2) Five Accessories sells a lovely reversible bag called the Rwanda Tote and created by women of Rwanda of eco-friendly material. $5.00 from each fair trade cloth bag from Rwanda goes to support the Women's Equity in Access to Care and Treatment (WE-ACTx), an international community based initiative headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda dedicated to helping survivors of genocidal rape and sexual violence. $56.00.
3) The new Just Stand Up! for cancer song is now out on iTunes. The uplifting track pulls together Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Natasha Bedingfield, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, Carrie Underwood, Keyshia Cole, LeAnn Rimes, Ashanti, Ciara & Mariah Carey with proceeds from each song sold going to various cancer charaties through SU2C.
4) Mel B of the Spice Girls and Kraft Brands has created a cute tee shirt at Poseforthecure.com. Each shirt sells for $24.99 at the above website with free S&H. $10.59 from each sale will go to the Susan G. Kormen for the Cure to aid breast cancer research.
5) The Color of Hope collection from L'Oreal Paris will donate $5.00 from each kit sold to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF). Each collection includes lip colour, lip gloss, eye shadows and a cute silver cosmetic bag for $25.00 plus S&H.
6) Donna Karen has teamed up with City Harvest with a special Make A Wish gold apple necklace. 100% of the proceeds from each necklace will go to the NYC charity which feeds the home bound.
7) The Hunger Site has created a large catalog of items that give back. I love their little Chilean Good Luck Pig for $4.95. For each little pig sold, The Hunger Site will fund 25.0 cups of food.
8) Inches International has created cute metal bangle bracelets for $5 each which help send children of Liberia and Sierra Leone Africa to school. Buying 20 bracelets is enough to pay for one child's entire school year. For more information check out: www.inchesinternational.org.
9) The Nancy Davis and Tommy Hilfiger has teamed up with QVC to create a Diamonique® Sterling Pave’ Bangle Bracelet with 10% percent of net proceeds going towards MS research through the Nancy Davis Center Without Walls. Seen on the arms of the Hilton sisters it retails for $255.00 at QVC.com.
10) The FEED Bag (see our review here) now comes in so many new shapes and forms. Along with still being sold on Amazon.com and Tom's shoes, The FEED Bag has also teamed up with Whole Foods and Rugby by Ralph Lauren. Each FeedBag 100 shopper bought will feed 100 children worldwide. $30.00
11) nest has a whole collection of handcrafted gift ideas that give back through mico loans to women in developing countries. My favorite are the lovely Salsa Bowls by Maria Belen de la Cruz of Mexico. $30.00
12) Christian Lacroix has gotten tough by creating a t-shirt covered in flowers, hearts and some fairy looking being buzzing about. While this seems soft and sweet each $70.00, 100% organic cotton, shirt will help fund the Environmental Justice Foundation which aims to prevent and crack down on child labor in the cotton industry. Along with Mr. Lacroix other designers such as Luella Bartley and Betty Jackson have also created shirts for EJF and a number of models have been wearing them backstage at shows to get the word out. Check out the foundations shop for the limited edition shirts.
13) Hayden-Harnett want you to help support organic, sustainable farming practices and education with the purchase of our exclusive "GREEN IS GOOD" organic cotton eco-tote. 100% of Hayden-Harnett’s proceeds from the sale of our GREEN IS GOOD organic cotton tote supports Farm Aid's efforts to promote local, organic, and sustainable farming through education and training. $27.00.
14) Designer John Hardy wants you to wear bamboo, plant bamboo with his new collection of bamboo jewelry. John Hardy's company in turn donates funds to replant bamboo and other grasses in the Indonesian ecosystem. I love the simple yet unique Bamboo Cuff Links.
15) Always wanted to buy art at Christie's but didn't have the funds? Who knew but Christie's auction house sells small prints by up and coming artists ($20 to $30 range) who give proceeds to their favorite charity. For more information check out tinyshowcase.com. Take a look at the funny little piece "Sensualité Féminine" by artist Saelee Oh. $10.00.
16) MyBagCares.com is a new line of natural tote bags (shoppers). According to the website for each bag sold, they will plant a tree somewhere in the US.
17) A Greater Gift is an online catalog filled with Give Twice handcrafted gift ideas. Take a look at this pretty handcrafted keepsake box Baul Reverse-Painted Trunk. $52.00
18) For the Cartier lover, they have also jumped on the band wagon along with Sarah Jessica Parker with a special blue LOVE bracelet for $475.00, $100.00 of which from each bracelet will be donated to various causes including UNICEF. For more information or to order you can call 1-800-CARTIER.
19) Hard Rock's Signature Series of tee shirts are designed by a number of music legends benefit charities of their choosing. For the entire line click here.
20) Lush has created a rich body cream, "Charity Pot", out of fair traded ingredients sourced from Africa and the Dominican Republic. The Charity Pot also has 100% of its proceeds donated to a group of organizations including UNICEF and TreePeople.
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