This pink necklace from Red Envelope is stunningly beautiful. It’s carved and polished from rose-pink cat’s eye, a pink granite stone from India.
It’s wrapped and suspended by a gold-filled chain. The pink ring has a one inch diameter, and the chain adjusts from sixteen to eighteen inches, with a lobster clasp to hold it together.
Proceeds will go to help Susan Komen for the Cure.
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The coffee beans are from East Africa, where coffee originally came from. Brewing it yields a unique flavor of coffee that’s deliciously complex. It’s been described as delicate with subtle hints of herbs, citrus, and spice.
Starbucks has worked extensively with African coffee, and with the opening of Farmer Support Centers in Rwanda and Ethiopia, this product is produced responsibly and under fair working conditions. And proceeds of sales will go not only to help farmers in these developing areas, it’ll also provide treatment for children and adults living with HIV in Africa.
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It’s a great book to read with a child who has a mother with a disability to help them understand how precious a mother’s love is.
A portion of the proceeds for every book sold this month, will be donated to the Lupus Foundation of America. After that, she will choose another charity every few months.
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This Recycled Glass Turtle Night Light, available from
Uncommon Goods, is beautiful and also goes to help endangered leatherback turtles.
The design of the night light was inspired by the journey of a baby sea turtle from its nest on the sand to the sea. It’s environmentally friendly, made from recycled glass bottles before they hit the landfill. The artistry is astounding; the piece is kiln formed and sparkles from all angles.
Each light comes with a 3 1/2″ x 5″ reproduction of the original watercolor by artist Elaine Hayes-Gray that inspired it, along with her poem “Follow the Moon”.
For every light sold, the artists will donate a portion of proceeds to the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation to help Leatherback turtles.
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The Body Shop Tantalizing Lip Butter is
a great way to protect and soften your lips.
It uses a dragon fruit extract to moisturize your lips, and also provides national antioxidant properties. It’s a great way to protect and promote health for your lips from the good folks at The Body Shop.
The proceeds from this lip butter goes to support the Staying Alive Foundation, a worldwide HIV and AIDS prevention resource.
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To celebrate Earth Day 2010, Novica is having a sale letting you take 10% off all eco-friendly gifts!.
If you don’t know what Novica is, it’s an organization that, in association with National Geographic, sells hand-crafted gifts created from developing areas all over the world. In a world where more and more things are produced with machines or mass produced with cheap labor (on most trips lately, I am shocked to find out that 90% of the souvenirs in any given area are made in China!), it’s a breath of fresh air to get handmade items from artisans in the actual areas where the art originated.
And of course, Novica helps people in developing areas make a living for themselves, their families, and their communities.
With this sale, Novica is featuring sustainable, natural, recycled, or reclaimed items. Every gift not only has a story, it helps the planet.
Click to the site and read all about the artists, the areas, the art, and the eco-friendliness.
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On yesterday’s Celebrity Apprentice, the task for the celebrities was to makeover budding country artists Luke Bryan and Emily West. Corporate sponsors with new products to hock usually sign up to have their products improved, but of course in reality, the exposure their brand gets by being on national television usually far surpasses the benefits of whatever the apprentices do.
The same was true in yesterday’s case, but instead of marketing color printers or software, the product was two up-and-coming country singers, Luke Bryan and Emily West. Both are amazing young talents who definitely deserved to be featured on national TV. Their exposure was hardly American Idol numbers, but still, hopefully this could be the big break they needed to get widespread attention. Portions of their singles were shown on the show. Bryan’s song was a catchy, peppy country song, while West’s ballad was a moving song that had the audience in tears.
For the next month, if you purchase the singles of either of these artists on iTunes, a portion of proceeds will be donated to Cyndi Lauper’s (the winning project manager’s) charity:
Luke Bryan – Rain Is a Good Thing (Live from Celebrity Apprentice)
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The United States Playing Card Company, the leader in playing cards and makers of Bicycle cards, has released their Bicycle 2010 Hope for Haiti Playing Cards
100% of the profits from these Hope for Haiti edition card, up to $1 million, will be donated to AmeriCares specifically for providing disaster relief to the earthquake-battered nation.
Of course, in addition to buying playing cards, be sure to consider a direct donation to some of the best charities to donate for Haiti relief. Even though the pictures aren’t on the news anymore and celebrities have stopped talking about it, the need is greater than ever for help.
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This adorable ‘Cupcake’ Long-Sleeved Tee is great for kids because it was designed by a kid! This is one of several long sleeve T-Shirt Designs for shirts that fit children from 1-4 years old.
A portion of proceeds will be donated to Free Arts for Abused Children, a nonprofit organization which combines the healing and therapeutic power of arts into the lives of children and youth who have been abused, are homeless or are at-risk.
We love their playful designs and positive attitudes, plus the manufacturer gives back to the community. A portion of the profits go to both the young designers and the children’s charity, Free Arts for Abused Children.
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7/17/21 update:
1-800-Flowers has discontinued Dee’s Bouquet. If you’re looking for an arrangement with a similar vibe, their Floral Embrace or Tropical Sunrise are pretty good choices. But of course proceeds of those don’t go to charity.
If you are interested in a bouquet where proceeds go to a really good cause, check out their Good Day Bouquet. 20% of proceeds goes to Smile Farms. This is a charity that their founder and their CEO, Jim and Chris McCann, started to help give developmentally disadvantaged adults a chance at employment opportunities. I used to work for Jim and Chris and they’re good people. Definitely consider buying this bouquet, or donating directly to this great cause.
11/16/2013 update:
Episodes of the 1-800-Flowers Undercover Boss episode from 2010 are still being broadcast, and it looks like they’ve redesigned Dee’s Bouquet for a third time. In my opinion, this third design is the best. Unlike past versions of Dee’s Bouquet, which something tells me were probably just previous designs that they decided to rename in time to make the TV show, this one was clearly designed from the ground up and really seems to capture Dee’s personality as it looked on the TV show.
7/6/2012 update:
If you recently saw the rebroadcast of Undercover Boss, since the show was originally broadcast they’ve redesigned Dee’s Paradise to become Dee’s Tropical Paradise. It’s a beautiful arrangement with roses, ginger, anthurium, Birds of Paradise, Ti leaf, palm leaf, and myrtle.
For the record, the producers of the show painted Chris’s brother Jim in somewhat of an unpleasant light, probably because they thought it made for better TV. I happen to know Jim, and he is genuinely one of the kindest, funniest, and most brilliant men I know. He’s someone who loves his family tremendously and who treats his employees fairly and with a smile. Long story short, never believe everything you see on TV 🙂
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The season finale of Undercover Boss was yet another great episode in a great series. I actually wonder how much longer this series can go on, because there’s no way the “cover” to explain camera crews (“we’re filming a documentary on entry-level jobs”) will hold up. I guess they’ll just have to film in places that don’t get CBS 🙂
Tonight’s episode featured Chris McCann of 1-800-Flowers, and a floral designer in Boston named Dee, who reminded him of the lesson that success in the florist industry isn’t counted by numbers of flowers you sell, but by how great a relationship you have with your customers.
At the conclusion of the show, Chris reported to Dee that a flower arrangement, Dee’s Paradise, has been named after her. In addition, a portion of proceeds from sales of this arrangement will go to a scholarship fund for budding (no pun intended) florists and flower designers at the non-profit organization American Institute of Floral Designers. The bouquet is available on 1-800-Flowers now.
It was a heartwarming way to end a great season for a great new show. Congrats to CBS and 1-800-Flowers for a very entertaining evening!
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