5.) Receive Your Pulsera Box
Your pulsera box will arrive about a week before your sale officially begins, and will contain a large trifold display, several hundred pulseras, some hand-woven purses, and informational & display materials that will help with your pulsera sale.
Spanish curriculum materials are available online for teachers or Spanish groups who are interested in them -- those can be accessed on this page.
Make sure you have a secure location to store the pulseras and box. It is super important to keep the box that you receive. That’s how you’ll return everything when the sale ends.
6.) Sell Pulseras
All pulseras sell for $5. Handwoven purses, or "bolsitas," sell for $15. The money raised employs over 200 artisans with fair trade jobs, supports communities throughout Central America, and funds amazing projects that leave a positive & lasting social impact on the lives of countless Nicaraguans and Guatemalans.
Pulseras cannot be sold for less than $5. Pulsera sales generate a lot of cash, so it’s important to have a system in place to safeguard the money you raise. Equally important is that the pulseras we’ll be sending represent hundreds of hours of work by talented artists, so please help us in explaining this to anyone participating in the sale.
We can also accept cashless payments including Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo, Cashapp, and Paypal. You're welcome to use our cashless system or your own school system, or just collect cash – whatever works best for you! If at any point during your sale you’d like more pulseras or bolsitas, just let us know – we can usually get you additional pulseras within 48 hours. More details about accepting cashless payments can be found here.
We encourage you to share photos of your pulsera sale with us on Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram using #pulseraproject.
7.) After Your Pulsera Sale
The display, materials, and remaining pulseras should be returned to us in the box they arrived in – the one you saved. Usually we ask that you do this within a week after the end of your sale. We just ask that if you need more time or expect a delay in returning materials that you send us a quick email to let us know.
Just stick the pre-paid mailing label to the box and take it to the closest UPS location. The school's front office might also be able to take care of this for you, as UPS comes to many schools on a daily basis.
The proceeds you’ve raised should be sent later—no funds should be sent in the box.
8.) Sale Proceeds
The pulsera proceeds can be sent in the form of a school check, cashier’s check, personal check, or money order. Please do not send cash or coins. Your school may need an invoice or other documentation from us to issue a check. If so, just let us know and we’ll gladly send that to you. Our nonprofit W9 form can be downloaded below.
All proceeds can be mailed to:
The Pulsera Project
449 Fleming Rd.
Suite C
Charleston SC, 29412
By leading a pulsera sale you agree to sell all pulseras for $5 and to return 100% of the sale proceeds as soon as practical after your sale, unless we had a different written agreement through e-mail. In the event of a discrepancy between the number of pulseras returned and the money raised, The Pulsera Project will never ask students or teachers to make up the difference with personal funds.
9.) What Happens to the Money You Raise?
Our list of programs in Central America is pretty long and constantly changing, but a good summary of our work can be found on the programs & partners page. The Pulsera Project mainly funds sustainable projects that allow the people we work with to take control of their own lives and futures without building any dependence on "hand-outs."
In addition to sustaining fair-trade jobs for over 200 artists in Guatemala and Nicaragua, money from your sale will support college scholarships, secondary education programs, workers' rights initiatives, loans to worker-owned cooperatives, housing programs, environmental programs, social enterprises, and more. We encourage you to look into the Pulsera Project through independent sources like Guidestar and the IRS for additional information.
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10.) Once Per School Year
Finally, to make sure that as many groups as possible have the opportunity to participate in the Pulsera Project, we ask that schools limit themselves to one pulsera sale per school year. This allows as many schools to participate in the project as possible, and helps improve the quality of any future pulsera sales you lead. Thanks for your understanding!
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