Happy New Year!

Tonight we are making contributions from our 1% for Good fund.  This has to be one of the best parts of owning a business – giving to others. This year, we shared revenue with the following organizations: Capital Area Humane Society WOSU public television Wikipedia Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association National Audubon Society The [...]

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EarthLust Holiday Sale!

Our friends at EarthLust sent the sweetest holiday card.  It’s a snow white embossed ornament with a double use.  In the spring, we can be plant the seed-infused ornament and it will grow wildflowers!  How cool! To share EarthLust’s holiday spirit with you, we are discounting their 13 ounce, 20 ounce, and 1L stainless steel [...]

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Nominate a Charity for 1% for Good

We believe that success is meant to be shared. Thus, we return a minimum of 1% of revenue to secular nonprofit organizations in our 1% for Good program. Please nominate your favorite charity in the comment section below.  Listing their website URL (if they have one) will help us explore how they help the world. [...]

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Breast Cancer Research Benefit Nathan Bottle

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We are celebrating life and raising awareness with this pink ribbon flip straw bottle from Nathan Sports: Nathan stainless steel bottles are BPA free and perfect for exercising with their bike bottle cage fitting shape.  The wide mouth is easy to clean and fill. Nathan Sports donates 5% of [...]

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Why not choose a cheap metal bottle?

When I see a display like this in a big box store: I am reminded why we sell Klean Kanteen, Nathan Sports, EarthLust, Blue Q and Thinksport bottles, not no-brand cheap things.  It’s because our bottles have: *quality of materials ~ Our bottles are created from high quality (surgical grade) stainless steel.  Discount bottles? Usually [...]

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1% for Good 2008 Donation Wrap-up

The charity auctions have ended and we made cash donations today. In total, the 1% for Good program provided over $600 to non profit organizations. We had so many great suggestions that it was hard to choose which charities to support. We researched possibilities and made our selections on the efficiency of the organizations and [...]

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Day Two of Green Gifts and Tips: Wallets and Charity

Today we feature a classic gift updated for the green generation: wallets. Green Guru Gear makes these fantastic wallets from reclaimed billboard material and bike tire innertubes. Both have two bill pockets and 6 sleeves for IDs and credit cards made of 100% recycled PETE. They make great gifts for the hipster or cyclist in [...]

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2008 1% for Good charities announced

Thanks for all the nominations. We selected 6 charities to benefit from our customer’s purchases this year:Capital Area Humane Society – local Columbus OH shelter that housed our two hounds before we adopted themUNICEF Children’s FundNature Conservancy4 Paws 4 Amelia – nonprofit organized to provide a trained mixed breed dog for local Ohio girl with [...]

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Last Day to Nominate a Charity!

Readers, there are 10 hours left until we choose our charity recipients for this year! Please contribute your ideas to our previous thread where our 1% for Good program is detailed. We are busily working on writing up listings for auctions to benefit these charities. We will make them live on Monday the 24th ending [...]

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Our viewpoint on Charity Add-ons

I just read a post about Charity Add-ons by Tim Berry over at Small Business Trends. It got me thinking about why we give 1% of sales to charity. Here’s what I wrote about our donation program: ” I own an online retail store that gives 1% of sales (that’s all incoming revenue, not just [...]

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