Glassybaby Opens Third Bay Area Store In San Francisco's Historic Ferry Building
Company spreads kindness, beauty and light through sales of its handmade one-of-a-kind glass votive candleholders and drinkers
SEATTLE and SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- glassybaby, maker of one-of-a-kind, hand-blown, glass votives and drinkers, announced the opening of its third Bay Area store in the San Francisco Ferry Building. The new store features a stunning collection of hundreds of different color glassybabies and drinkers, and exclusive sets including the bay collection*.
In keeping with glassybaby's dedication to purpose beyond profit, ten percent of sales are donated to the glassybaby white light fund and benefit local nonprofits including UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Sutter Health's CPMC and the Veterans Administration.
"Our new location at the Ferry Building in San Francisco is much more than a retail location, it's a place for people to have fun as they play with glassybaby, experiment with color combinations and contribute to our mission of spreading kindness by giving back," said Lee Rhodes, Founder of glassybaby. "glassybaby is the perfect compliment to the Ferry Building community of world-class restaurants and artisanal food shops--they are one-of-a-kind and handmade in the USA," said Bill Cummings, Marin resident and CEO of glassybaby.
The glassybaby Ferry Building store is located on the south end of the ferry terminal, across from Far West Wungi and Prather Ranch Meat Co. Store hours are: Monday to Friday 10 am to 6 pm; Saturday 9am to 6 pm and Sunday 11am to 5 pm. glassybaby has two other Bay Area stores located at 3665 Sacramento St, San Francisco and 660 Stanford Shopping Center. The company plans to open a hot shop in Berkeley this fall, complete with live glassblowing, an event space and store.
The bay collection is available exclusively in glassybaby Bay Area retail stores only (it is not available online or in WA stores). Photos and descriptions of the bay collection votives are available via the glassybaby San Francisco instagram: instagram.com/glassybabysf.
About glassybaby
glassybaby are one-of-a-kind hand blown glass votives and drinkers made by glassblowers in Seattle, WA. glassybaby come in 469 rich colors, each with a unique name like 'joy', 'hope', 'gratitude', 'roots', 'sorry', 'bff' and 'frog hunting'.
Seattle-based glassybaby was founded in 2001 by three-time cancer survivor Lee Rhodes. During her chemo treatments, Lee met many patients who could not afford basic needs such as bus fare, childcare or groceries. When she founded glassybaby, it was with the core mission of helping to alleviate these struggles. The giving mission has since expanded to support hope and healing for people, animals and the environment. To date, glassybaby and its white light fund have donated more than $3.5 million to over 100 nonprofits. The company hopes to raise another $1 million for nonprofit partners in 2015.
For more informaton visit http://www.glassybaby.com, #baycollection #sanfrancisco
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