The SVZ's Mother's Day Gift Guide
This mother’s day, treat your mother to a socially impactful gift and show your appreciation. The Social Ventures Zone is home to a number of socially impactful startups that are making incredible products. If you’re still searching for a gift for your mother, look no further, we’ve got you covered.
Heritage Furoshiki
Heritage Furoshiki makes sustainable cloth gift wrap, made from locally sourced fabric and designs, which can then be reused in a variety of different ways. These cloth gift wraps are perfect for wrapping a gift for mom or for gifting on their own!
https://heritagefuroshiki.com/ (external link, opens in new window)
Hestia wrap from Heritage Furoshiki.
Daria Day
Daria Day makes ethically sourced handcrafted jewelry. They work with local miners to source gemstones and silver. Daria Day currently has a mother's day promotion on where you can buy one item and get the next half off.
Aligned in Heart Peridot Ring from Daria Day.
Chic Made Consciously
Chic Made Consciously makes sustainable fashion accessories and works with artisans in Bali and Cambodia to transform waste from tires and war remnants into wearable handcrafted fashion.
https://www.chicmadeconsciously.com/ (external link, opens in new window)
Celine ring from Chic Made Consciously
Mayana Geneviere
Initially created to bridge the gap between fashion lingerie and the support needed for postpartum recovery, Mayana Genviere innovative undergarments have evolved into a versatile line capturing the essence and needs of a woman as she transitions through life’s many stages.
CAMILLE Before & Beyond Chemise from Mayana Geneviere
Do Good Donuts
Do Good Donuts is a start-up employment social enterprise that trains youth 18-28 with intellectual disabilities for mainstream food service jobs within their communities. Every Sunday (starting May 15th), Do Good Donuts will have a stall at the Leslieville Farmer's Market in Toronto where they sell their delicious donuts.
May 15th might be after mother's day, but why not plan an outing with your mother now to go get donuts together on an upcoming Sunday?
https://www.dogooddonuts.org/ (external link, opens in new window)
Pink lemondae donut from Do Good Donuts
Happy mother's day from the Social Ventures Zone!