By: Sara Skirboll, Shopping & Trends Expert at RetailMeNot 

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More Earth Day Freebies:

🌎 April 22nd Special Days - Featuring 54+ Earth Day Freebies!

🌎 FREEBIE: Learning about the Environment

🌎 FREEBIE: Save Our Species Coloring Book

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Babo Botanicals: Use the promo code HAPPY25 to get 25% off your purchase.

Burt’s Bees: Celebrate Earth Month by creating a personalized lip balm flavor with a nod to nature. Plus, get $5 off your next order of $25 when you sign up for their email list.

CandaScent: This luxury wellness brand sells candles that are free of all synthetics with 100% plant derived ingredients. For Earth Day, they are offering their candles at 22% off starting April 19 through April 23.

Cariloha: Get a pair of free luxuriously soft bamboo socks with any purchase. Just use the code FREESOCKS at checkout.

Fekkai Hair Products: We love that every bottle in FEKKAI’s Shea Butter Collection is made with recyclable high-grade repurposed plastic! To save on your purchase, take 25% off with the promo code FLASH25 at checkout.

Free People: This popular clothing company goes a step further and celebrates Earth Month. Free People partners with the National Park Foundation (NPF) to create the largest sustainable collection to date with the FreeCycled Tees collection, whose fiber contents contribute to a savings of over 3 million liters of water.

GNC: Take 25% off select herbs, greens and superfoods on GNC.com from April 18 through April 22. Choose from tons of products, including popular items like GHOST Greens, HumanN SuperBeets Soft Chews, GNC Herbal Plus Turmeric Curcumin, Amazing Herbs Black Seed and GNC Herbal Plus Ashwagandha.

Lowe’s: For Earth Day, Lowe’s is offering free family friendly Garden-to-Go kits to customers. Also, on April 22, they are giving out 5000,00 tree saplings.

Lush: This body product company believes in creating a cosmetic revolution to save the planet. For Earth Day, Lush is donating 100% of the profits of their Charity Pot products to local charities and initiatives around the world.

My Green Mattress: Save 15% off your entire order of certified-organic and sustainable sleep products with code EARTH15 through April 22. This means up to $250 off per mattress!

Natural Vitality: Get 30% off bottles of Natural Calm powders with promo code DESTRESS until April 25.

Nest Thermostat: The best-selling Google Nest smart home thermostat is on sale for $99 at Google, Best Buy and Amazon, only on April 22. Normally it retails for $129!

Origins: The Green The Planet Fund plants a tree for every Mega-Mushroom Relief & Resilience Soothing Lotion purchased. Get a free Fold-Over Bag and Origins’ No. 1 treatment lotion with a purchase of $45+, plus the Reusable Glass Straws with a $65+ purchase.

Pact: Purchase sustainable fashion for the while family, plus earth-friendly products, and get 20% off any order with the promo code TAKE20 through April 22.

PHYTO: This eco-friendly hair care company is offering 33% off on all orders on Thursday, April 22 for only 24 hours. No code necessary! 

Spongelle: Get 25% off sitewide with code MOTHEREARTH from April 19 to Aprul 25. Plus, they are donating a portion of sales to Women’s Earth Alliance, a women-led, grassroots solutions organization with the mission to protect our environment and strengthen communities from the inside out.

S’well: If you’re a new customer, sign up for their email blasts and take 15% off your first purchase.

Tentree: Use the promo code SAPLINGS10 to get 10% off any of Tentree’s sustainable apparel.

ThredUP: Reduce your carbon footprint and help the earth by donating or selling your used clothes using ThredUP. Now through June 25, you can get $10 off your order.

TOMS: This brand is known for practicing sustainability in how they create their products. Right now for Earth Day, TOMS is offering a buy one, get one 50% off deal on full-priced styles.

Wolven: This fashion company is on a mission to make sustainability sexy! They have active tops made from bottles, and everything they make is carbon-neutral. Right now, get 20% off with code ZEN.

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Earth Day Every Day

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🌎 Prime Gaming Free Trial - Unlock instant access to tons of exclusive content for your favorite games, and a collection of PC games for free... each and every month.

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Companies Hosting Events and Initiatives for Earth Day 2021

Anthropologie: When you spend over $175 online at Anthropologie, they’ll give you a free reusable “Only-At-Anthro” limited-edition tote to reinforce the reuse lifestyle.

Apple TV: If you have a subscription to Apple TV, you can stream their new documentary highlighting nature’s resiliency called “The Year Earth Changed” in honor of Earth Day. It airs on April 16 on Apple TV+ and is narrated by David Attenborough. Two more documentaries in the series will also premier in over 100 countries.

Athleta: This athletic company is celebrating Earth Day with their (Em)power Happy Hour at 5 p.m. PST on April 22. This will be a conversation featuring four women who are turning business as usual on its head. They are all leaders behind great mission-driven brands, and they will share their advice on how we can all drive positive change for our planet.

Host: Amanda Chan of Bustle

Panelists:

• Beatrice Dixon: Founder of the Honey Pot Company

• Kat Nouri: Founder of Stasher

• Rebecca Papé: Co-founder of Miir

• Jana Hedding: Chief Product Expert at Athleta

There will also be a giveaway! Ten lucky attendees will win a swag bag of products from all four brands.

