droolicious : charity

Buy Pedipeds on Sale & Make-A-Wish

editors — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:03:00 GMT

We love Pediped baby and toddler shoes around here and are confident the little feet on your list will love them too. And right now there’s a bonus to picking up a pair of these stylish, comfortable and marked down beauties – from December 17th until December 31st Pediped will be reducing prices on select shoes and donating fifty percent of the sales to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

In addition to seeing a happy baby in these Logans (sale price $22) pictured above, Make-A-Wish makes children with life-threatening medical conditions smile as they grant these kiddos wishes. That’s a lot of smiling, as one wish is granted every forty minutes by this preeminent non-profit foundation. Now that's one happy holiday. - April Peveteaux

Get them at Pedipeds.

The Oatmeal Bear – The Stuffed Animal That Gives!

SunnyChanel — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:00:00 GMT

This isn’t just an adorable, cuddly, classic and irresistible sweet teddy bear. This is a bear who cares. For every one of these bears that is sold, Pottery Barn Kids will give $10 directly to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for the treatment and research of pediatric cancer and other childhood diseases.

Give the gift of Oatmeal the bear this holiday season and you won’t only be making you’re the child in your life happy but you’ll be doing some good for kids who really need some help. Get yours here for $20.

Excite Books and Book Giveaway

elizabeth leach — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:30:00 GMT

Excite Books is the Netflix of children's books except instead of the books going back to Excite, they are donated to a library in need. For a small membership fee, your child gets the thrill of receiving a package in the mail and new books every month. Read them every night. Get so sick of them you can't wait to get rid of them! Then, donate the books and teach your child about charity in the process. Isn't that an exciting idea?

This is how it works: sign up to receive one book a month ($4.99), two books ($9.99) or three ($14.99) plus $4.99 shipping and handling. With the books comes a pre-paid envelope, some fun stickers, a reading progress calender and a couple fun extras. When you're done with the books, instead of them piling up all over the house, send them to a needy library. You can also choose to keep the books.

And if that isn't enough excitment... Excite Books is offering a giveaway for Babble readers. Please send me an e-mail with the word "Excite Books" in the subject and tell me your child's age and your address. I will choose a random winner at the end of Monday, November 17 and this person will receive a complimentary starter package of three books in their child's age range. Keep the books or donate them when your child is finished reading them.

Visit Excite Books and get excited about books!

IKEA Helping Children in Developing Countries

Lisa Mulcahy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:11:00 GMT

This holiday season IKEA’s amazingly priced soft toys will again be available at all IKEA stores nationwide. These soft toys range in price from $1.49 up to $19.99. And with each purchase, between November 1 - December 24th, approximately $1.30 ($1 Euro Dollar) goes to IKEA’s partners UNICEF and Save the Children's educational programs (16 projects in total) in 14 developing countries around the world.

Funds raised during the IKEA 2008 Soft Toy Campaign will support projects to help improve school facilities, give access to water and sanitation, strengthen the right to education for disabled children, and provide educational supplies like books, pencils and writing pads for children and teachers.

If you buy these for a toy drive it would be like giving two gifts!

Meet the Stinky Kids

elizabeth leach — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:30:00 GMT

We all have Stinky Kids. And I don’t mean the yucky poo, stinky kind. Stinky Kids is a t-shirt company, for infants to tweens, that uses the Stinky Kids characters to teach kids core values. Choose a Stinky Kid character for your stinky kid to wear and your child will enjoy learning the Stinky Kids motto, "Always Be a Leader of Good".

Every Stinky Kid t-shirt comes with an explanation of the Stinky Kid on the shirt. I got the Joey t-shirt to match my daughter’s brown and auburn hair. Joey’s favorite foods are sushi, doughnuts, and rice. Her special talent is hula hooping while walking across her backyard and wiggling her ears. You can meet all the Stinky Kids at stinkykids.com. Stinky Kids is not only about fashion, but also about "being a leader of good". 10% of all proceeds go to the charity Books, Bears, Bonnets, Inc. which fights cancer.

Stinky Kids can be purchased at stinkykids.com and at uptownliz.com. Uptown Liz promotes companies that donate a portion of their proceeds to charity. Check out Uptown Liz and shop for art, clothing, jewelry, housewares, etc. and know that your purchases will benefit charities from around the world.

Meet Stinky Kid Joey... (below photo)

Zutano's Fall Lineup Benefits Charity

Erin Behan — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:45:00 GMT

I'm a big fan of Zutano, and the fall line doesn't disappoint. But before we get to the cuteness, a moment for Zutano's good deed of the season. The company is donating 5 percent of its proceeds from the fall line to Global Action for Children, a nonpartisan coalition dedicating to helping orphans and highly vulnerable children in the developing world. Now, to that cute sweater!

Among my favorites are the above rollneck ($44 for 12, 18 and 24 months), which is a particularly smashing boy look. And for girls, I'm drawn to the birch stripe viola top ($34 in 2, 3, and 4), below. Find more great Zutano fall clothing.

Tom's Canvas Shoes - Get a Pair Give a Pair

SunnyChanel — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:38:00 GMT

I have a shoe fetish. Unfortunately, this genetic trait has been passed down to my darling daughter via my DNA. Get her in a shoe store and she goes crazy, slipping on stilettos and wobbling around like tipsy prom queen. It’s hard to deny dressing up her precious feet. But I become racked with guilt when I purchase yet another pair of sporty kicks for my growing toddler, knowing full well she’ll only be able to wear them for a couple of months. Toms – Shoes for Tomorrow – assuage some of my shopping guilt. How? Well… with every pair of Tiny Toms you guy, the kind hearted people at Toms will give a pair of shoes to a child in need. So if I don’t buy her a cute pair of Red Swing Canvas Tinys Toms like those pictured above, I’m also denying another child who really does need a pair. Time to go shopping! $34 each.

