Prosperity Candle Blog

Prosperity Candle Noted in Exhale Magazine Article on Hybrid Businesses

March 29, 2012

Thank you to Exhale Magazine for featuring Prosperity Candle in its recent piece about the Pipeline Fund’s expansion into Boston. Click here to read more. In February, Siiri Morley...

Social enterprise – what does that mean?

March 28, 2012

We are often asked this question, and the answer we usually give is a business created to do good in the world, to effect positive change, to solve a social...

WGBY’s Connecting Point Features Prosperity Candle for Women’s History Month

March 14, 2012

Thank you to Carrie Saldo of WGBY’s Connecting Point (a PBS affiliate) for her thoughtful story on Prosperity Candle. We are proud to have this feature come out in the...

The Next Time You Give a Gift, You Can Change a Life – Watch Our New Video!

March 05, 2012

We’re so excited to share our new motion graphics video with you in honor of International Women’s Day. As you know, our candles are not just candles, they are vehicles...

7 Ways to Empower Women & Girls (tips from Women of Vision)

March 04, 2012

To follow our “6 Inspiring Ways to Celebrate International Women’s Day“ blog post, we wanted to share a similarly inspiring list of suggestions created by World Vision’s Women of Vision...

Join Wafa’a – & thousands of other women – on the Bridge!

February 23, 2012

We are delighted to be helping promote Women for Women International’s upcoming campaign Join Me on the Bridge on March 8th, International Women’s Day. We could explain why it’s such...

Harvard Business School’s Social Enterprise Conference Chooses Prosperity Candles as Speaker Gifts

February 20, 2012

We’re honored to have the organizers of the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Conference choose hand-poured Prosperity Candle tin candles as their speaker gifts for this weekend’s event. It is...

A New Story for Haiti: Prosperity Candle Prepares for Expansion

February 20, 2012

As our plane began its descent into Port-au-Prince, I found myself preparing to be overwhelmed by what we’d see. I braced for the emotional response that was to come from...

Stand with women on March 8th: Join Me on the Bridge

February 18, 2012

We are proud to feature this guest blog by Pam Steel, a Women for Women International supporter & women’s rights advocate in Boston. Women for Women International is a fantastic...

Planning or attending a wedding? Think Prosperity Candle for meaningful gifts, favors, and more

February 17, 2012

A guest blog by Marcie Muehlke, Prosperity Candle fan and associate About three years ago at this time my partner and I were in the throes of wedding planning. That...

Bright & sunny Honeybee Capital tin candles!

February 05, 2012

We’re delighted to be working with the Boston-based firm Honeybee Capital to create unique, co-branded candles for CEO Katherine Collins to use as gifts this winter. They will be sure...

Looking Back on 2011

January 27, 2012

2011 was an amazing year for Prosperity Candle. As with any new organization, it had a lot of ups and downs, long nights for our teams, and many anxious moments....