Tap It:

Created in 2008, TapIt is a network of cafes and eateries across New York City that volunteer as partners to provide clean drinking water to those who carry their own reusable bottle. TapIt users can find partner locations on TapIt’s website, mobile website, and iPhone Application (called TapIt Water, available from the App Store). “I was so frustrated that in order to get a drink of water when I was out in the city, I had to purchase a bottle of it. I was eager to find a way to both save on the expense and reduce the waste that comes from single serve plastic bottles,” says TapIt founder Kylie Harper. “I am thrilled that so many local eateries have volunteered to partner with TapIt and provide clean drinking water to the public."

In the past 5 months, TapIt has grown to include over 200 local cafes and eateries in New York City. Partners and users help to clean up communities by reducing waste from plastic bottles that end up in landfills and streets. And users are able to decrease their individual carbon footprint by reducing their reliance on bottled water while saving money. In fact, users could save up to $500 per year if they were to use TapIt instead of buying a bottle of water each day.

Let It Rain!

A super smart gadget has been designed to save our water and actually make something good out of those dull rainy days. It's called RainDrops by Evan.

This product is designed for collecting rainwater from your roof. You just modify the existing gutter system. The rainwater will store in many standard plastic bottles, you can use it water your garden or washing your hands!

The RainDrops system simply allows people to adapt standard plastic bottles to an existing gutter system to collect rainwater. Read more about it here

Where Fashion Meets Fabulous: Harriet's Alter Ego

Beyond offering the worldly woman wildly fashionable clothing and accessories you'd-sell-your-soul-for, Harriet’s Alter Ego can pamper her body with natural body care products, enlighten her mind with art featured in their gallery, ease her spirit through yoga classes and reprieves in the boutiques garden as well as dress the men in her life.

For owners Hekima Hapa and Ngozi Odita, Harriet’s is the idea that fashion should be functional. For their faithful following, however, Harriet’s is a way of life. And although each year their line and boutique concept continually evolves, Harriet’s approach has remained unconventionally classic. A testament to time well spent and design well done.

Harriet’s Alter Ego, truly a lifestyle brand where fashion imitates life.

Harriet's supports clean water in Africa, and you should too! Click here!

A (Much Needed) Peace Treaty

Friends Farah Malik and Dana Arbib created A Peace Treaty using the juxtaposition of their differing backgrounds (Malik is a Pakistani Muslim and Arbib a Libyan Jew) and their shared interest in high-fashion and ancient craftsmanship. It is an evolving collection aimed at creating beautiful, ethically produced, artisan-level accessories and apparel.

We are so excited to have this exquisite stole shown above at our Charity Water Auction! It has red, green, clementine, purple, and blue stripes with silver tila yarn detail. It measures 80x42" and is hand-loomed in 100% cotton.

Chicks Rule!

Todd Goldman is an American entrepreneur and artist. He is the founder of David and Goliath, merchandise company, which produces clothing, posters and other merchandise featuring a variety of slogans. His presence is known globally and paintings are highly coveted.

His paintings and lithographs are shown in many galleries around the globe and he has at least 10 art shows a year. Todd has upcoming art shows in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, London and Japan.

We are so happy to have Todd (and his lovely art) involved with our Charity Water Benefit Auction this year!!

Note: The above image is a limited edition, hand signed, and numbered

24 x 36

Facts about Ethiopia

You're all such smart cookies, so we wanted to share the cold hard facts about why Ladies Lotto partnered with charity: water.

There are more people in Ethiopia without clean water than any other country in Africa. There are 70+ million people living in the country, and 75% of the population lacks access to safe, clean drinking water.

Only one in every four people in Ethiopia have access to clean water while just 13 percent have access to basic sanitation.

Collecting water is a back-breaking chore. Many women walk up to 3 hours, carrying 40-pound jerry cans filled with polluted water that is likely to make them sick.

Many girls never get an opportunity to go to school because the responsibility of collecting water takes precedence.

The country’s persistently low rainfall is a major factor in the extreme poverty that exists in rural areas as well as periodic famines that affect millions of people.

These facts were taken from charity: water's website, please see for yourself.
http://www.charitywater.org/birthdays/ethiopia.htm

We hope you can join us for our upcoming benefits. We know every little bit counts, that's why we have come together as a community to add individual "drops in the bucket" that will overflow for those in need. A donation for admission can help change the lives of many for years to come.

More info: http://www.ladieslotto.com/charitywater

Oodles & Oodles!

Only two more days until Ladies Lotto's 3rd Annual Benefit in Los Angeles! This year all proceeds go to a specific charity: water project in Ethiopia. It's going to be incredible. We've been drooling over the items featured in the silent auction. Below are a couple of items for auction (starting at a fraction of their retail value). In addition there are several works by artists such as Melissa Steckbauer, Carissa Pelleteri and toys like an iPod and Xbox 306! More to come!