RSVP HERE

H&M: This fast-fashion company has always been advocating for a cleaner earth, and this year, H&M has launched their new collection titled “Science Story” on April 1 to celebrate Earth Day.

The collection celebrates the poetics of innovation and the value of experimentation by challenging the limits of sustainability through collaborations with scientists, researchers and thinkers. It pushes toward new solutions, positive change and the democratization of sustainable fashion. A lot of styles are currently out of stock now, but new styles are coming soon!

Physicians Formula: This makeup brand is working with EarthDay.org to plant a tree for every Butter Bronzer they sell during the month of April. They are also repackaging the bronzer “to be safer for the environment and more eco-friendly with recyclable components and reduced packaging.”

Non-Profit Depot Toiletry Charity Gift Kit

I came across this idea to make Blessing Bags for the homeless, and thought - what a great way to use some of the freebies and samples we get!

Put together a few bags and keep them in your car, ready to hand out when needed.

What a wonderful idea, and a great way to demonstrate compassion to your kids!

Ideas of What to Include:

Any individually wrapped snack or drink:

• Breakfast bars, cereal bars, granola bars, protein bars, energy bars
• Fruit cup, applesauce cup, pudding cup (include a spoon)
• Peanut butter and cheese crackers
• Gum/hard candy
• Instant Oatmeal Packets (include disposable bowl and spoon)
• Single-packaged nuts and trail mix, raisins
• Vienna sausage in pop-top can
• Beef Jerky
• Cup of Noodles, Mac 'n Cheese in a Bowl, Cup-of-Soup
• Foil tuna packs (not requiring a can opener)
• Hot Cocoa, Spiced Cider Mixes, tea bags or on-the-go coffee mixes
• Bottled water, juice boxes, Gatorade

Grooming and hygiene products:

• Combs
• Hand lotion, Lip balm, chapstick
• Face towels
• Soap, Hand sanitizer
• Toothbrush, toothpaste, and floss
• Mouthwash (non-alcoholic)
• Shampoo and Conditioner
• Bandaids
• Baby Wipes
• Deodorant
• Kleenex® tissues

Other Useful items:

• Socks, underwear, gloves
• Hand Warmers
• Warm Hat, scarf
• Plastic utensils
• Sunscreen
• Insect repellent
• Gallon-size and small size Ziploc® bags
• Mints
• Bag or roll of quarters
• Bus tokens or passes
• Tampons, menstrual pads, panti-liners
• Gift cards to local fast food restaurants
• small First Aid kit
• dog food samples
• Mylar emergency blanket

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Homeless/Disaster Care Package

Read more:

🎁 The Blessing Bag Project Mission

🎁 Blessing Bags | FREE Printable Checklist and Encouragement Cards

🎁 Blessing Bags - I Can Teach My Child!

🎁 Items to Avoid Putting inside Blessing Bags - Blessing Bags

🎁 Want to Know What the Homeless REALLY Want in Care Packages?

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IDEA!

Check Amazon for more sample size toiletries and small containers to make your own sample sizes!
They even have ready-made Blessing Bags for the homeless!

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By: Sara Skirboll, Shopping & Trends Expert at RetailMeNot 

Aldi: This huge company is offering four hours of pay for getting your vaccination shot.

Bab Al Shams Desert Resort: This resort is offering a 25% discount for vaccinated customers, plus another 25% off several dining options.

Brianno’s Deli Italia: This deli that’s based in Eagan, Minnesota is giving customers 10% off through the month of April.

Dollar General: Dollar General is also offering four paid hours for employees so they can get vaccinations.

Drop: Share that you’ve been vaccinated on Instagram, and Drop will give you $20 to $50 in points you can use at Amazon, Starbucks and more retailers.

John Hancock: If you have life insurance through John Hancock and are a part of its Vitality rewards program, when you get the COVID-19 vaccine, you’ll get 400 reward points. 

Krispy Kreme: Starting March 22, guests who show a valid COVID-19 vaccination card at any Krispy Kreme shop in the U.S. can get a free iconic Original Glazed doughnut every day through the rest of 2021.

Kroger: The big retailer is giving employees $100 in store credit and $100 in cash for getting a vaccine shot.

Market Garden Brewery: This Cleveland brewery will give ultra-cheap 10-cent brewskis to the first 2,021 customers that show their complete COVID-19 vaccination cards.

Oak & Reel: Detroit’s Oak & Reel is offering 50% off to dine-in customers with vaccination cards.

Office Depot & OfficeMax: Through July 25, you can get free lamination for your vaccine card at any Office Depot and OfficeMax store nationwide.

Petco: The pet store is giving associates who receive a vaccination a $75 bonus.

Publix: Every Publix employee can get a $125 gift card for getting vaccinated.

Rumbleseat Bar & Grille: This restaurant in Chicopee, Massachusetts, is offering a 20% discount every Monday on food orders to people with vaccination cards.

Staples: If you bring your vaccination cards to Staples, they will laminate them for free!

Trader Joe’s: They’re offering four hours of paid time off for employees so they can get their shots.

Up-Down: Up-Down, a Minneapolis arcade, will give fully vaccinated customers 20 free tokens through the end of the summer.

Village Tap: Chicago’s Village Tap is offering $10 gift cards to the first thousand vaccinated people to come in.

If you’re not vaccinated yet and need a ride to a vaccination center, Lyft and Uber are offering free or discounted rides!