Women’s Voices Series: Meet Moo Koh (3 of 5) April 29, 2011 The 3rd story in our series profiling 5 resilient women rebuilding their lives by creating beautiful candles. Their lives are changing one candle at a time. Meet Moo Koh Moo...
Peace Corps Talent Fuels Prosperity Candle’s Mission to Empower Women Worldwide April 28, 2011 Prosperity Candle is a social venture designed to empower women entrepreneurs from areas affected by conflict and natural disaster by helping women set up independent businesses that help them not...
Prosperity Candle Participating in Refugee Awareness Event at Mount Holyoke College (April 13th) April 11, 2011 Prosperity Candle has been working in partnership with the Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service organization to employ several recently resettled refugees from Burma and Bhutan for the last few months....
Women’s Voices Series: Meet Luma (2 of 5) April 08, 2011 The 2nd story in our series profiling 5 resilient women rebuilding their lives by creating beautiful candles a world away. Thanks to you their lives are changing one candle at...
Thoughts from a Gift Recipient: “A candle from Prosperity Candle is more than just a beautiful source of light” April 02, 2011 Thank you to Meg Filbey Heatly for sharing her thoughts about the Prosperity Candle that her husband gifted to her last Christmas! Last year for Christmas my husband was thoughtful...
Women’s Voices Series: Meet Wafa’a (1 of 5) March 29, 2011 After an incredible first year, we thought we’d spend some time this spring celebrating the women we work with. Their stories are rich & inspiring. We hope you’ll share them! This...
Our Newest Local Supporter: Whole Foods Market in Hadley, MA! March 23, 2011 We’re pleased to announce that our Vessels of Light, made with 100% soy wax by Burmese & Bhutanese refugees in Springfield, MA, will now be carried by another local Whole...
With The Hoop Fund Prosperity Candle customers can now empower women by shopping AND lending, Kiva-style! March 23, 2011 Have you ever used Kiva? If so, you may be interested in our partnership with The Hoop Fund. Now, thanks to their innovative platform, you can now loan as little...
Candles Bring Light out of Darkness: TV Interview with Amber Chand March 15, 2011 Prosperity Candle’s co-founder, Amber Chand, was invited to speak on Springfield, MA’s television station WWLP’s Mass Appeal to discuss the power of individuals to empower women globally. She discussed the...
Siiri Morley to Speak at 85 Broads Conference on April 2nd March 15, 2011 Siiri Morley, Founding Partner of Prosperity Candle, will be speaking about launching a social enterprise focused on women’s empowerment and shopping for a cause on April 2nd at the 85...
Women to Women: Shopping for a Cause! (Simmons College, March 28th, Boston) March 11, 2011 Prosperity Candle is honored to be participating in a “Women to Women: Shopping for a Cause” marketplace at Simmons College on March 28th in Boston, MA. Join us for a...
Solutions Journal Features Prosperity Candle’s Innovative Work March 10, 2011 We are pleased to announce that the Solutions Journal, which aims to solve the “mounting environmental, social and economic problems of our time”, has featured Prosperity Candle as an innovative...
