Support Magdalene House
May 21, 2007
Help sow seeds of hope with natural healing products from Thistle Farms, the cottage business of Magdalene House in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Rev. Becca Stephens, Episcopal chaplain at Vanderbilt University is the founder of Magdalene House. I’ve heard her preach and had the pleasure of visiting her in Nashville a few years ago. Becca is an inspirational woman who helps nurture goodness in this world.
And the Thistle Farms projects are great too! I’ve got a tub of lib balm at home. Be sure to check out Lot’s Wife Salt Scrub, Balm of Gilead (comes in five scents), Lavender Mini-Sachets, and the Moses line for men!
Named for the only wildflower that grows along the roads that Nashville prostitutes frequent, Thistle Farms is the cottage business of Magdalene – a two-year residential community for women with a criminal history of addiction and prostitution. Magdalene was created to provide a sanctuary in Nashville for women in need of a safe, discipline and compassionate community.
The women of Magdalene have chosen to create products that bring healing to their bodies and souls as well as to others. Thistle Farms creates natural and organic handmade healing products that are as kind to the environment as they are to the body. We also have our own organic lavender field from which our lavender products are made. Our balms, candles, sachets, eye pillows, bath salts and body scrub are made with the purest ingredients including cotton wicks, soybean based ecowax, sea salt and virgin olive oil and then placed in recyclable containers. Every product is made with an intention of healing and includes a woman’s story card.
While at Thistle Farms, the women of Magdalene gain much needed job skills and begin to create savings. Thistle Farms employees learn the importance of individual responsibility and cooperation while specifically developing skills in manufacturing, marketing and sales. All proceeds from Thistle Farms go to support Magdalene’s houses and residents as well as provide outreach to women who are in jail or still on the streets.
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