Mother’s Day is May 14th: That’s less than 3 weeks away – and many of these items are made to order, so now is the time to do your Mother’s Day Shopping! Flowers, photo books, jewelry, a beautiful scarf, perfect chocolates.. yes to all of the above for Mama! But when the item has a give-back element, meaning a percentage of sales go towards something meaningful and philanthropic, then it’s a triple hoorah!
Here are a lucky number 13 that fit that the bill;
A comfy sweatshirt from Hatch Collection with a super stylish print and powerful message that works for maternity, or not. A percentage of proceeds from this product will go to support the work of Alliance Of Moms.
A bracelet flask? I mean, it doesn’t get better. So – this one isn’t technically a give back BUT if you order it on smile.amazon.com and choose any charity of your choice, you can make it a give back! When you use smile.amazon, a percentage goes directly to your favorite non-profit! Though the percentages are low, we recommend always shopping via smile. It’s your normal amazon, just with a great bonus!
A perfect handmade black backpack, made with vegan and environmentally friendly fabrics that would suit a woman of any age is an easy choice. 15% of all sales on Crystalyn Kae are going to Fashion Revolution this week only.
A great tee shirt is something all Mom’s need to replace the one that has 100 holes and breastmilk stains on it. Sevenly donates 7% of each sale to a cause that accompanies numerous collections. The one below benefits autism awareness.
Stand up and show your solidarity with this tiny resistance pin! 50% of the proceeds from every sale of this pin will benefit the ACLU.
Nobody does fair-trade, vegan, organic chocolate like Rescue Chocolate… ALL profits benefit animal rescue. This company is a win/win. They have incredible, unusual flavors, and everything from luxe truffles to basic bars. Their gift box collections range in price from $25-250, but eat your chocolate generously – this is for the animals! Wink/ wink.
How about a comfy blanket for your dear mother? You can select a family photo (or just your portrait!) to create a Custom Photo Fleece Blanket from a personalized gift-making agency like Giftlab. As shown below, you can select a background that matches your preferred photo and get them handcrafted into a thoughtful gift.
This jewelry line, mostly very cool vintage engraved keys with custom engraving, supports job creation for individuals transitioning out of homelessness. To date, The Giving Keys has provided 70+ job opportunities to people transitioning out of homelessness, impacting lives through the power of a Pay It Forward community. How it works: Wear the key with the word (examples; breathe, let it go, faith, brave, believe, etc.) you most need – pay it forward to someone who needs it more than you when the time comes. A tired, struggling Mom would appreciate that.
This gorgeous self-preserving vegan, cruelty-free body lotion does a lot of good-and not just for your skin! With a delicately floral perfume of ylang ylang and rosewood oils in a hydrating cocoa butter base, Charity Pot will leave your skin subtly perfumed and touchably soft. This rich and generous cream contains seven ingredients sourced from the Sustainable Lush Fund projects that support regenerative agriculture around the world. With every purchase of Charity Pot, Lush donates 100% of the price to small grassroots organizations working in the areas of environmental conservation, animal welfare and human rights. You end up with velvety, beautifully-scented skin AND you’re doing a world of good with every pot purchased-nicely done!
These vegan petit four cakes are a wonderful way to acknowledge a special woman in your life while helping us to protect farm animal mamas and their babies – all proceed benefit Farm Sanctuary. This package includes four beautiful raspberry and apricot petit four cakes with fine flower details on top in a white and green box with a green ribbon. It also comes with a Mother’s Day card featuring the image of a mother duck and babies, inspired by rescued ducks at Farm Sanctuary. The gift card features the following message and “Did You Know?” facts about mother ducks and their ducklings on the back:
- Ducklings are precocial – they’re able to get up and walk shortly after hatching – and they never stray far from their mother’s side. So “be kind to your web-footed friends, for a duck may be somebody’s mother.”
- A group of ducks is called a “team,” which must make the mama duck its captain! She leads her ducklings by example, truly getting all her “ducks in a row.”
- Mother ducks take to nurturing their young “like a duck takes to water.” They even cushion the eggs with their own feathers, ensuring that life starts out “swimmingly” for their babies.
This is the sweetest pillow! Did you know: cows are as diverse as cats, dogs, and humans. Some are bright, while others are slow learners. Some are bold and adventurous, while others are shy and timid. Some are friendly and considerate, while others are bossy and devious. These gentle giants mourn the separation from and deaths of those they love, even shedding tears over their loss, but on factory farms, calves are generally torn away from their mothers within a day of their birth. This adorable pillow, illustrated by Portland, Oregon–based artist Kara Burke, depicts a mother cow with her baby calf and is the perfect way to remember that “babies belong with their mothers.” All proceed benefit PETA.
The Best Mom candle. Each purchase supports female refugees at Prosperity Candle in the United States, and is available in 4 scents; Bouquet, Champagne, Laguna Beach, and Peony. Each candle is hand-poured in small batches using fragrances created with 100% natural essential oils and finished with a 100% unbleached cotton wick. The wax is made from a clean-burning mixture of food-grade paraffin and American-grown soy. The wax is GMO-free, all natural, vegan, biodegradable, non-toxic, kosher certified and never tested on animals.
Accompany has teamed up with SOKO on an exclusive collection of jewelry impacting artisan communities in Kenya. All items handmade; all hands paid a fair wage; all wages making an impact. These statement double coin plate jacket earrings are handcrafted with up-cycled brass sheet, these statement earrings make doing good while looking good a breeze. Handcrafted jewelry designs created by artisans in emerging economies, using natural and upcycled materials. Soko was created by women for women to help “fashion a better world” through the equitable direct trade of beautiful goods between artisans in the developing world and web consumers worldwide. Soko jewelry is made by 1,300 artisans in Kenya, on average increasing their incomes 5x.
BONUSES THAT GIVE BACK IN OTHER WAYS:
Dreamy, conscious materials and clean, attractive designs – these trays are perfect for display and snacks! Biodegradable bamboo fiber products from Begrella are made using sustainably harvested bamboo are the ultimate in chic. Plus – the price is right! Supporting companies who are truly doing good in the world is an act of social justice.
DNA kits are like, truly, the coolest things in the universe. Your Mom/ wife/ bestie will go nuts when she discovers the truth about her ethnicity/ race. We know we did! This gift makes you closer to the human race than you ever imagined you could be. Acting globally and locally become more natural once we find how connected we truly are to one another. Plus – this is really something most people don’t buy for themselves… it’s the ultimate gift.
