals a reality.
For more information contact:
Giovanni Mannella, Founder and CEO
407-376-1131
giovannimannella@shopgivingthanks.com
www.ShopGivingThanks.com
Picture: GivingThanks shirts, click to
enlarge.
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