Do Good: Spunky Sprout and Reach the Children Feed Kenya

Mir — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:01:00 GMT

Spunky Sprout has decided to respond to the current crisis in Kenya in a most befitting way: Purchase one of their designated baby shirts or onesies (four adorable tie-dyed designs from which to choose, and just $6 each), and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Reach the Children to feed Kenyan orphans and families in need.

That's fashion with a purpose, baby,

Do Good: Buy Kaching, Help Endangered Wildlife

Mir — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:01:00 GMT

5% from the sale of each of Kaching Design's new Endangered Animal Series shirts will go directly to the World Wildlife Fund to help protect the animals featured. (Maybe that will make the $32 price tag a bit easier to justify.) Each long-sleeved cotton shirt comes in sizes 2-6. Choose from grey wolves, panda, or polar bear.

Do Good: IFAW Gifts for Animals

Mir — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:00:00 GMT

Here's the perfect holiday gift for the tiny animal lover (or her parents) on your holiday gift list this year: Visit animalgift.org to donate money to an IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) animal campaign -- right now they are featuring elephant preservation, Russian bear cub rescue, or Canadian baby seal rescue -- and your good karma comes with small trinkets to pass along in commemoration of your gift. No, you don't do it for the pen and pencil set, colorful card, brochure, or even the canvas tote bag, but it's a nice little bonus. (Not to mention that this is a much more socially acceptable way to support wildlife than just standing around and spray-painting people's fur coats.)

Oneity For All: Holiday Wear That Shows You Care

Leigh-Ann Jackson — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:00:00 GMT

You just really can't go wrong with a timeless looking dress like this. I'm not typically into conservative gear, but it's won me over (you can take the girl out of D.C., but...). The only thing this piece needs to achieve perfection is a Peter Pan-collared blouse, a pair of patent leather shoes and a dress coat.

I just found it on kids' clothing site Oneity (which I found via Design Mom). The site is basically a one-stop classic holiday attire spot for both boys and girls. I'm sold on them because they use straightforward design, good fabric choices (Italian wool, sateen, cotton) and I saw nothing that cost more than $50. Something as sophisticated as this handmade wool jumper would easily run you twice the amount somewhere like J. Crew's Crew Cuts.

The real clincher for me, though, was the do-gooder aspect of shopping the site. Proceeds from purchases help provide food and services to needy villages dotting the globe.

This frock also comes in pink and pale brown (or, "Fawn"). Don't miss pima layette sets for baby and preppy-but-not-pukey argyle vests for boys.

$32, Oneity.

Do Good: Shop Sandbox Couture, Benefit CHOC

Mir — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:30:00 GMT

If you're picking up some clothes for your favorite little fashionista at Sandbox Couture this holiday season, don't forget that you can use coupon code CHOC10 to save 10% off your order, and that doing so will result in Sandbox Couture donating 5% of their net revenue on your sale to CHOC Foundation for Children. It's a little bit of savings for you, and a little bit of money and good karma towards a worthy cause.

Mindful Holiday: 2007 Snowflake Ornament from Eco Artware

Mir — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:00:00 GMT

Just in case this stunning aqua glass snowflake ornament doesn't win you over, how about this: Each ornament (and this is part of a limited run, each year) is made from recycled window panes, with all proceeds being donated to the foundry's local community. Beautiful on your tree, and a meaningful way to spend your money. $10 apiece at Eco Artware.

Do Good: Save the Children, One Ethiopian Apple Tree at a Time

Mir — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:03:00 GMT

Here's another great charity option for a holiday or new baby gift for the spawn who already has it all: Go visit Save the Children and consider choosing a charitable gift in recipient's honor. I particularly like the $75 option of apple tree seedlings for Ethiopian farmers -- for the price of what most designer toddler dinnerware costs, you're helping struggling villages build sustainable economy.

Do Good: Give an Acre of Rainforest with The Nature Conservancy

Mir — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:01:00 GMT

The Nature Conservancy would be happy to gift that special someone on your list with a half-acre or more of Costa Rican rainforest. (For an explanation of their Conservation By Design philosophy, go here.) All levels of giving come with a certificate, fact sheet, and a one-year subscription to their award-winning magazine. That's not a bad deal starting at $25, and I promise Junior's parents will appreciate it more than the latest Elmo.

Do Good: Double Donations with First Book

Mir — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:03:00 GMT

If you're unfamiliar with First Book, they're an organization dedicated to providing new books to disadvantaged children -- a worthy charity at any time. But now through December 31st, 2007, every dollar donated to First Book will be matched by one new book from Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. That makes it a doubly wonderful time to make a donation in honor of someone, don't you think? I suggest printing out the card for your honoree and presenting it tucked into -- what else? -- a favorite book.

Donation levels start at just $10, and remember that through the end of the year that will be matched with an additional 10 books.

Do Good: Give the Gift of an Oceana Adoption

Mir — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:04:00 GMT

If you're looking for a meaningful holiday gift for a little one that isn't about "stuff," perhaps you'd like to investigate adopt-a-creature at Oceana. Adoptions start at $35, where your donation comes with a cookie cutter shaped like your chosen creature, a sugar cookie recipe, and facts on ocean creatures. Choose from sixteen creatures, or choose a subgroup of four or all sixteen.

You get to make cookies, and the oceans get protection. Happy holidays, indeed.

Do Good: PCRF Holiday Cards

Mir — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:02:00 GMT

Each year the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation produces sets of kid-friendly holiday greeting cards designed by young cancer patients. Proceeds from the sales benefit pediatric cancer research, and are mighty cute, to boot. Set of 12 cards for $12; plenty of options from which to choose.