Flora Stationery

Photo Credit to Flora Stationery

Flora Stationery is a nonprofit organization co-founded by sisters, Ashley and Victoria Vanbuskirk. Flora’s mission is to raise awareness and ultimately fund the cost of college tuition for the young women in Eastern Europe who simply cannot afford it. With the help of Flora these women are able to go to a semester of college for every twenty five journals sold. The journals are incredibly unique in their purpose, and in their beautiful cover design which was painted by young women in the area of their impact.

They tell their own story eloquently on their site florastationery.com

“When our co-founder, Ashley VanBuskirk, studied abroad in Pristina, Kosovo and worked as a reporting intern at a local news organization, she knew she was going to hear a lot of stories, but out of all the stories she heard, one stood out.

     The story of Ema. 

As a first-year college student attending the University of Prishtina, Ema worked part-time to help pay for her living costs and tuition.  Her family of five lived an hour bus-ride away in a small village in the center of Kosovo. With the second highest unemployment rate in the world at  55 percent for Kosovars who are 15 to 24 years old, Ema found herself in a cycle of working full time and only being able to afford her school fees for one semester out of the year. At this rate, Ema's six year law program was expected to take her twelve years to complete.

      It was from this struggle, that Flora blossomed.

Ashley and her twin sister, Victoria, decided to take on the task of creating a sustainable way for women like Ema to access funding for college while producing beautiful and unique products to remind their users of the women in whom they are helping. 

With the purchase of our products, you can help support a young woman just like Ema, pursue a college education. 

​             Help us fund futures and come alongside these women as they bloom into the successful students that they desire to be.” – Flora Stationery

Ashley and Victoria Vanbuskirk are young entrepreneurs who are funding futures for young women who otherwise could not afford an education. They are an inspiration to us all, and through their beautiful products provide a great way for us to get involved. Maybe a Flora notebook could make a great Christmas or Birthday present?