For the Movember Men (and Women) in your life...

The 'Mo', slang for moustache, and November come together each year for Movember to raise awareness of cancers affecting men.  Help change the face of men’s health, in the exceptionally classy “Movember Classics” by TOMS.
Tom's has teamed up with the Movember Foundation to create some Limited Edition TOMS, available for men and women.

Not bad, basic black slip-ons for all those chores you have to do:

Go to http://www.toms.com/ for more information.

Funds raised benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation and LIVESTRONG.

Gifts for St. Jude

West Elm has some cute holiday gifts that give $5 of every purchase to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  Gifts are $25 each with free shipping. 

I really like the sequin animals:

For more information and to order, visit http://www.westelm.com/

Charity Pot

Lush has a lotion that gives 100% back to charity.  It is made with skin-softening cocoa butter and almond oil.  Every penny that you pay for a pot, excluding the tax, goes to grassroots charities all around the world.

For more information, visit http://www.lushusa.com/shop/products/body/hand-body-creams/charity-pot

Philanthropy Is Beautiful

In 2003, Joan B. Hornig, developed a way to combine her passion for jewelry, education and philanthropy through the creation of the Joan B. Hornig Foundation. Her site gives 100% of the profits on each piece of jewelry to the purchaser's charity of choice.  The foundation's mission is to provide support for registered charitable organizations throughout the world.

Check out some of the amazing pieces you can purchase:

 To find out more, visit http://www.joanhornig.com/

Soap for Charity

L'Occitane have shea butter soaps available called the African Tales Soap Set. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to ORBIS, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting preventable blindness around the world.

These soaps are rich in shea butter, with softening and protective properties, they leave hands clean and delicately scented - all for $12. They also come in nice packaging so they are easy to give! 

For more information, visit http://usa.loccitane.com/FO/ORBIS-Soap-Duo,p960582.htm?cm_vc=SearchRes

Buy a Baby Blanket, Give a Baby Blanket

Ever want to purchase a good baby shower gift and just not know what to buy? If so, you should check out Happy Blankie. Happy Blankie donates a blankie for every blankies purchase to children in need all over the world. You even get to choose where you would like to give a blankie. The most amazing part about this company is that it was developed by a then seven year old boy! 

The current designs are a frog, dog, bear and pig.  Cute for the little one in your life!  I hope soon they will come out with some other designs too.

For more information, visit http://www.happyblankie.com/

Flip for Movember

Flip Video and Cisco are working with Movember to raise awareness and funds for men’s health. In addition to having the Cisco team participate in the campaign, each Movember Flip video camera sold will generate a $10 donation to the Movember Foundation.

To purchase, visit http://www.theflip.com/movember

What is Movember?

Movember is a month-long event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November.  Since 2004, the Movember Foundation charity has run Movember events to raise awareness and funds for men's health issues, such as prostate cancer and depression, in Australia and New Zealand. Since 2007, events have been launched in Ireland, Canada, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

For more information, visit http://us.movember.com/

National Shine A Light on Lung Cancer Vigil

There is a new campaign taking place during Lung Cancer Awareness Month. It is the National Shine A Light on Lung Cancer Vigil on the evening of November 4th. The Lung Cancer Alliance's goal is to host 100 vigils nationwide reaching 1 million people! When we last talked, they had almost 70 vigils setup and were adding more every day!

You can learn more by visiting the website: http://www.shinealightonlungcancer.org/. Their philosophy is that the more people they bring together for the lung cancer movement, the more people are educated about the true facts of this disease and help dispel myths and long held stigmas. With this awareness comes understanding and then action and funding.

Do you know of a vigil in your area?  Are you planning to attend?

Bare Escentuals - Unforgettable Eyecolor

Bare Escentuals has created a special edition eyecolor named Unforgettable Eyecolor that gives proceeds to the Lung Cancer Alliance.  For more information, visit http://bareescentuals.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-BareEscentuals-Site/default/Experience-BECareDetail?cgid=CA_BE_BECARES_LCA_UNFORGETTABLE

Lung Cancer Alliance is the only national non-profit organization devoted solely to support and advocacy for all those living with or at risk for lung cancer. For more information, please visit http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/