Global Bag Project

Specialties

Earth friendly reusable artisan shopping bags made by women in Africa, some affected by HIV/​AIDS

History

Established in 2009.

The Global Bag Project is a division of Mainstay Ministries which has been in existence as a not-​for-​profit 501 (c)3 since its inception in 1939. As such, we are able to receipt all donations for reusable shopping bags minus the raw cost of the product. Since we are not a for-​profit organization larger margin can be provided for fair wages for bag-​producers and for building and for building the Global Bag Project infrastructures in developing countries.

Meet the Manager

Karen M.

Manager

Karen Burton-​Mains, the stateside initiator of the Global Bag Project has had a lifetime interest in refugees and marginalized people.

Karen Mains now serves as co-​director of Mainstay Ministries where she is responsible for Hungry Souls, a spiritual mentoring outreach that seeks to help people whose appetite for God is greater than what their present environment is meeting. An annual 24-​hour Advent Retreat of Silence, 3-​day Retreats of Silence to people in the Chicagoland area. She delights in leading hungry souls in growth groups where group spiritual direction is offered. In addition, she has developed Journeys for Hungry Souls, a travel ministry that seeks to introduce pilgrims to the disciplines of pilgrimage.