RSVP now: rsvpla@ladieslotto.com

Terqa Scarf by A Peace Treaty


Index Necklace by Dirty Librarian Chains
Justine Boots by 80%20


David Kesting of Glowlab



Can't make it to either event? You can bid online beginning Wednesday, December 3rd!

The Lovely Liza Richardson

Liza Richardson is a music supervisor & consultant, having worked on TV & film projects like The Italian Job, Y Tu Mama Tambien and Nacho Libre. She's also an incredible DJ who was chosen to be the first DJ ever to DJ at the Academy Awards! Every Saturday night, her radio show on 89.9 KCRW, rises like the tide, waxes and wanes like the moon and pulses with beats, storms and sonic swells. Liza mixes hip hop-rock-reggae, dub-disco-punk, lo-fi-funk, techno soul, cosmic world party music and surfs the airwaves of LA.

Liza's got a heart of gold and will be lending her talents at the Ladies Lotto Benefit for Charity Water in Los Angeles on Wednesday, December 3rd!! Come out and join us, space is limited, RSVP now: rsvpla@ladieslotto.com.

4,500 a Day.

Just one of the reasons why Ladies Lotto is donating all proceeds to Charity Water at our upcoming benefits. To help us build a clean water well for a real life community in Ethiopia, please visit: http://www.ladieslotto.com/charitywater.

Royal/T for a Day

Philanthropist and avid art collector, Susan Hancock's Royal/T Cafe is a highly conceptualized space inspired by Tokyo's meido kissa (maid café) phenomena of the electronic district of Akihabara. This incredibly unique space is part cafe, part gallery reflecting a fusion of pop culture and high-end design. Exhibitions curated from Ms. Hancock's personal collection are on display featuring contemporary Japanese artworks from renowned artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Mr.Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara as well as artists like Louise Bourgeois and Tom Friedman.

It just so happens that the Ladies Lotto Annual Benefit for Charity Water in Los Angeles will be held at Royal/T on Wednesday, December 3rd. Get ready for a truly incomparable experience, unlike any party venue you've been too, Royal/T has interactive art exhibitions for all to play around with including the Port-a-Party (be sure to bring your iPod). If you'd like to come, send us an email at rsvpla@ladieslotto.com.

Ladies Lotto Annual Benefit!!!!

Ladies Lotto is so happy to publicly announce our third annual benefit. The benefit allows our members to make a larger social impact on the community by working as a collective, applying individual resources and expertise to raising awareness and funds for a great cause.

This year we have partnered up with Charity Water. Charity Water gives 100% of the money raised to direct project costs, funding sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need. All proceeds raised will fund a clean water well in Ethiopia.

Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction in Los Angeles & New York.

SAVE THE DATE

Los Angeles
Wednesday, December 3rd
7pm

New York
Monday, December 8th
7pm

Don't be a Pill

Don't wanna resort to flushing or tossing pills you don't need? Donate them to Madre's Helping Hands - a human rights organization that donates unused meds to people who need them in developing countries. Just grab what you've got (over-the-counter antihistamines or Rxs like insulin and penicillin - check out the full wish list); make sure everything's sealed, labeled, and at least 6 months from expiration; and drop it off at MHH's Chelsea location. Not putting them into our water stream keeps us from drinking prescription cocktails (trace amounts of pharmaceuticals end up in our taps because treatment plants can't filter 'em out). Go before November 25, in time for MHH's shipment to Nicaragua.

Madre's Helping Hands, drop off at 121 W. 27th St., #301, b/t Sixth and Seventh Aves. (212-627-0444). Check out the latest Daily Tip on flushing meds.

Charity: Water

Right now, 1.1 billion people on the planet don't have access to safe, clean drinking water. That's one in six of people.

Charity: Water is a non profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. We give 100% of the money raised to direct project costs, funding sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need. They also work to raise awareness of the water crisis through events, fundraising exhibitions and other public awareness campaigns.

How can you help? Donate, volunteer or help spread the word.

http://www.charitywater.org/

The Play Pump

Do you think M.I.A. & Afrikan Boy know about this?

The PlayPump is an incredibly simple but effective invention that helps people in Africa access clean drinking water. While children are playing on a merry-go-round up to 1,400 liters of clean water can be pumped into a tank that stands seven meters above the ground. The tank’s walls are used to place ad billboards while two sides are reserved for educational messages.

The time is now! A child dies of a water-related illness every 15 seconds. Last fall PlayPumps International launched a $60 million, three-year campaign to bring the benefits of clean drinking water to up to 10 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. We are one-third of the way to meeting this important goal.

Someone call up M.I.A., tell her to stop bitching about "immigrants" and actually put her money where her mouth is.

To make a donation, please check out the website.