Colorado’s Tattered Cover Bookstore has designed a Give Back program for their customers. After enrolling and receiving a Gives Back member card (looks similar to retail store giftcard), the Tattered Cover donates 1% of the total purchase (before taxes) from each visit to the organization the member selected from the list of “TC approved” nonprofit partners. Tattered Cover has posted a page on its general website providing an overview of the Gives Back Program with links to their donations to date summary as well as pages highlighting their nonprofit partners and their web links. A copy of the web page is provided for your reference.

Go to: http://tatteredcover.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp.

The following flyer is distributed in Tattered Cover’s stores to inform customers about the Gives back program and how to enroll. |image3|

Tattered Cover places signs and flyers by each of their cash registers to let customers know about their program and remind them to show their Gives Back card before making a purchase so a percentage can be credited to the nonprofit they have chosen.

Company Overview:
Tattered Cover Book Store is an independent community bookstore, serving Denver’s readers for over thirty-four years. Joyce Meskis purchased a small bookshop in Denver’s Cherry Creek North district in 1974. Today Tattered Cover Book Store offers an extraordinary selection of titles in three metro-Denver locations, and a free special event nearly every day. Tattered Cover is very reader and browser-friendly with lots of nooks and crannies offering the intimacy of a smaller bookshop, and an ample supply of sofas and chairs. Each store offers a coffee bar with many tempting treats and a well-stocked newsstand, and the Cherry Creek store is home to the critically acclaimed Fourth Story Restaurant & Bar. With its cozy atmosphere, tremendous selection of books and periodicals, and an unwavering commitment to the customer and the community, Tattered Cover Book Store is the favorite bookstore of many. The Tattered Cover is proud to be a bookstore with Book Sense: Independent Bookstores for Independent Minds.

Contact Information:

Tattered Cover Bookstore
Cherry Creek
2955 East First Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
303-322-7727
Historic LoDo
1628 16th Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-436-1070
Highlands Ranch
9315 Dorchester Street
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
303-470-7050
Lowenstein Theater, Denver – Coming Soon!

For more information, go to:
http://tatteredcover.com
books@tatteredcover.com

Who are they?

Underdog Coffee, a joint venture of 18-year friends, Roger Johnston and Allen Tackett, was started in 2003. They realized that they’d both be a lot happier running their own company, serving their own products and promoting their own values. Inspired by their love of coffee, they planned their new venture – a chain of drive through coffee shops. Their coffee is roasted fresh each week and immediately shipped to each of their coffee shops and used within 7 days to ensure freshness. Their coffee is also packaged for sale in 12 oz. bags and is available for delivery through their online store at http://underdogcoffee.com/Online_Store.asp.

What’s cool:

On the Underdog Coffee website, on the “About Us” page, there are three types of information: What do we believe?, Who do we support?, and What is our history?  Who they support says a lot about the company – they have strategically selected three organizations to work with that providing a description of each organization and how it reflects Underdog’s values.

Who do they support?

“Park Rose High School in NE Portland, Oregon. Education is the key to civil society and we believe that supporting schools – public and private – is one of the best ways to fulfill our mission. We selected Park Rose High School because that’s the community we do business in; it’s that simple. We support our friends and neighbors.

Oregon Humane Society in Portland, Oregon. We love animals. And when we came across The Humane Society’s mission statement “&To care for the homeless, to defend the abused, and to fight with an unrelenting diligence for recognition of the integrity of all animals,” we knew we had found a partner that shared our sentiment for the Underdog.

The Boys & Girls Club in Lebanon, Oregon. We believe that youth sports help build confidence and character, and provide a fantastic forum for displays of courage and heart. We are proud to have the opportunity to help fund jerseys each year for youth athletics.”

How we heard:

In the monthly Costco Magazine sent to its members, there is a “Member Conection” page which highlights stories of members and their companies. In the March 2006 issue (Volume 21, Issue 3, page 64) Will Fifield submitted a story about Underdog Coffee of Portland, Oregon. Portland. The article mentions the drive-thrus espresso chain, developed by 28-year old partners Roger Johnston and Allen Tackett, and thecompany’s support of the Oregon Humane Society. www.costco.com

Contact Information:
Underdog Coffee
40100 Mountain Home Drive
Sweet Home, Oregon 97386
541.325.2100
http://www.underdogcoffee.com

In the December 2005 issue of SHAPE magazine, Beth Kanter wrote a piece “The Gift of Giving: Capture the Spirit of the Season with Presents That Support Worthy Causes”. In the one page articles, she provided descriptions, photos, prices and URLs for 7 products for sale to benefit nonprofits.

1. Silver Forget-Me-Not Pins — www.humanedomain.org
Products sold benefit the Humane Society of the United States

2. Ribbon Riot Tank — www.presentsforpurpose.com.
“Choose a gift then, choose a charity. Presents for Purpose will give a portion (25% or more of the net proceeds) of your online purchase to that charity.”

3. For the Next X: A Benefit CD for RAINN — www.rainn.org
Fo the Next X commemorates Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network’s 10th Aniversary. 12 recording artists provided tracks for this CD with 100% of proceeds to RAINN.

