Support for Ukrainian Refugees

[MasterpieceCafe]

In the past Zazzle has created a store to support relief efforts and designers donated designs to populate the store. Or we had a special tag used to designate profits going towards that effort. The tsunami in Japan comes to mind, but I honestly do not remember how it was put together.

Is Zazzle planning to designate an organization and create a store for Ukraine? Helping Ukraine is a global effort, anyone capable needs to help in some way. Making a shirt showing support only helps if some of that money makes it's way back to Europe.

I'm Danish and my husband is French. WWII is still very much a part of our history and our parents memories. What is happening is horrific and my heart hurts for Ukraine. I'm so impressed with how Europe is rallying to take in as many refugees as possible. I don't want to get too political but I'm disappointed in NATO's slow response and fear that this will get much worse before it gets better.

Sorry for the long-winded post. I'm just hoping Zazzle will create a formal path that designers can use to create products being sold that will directly help the refugees fleeing war. And will eventually help Ukraine re-build.

[PenguinPower]

I would join this..... I'm currently pledging to give all of my personal profits from any Ukraine merchandise I sell to local refugee aid (we have a fairly large expat Ukrainian community here and are receiving refugees), but it would be great if Z made it easier and maybe even gave a little too. It would also be nice for merchandize that will be benefitting Ukrainians to get a little shout out over those things that are not..... 

[Fiorenzo]

I would join in a heartbeat with dedicated products and donate the related earnings in full. It would be awesome if Zazzle could provide such an option/support store.

It's such a heartbreaking situation and people in Ukraine can use every help they can get. I have various FB friends of our collie community risking their lives in Ukraine because they will not abandon their pets, and I'm actually supporting a rescue near Kyiv the little I can (sadly not Richie Rich here), run by an Italian volunteer who refused to abandon the 400 animals he cares for. As Penguin wrote, it would make things easier, if there was such a possibility to help with our royalties and affiliate shares directly through Zazzle. 

[Username]

Back in 2015 Zazzle launched a special store, called Support Nepal, after an earthquake hit Nepal in April that year. Designers could submit their designs with a theme that would relate to Nepal. Thirty percent of the gross proceeds from the sales from products in the Support Nepal store would be contributed to the Direct Relief organization. And because this was a charity effort, designers would of course not receive a royalty for these sales. There is still a blog about this here... Join Zazzle in Supporting Nepal 

Direct Relief  is a humanitarian aid organization, active in all 50 states and more than 80 countries, with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies – without regard to politics, religion, or ability to pay. And this time too they are hard at work to organize and offer humanitarian aid to those in need due to the invasion of Ukraine... Ukraine Crisis Relief

I really REALLY hope Zazzle will open the lines with Direct Relief again, so we can start doing this in an organized manner instead of having issue related designs fluttering all through the MP and missing the mark (no offense though to those who try their hardest doing this by themselves).

@MasterpieceCafe💟Not meaning to steal your thread, but I will also post this as a separate thread so that creators can, if they wish, give it a thumbs up so it will hopefully gain traction.

@James @Scott @Hamoudi 

[WittyBetty]

I would participate.