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Giving back is Sweet

Sweet Jan 31

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Starting with our wetlands restoration project in New Orleans, Sweeties gave back in every port.

New Orleans: Sweeties planted 600 new grasses in a marsh devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Costa Maya, Mexico: 150 Sweeties pulled over 200 giant bags of garbage from Uvero Beach in a 45-minute contest. We pulled a sink, a television, vacuum cleaner parts and tons of other oddities one should never see in the ocean. We found trash from Greece, China and many parts in between. Read the rest of this entry »

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More Sweet coverage in Belize

Sweet Jan 31

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Another fab TV news segment about Sweet’s work at the children’s hospital ward in Belize City, Belize, during our Sweet Caribbean Cruise, the largest CarbonFree™ cruise ever. Whoo hoo! We got them to say “lesbian” on Belize TV.

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Sweeties on Belize TV

Sweet Jan 31

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In Belize, Sweet guests brightened a children’s hospital ward in partnership with the local organization Lifeline and donated a 1,000 books and school supplies to a new storytime corner at a local school. In a country where homosexuality is illegal, Sweet advanced the conversation and made a lot of new friends along the way. Mmm, mmm. Let’s hear it for our articulate Sweeties. Y’all rock!

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Sweet preps supplies for homeless youth

In mid-May, 30 Sweet volunteeristas converged on At the Crossroads to prep supplies for San Francisco’s homeless youth. Some of us made greeting cards, candy packs and safe injection kits. Others folded and organized clothing or washed messenger bags. At the Crossroads is the brainchild of Rob Gitin, who wants to inspire homeless youth to dream ...

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Giving back is Sweet

Starting with our wetlands restoration project in New Orleans, Sweeties gave back in every port. New Orleans: Sweeties planted 600 new grasses in a marsh devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Costa Maya, Mexico: 150 Sweeties pulled over 200 giant bags of garbage from Uvero Beach in a 45-minute contest. We pulled a sink, a television, vacuum ...