Week Three EOC: Making Money for Good

While there are always companies that are way to interested in their bottom lines to want to give back, some see this as an oppurtunity to envoke real change. These companies want to make a difference and show that they can do so by even the smallest of ways, like donating a small percentage of every item sold to a certain organization or cause.

 Box Tops For Education - Since 1996, Box Tops For Education has raised over $400 million dollars for America's Schools. By cutting out the Box Tops coupon on the top corner of hundreds of particpating products, most found in your local grocery store and giving them to the school of your choice, you are helping them with their mission statement, which is, nourishing young lives by enhancing every child's learning environment.

Product Red - Product Red was founded in 2006, by U2's Bono and Bobby Shriver of ONE/DATA, to help raise awareness and raise fund to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. It is a brand licensed to companies such as Starbucks, Converse, Nike, Hallmark, American Express and others. Each company came up with a product with the Product Red logo and a portions, in somes cases up to 50% donated to the cause.

 Mary Kay Cosmetics - When you think of Mary Kay Cosmetics, you probably think door-to-door Avon lady but with a pink SUV, but Mary Kay knows the importance and fighting for an important cause and giving back, as their mission is changing the lives of women and children around the world. The cause is domestic violence and what they have done to help stop it is amazing. Buy buying a Creme Lipstick from their Beauty That Counts line. They have be able to donate millions of dollars to not only domestic abuse victims but also cancer patients and also orphaned children.