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I can’t think of anyone who has a bigger heart than Adriana Shuman. When Adriana and Mark first moved to Santa Barbara they learned their new home had been a Design Showcase House for Calm. They immediately researched the organization and found out the mission: to prevent, assess, and treat victims of child abuse. They became donors but their involvement did not stop there.

When Adriana opened Summer For Kids it was very well received. Adriana worked very hard but felt like something was missing from her goal of having a successful safe children’s store.

She dug deep into her big heart and realized she wanted to give back to the community in an even bigger way.

Two years ago the Shuman’s decided to give all of their profits from their store to local non-profits.

This is such an innovative and selfless way to educate the public and to help the children in our community.

Adriana is certainly one of a kind. How lucky we are to have her and her family in Santa Barbara!!

- Meredith Scott, CALM


Why Certified Organic Products?


That’s simple, it’s health. Your health, health of your children, communities and the environment. Baby’s skin is more porous and thinner than adults! That means that their skin absorbs things very easily. It’s less resistant to bacteria and harmful substances in the environment, especially if it’s irritated. Babies sweat less efficiently than the rest of us, so it’s harder for them to maintain their inner body temperature. This means that children are at greater risk for pesticide-related health problems than adults. Manual farming and organic practices have a lower carbon footprint as the entire process consumes less fuel and energy and emits fewer greenhouse gases.

Organic clothing uses cotton that is not farmed in the conventional ways. It is grown without synthetic pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, chemical fertilizers or any other chemicals, other safer methods are used to produce the crops. Therefore workers have better working conditions, water quality is not compromised by run-off, and strong healthy soil is built. The end product is a cotton fabric that is toxin free.

Organic cotton is safer, sturdier, and cheaper and it feels great!

Conventionally produced cotton material lasts 10-20 washes before it starts to break down. An organic cotton material lasts for 100 washes or more before it begins to wear down. This is because the cotton fibers in conventionally produced cotton take so much abuse in production because it goes through scouring, bleaching, dying, softeners, formaldehyde spray, and flame and soil retardants before it is even shipped to be cut for patterns.

Organic fabrics are hypoallergenic and absorbs moisture from our bodies in a more efficient way than non organic materials.

Creating a pure, natural environment is a vital decision for a growing number of parents. With our children exposed to pollutants in many aspects of life, choosing organic fibers is another step towards natural and safe living.

Summer For Kids

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  1. Excellent post. It is difficult finding posts that are researched well. I can see you have done your research.

    July 29, 2010 at 3:36 pm | Permalink

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