4. Limited Edition Cotton Scark and Hat Set — www.womenforwomen.org
Women for Women International mobilizes women to change their lives by bringing a holistic approach to addressing the unique needs of women in conflict and post-conflict environments. Each handcrafted product featured on their Virtual Bazaar represents a womans transformation from victim to survivor to self-sufficient artisan. 100 percent of the proceeds from sales are reinvested in their programs and products that help generate a sustainable income for their artisans.

5. Homemade Nepalese Writing Paper and Cards — www.unicef.org
The United Nation’s Children’s Fund advocates for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.

6. Lace Covered Satin Cosmetic Bag — www.servv.org

7. Handmade Silk Shawl — www.feminist.org

From: SHAPE Magazine, December 2005, page 32.

Travelers can donate Delta SkyMiles points to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. SkyMiles can be donated by calling 1.800.325.3999 through SkyMiles One Source Automated Telephone System or visit www.delta.com/skymiles for instructions to donate by e-mail, postal mail or fax.

From:
http://tinyurl.com/62rp8t

Travelers can donate InterContinental Hotels Group Priority Club® points to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Priority Club® points can be donated by calling 1.888.211.9874 – or visit www.priorityclub.com for instructions to donate online.  Priority Club points can be earned at InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Express by Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites properties.

From:
http://tinyurl.com/62rp8t

Donate foreign currency through the Change for Good program

Through UNICEF’s Change for Good® program, you can donate your unused foreign currency or unusable European currency when you fly on any international American Airlines flight, or at any Travelex or Thomas Cook location nationwide.

From: http://tinyurl.com/62rp8t

The Tennyson Art Gallery in Denver partnered with Network Denver on Thursday, February 23, 2006 to put on a Mardi Gras Celebration Fundraiser for Gulf Coast artists displaced by Hurricane Katrina. 10-50% of the sales of pieces by various artists during the fundraiser were donated to the New York Foundation for the Arts, and donors were able to target their donations personally.  The Gallery also produced its first limited edition print for the occasion with 100% of the proceeds also going to the New York Foundation for the Arts to benefit Gulf Coast artists displaced by Hurrican Katrina.

Contact Information:
Tennyson Gallery
4369 Stuart Street (just east of 44th & Tennyson in the Gallery district)
Denver, CO 80212
303.433.3274

http://tennysongallery.com/index.html

Earth Tones provides internet access, long distance telephone and wireless phone services and they have been donating 100% of their profits to grassroots environmental organizations since 1993. 

Earth Tones was founded by a coalition of non-profit organizations in 1993. Over a decade later they continue to be completely owned and operated by non-profit groups, allowing them to deliver 100% of their profits to environmental causes. Their mission is to provide high-quality communications services and great customer service while giving customers tools to help protect the planet. Every wireless customer they have, each long distance call their land-line customers make, and each internet subscriber who is on their service means money going directly to grassroots oranizations working to protect air, water and wilderness.

The environmental organizations they support are:

• “The State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs): The State PIRGs act as watchdogs for consumers and the environment in 35 states nationwide. Through research, public education and public interest advocacy, the PIRGs have won hundreds of reforms from statewide bottle bills to strengthening clean air standards and defending the Endangered Species Act. The State PIRGs collected over 1 million public comments that resulted in the implementation of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects 58.5 million acres of Americas last wild places from destructive activities like road building and most commercial logging.

• National Environmental Law Center: NELC takes illegal polluters to court and develops new policy solutions to protect the environment. Since its inception, NELC attorneys have won over 80 civil and criminal cases, forcing polluters to pay to clean up their environmental damages. For example, NELC filed a Clean Water Act suit against Dow Chemical Company for unlawful discharges of phosphorus and pesticides. This resulted in the federal court ordering Dow to pay $1 million in fines and to make extensive changes to its wastewater treatment system.

• The Green Life: For nearly 15 years The Green Life has supported individuals who choose to live green as a service to themselves, their communities and their environment. Through their e-newsletters and other tools, they keep concerned people updated on what’s happening throughout the wider world of green living.

• Campaign to Save the Environment: The Campaign operates over 60 citizen outreach field offices each summer, placing more than 4,000 college students in grassroots campaign jobs nationwide. Students and citizens working for the Campaign talk to hundreds of thousands of people a year about important work being done by the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and other grassroots organizations.

• Toxics Action Center: TAC assists neighborhood groups fighting toxic hazards in their communities. Since 1987, TAC has helped more than 200 groups in their campaigns to clean up toxic waste sites, reduce industrial use of toxic chemicals, and stop the building of unsafe industrial waste facilities.

• ecopledge.com: Connecting thousands of green consumers on-line, ecopledge.com organizes the power of consumers and investors to encourage corporations to make changes in their damaging environmental policies. For example, ecopledge.com was a key player in a coalition that recently convinced Staples to stop using wood from endangered forests in their products and to set a minimum recycled content for all of their paper products.

• Recycling Action Campaign: Recycling Action works with Massachusetts residents to pressure corporations, state government, and municipal governments to develop and implement policies to reduce waste and increase recycling. Recycling Action provides background information on effective policies, organizing assistance and a network of activists and experts to assist residents in local campaigns.

• Free the Planet!: The mission of Free the Planet! is to build support for environmental protections while empowering students - as the next generation of leaders – to revitalize the core of the environmental movement. Free the Planet! works on hundreds of college campuses across the country teaching students how to run effective environmental campaigns on their colleges and in their communities. “

 

 

In addition to delivering their profits to environmental causes, Earth Tones also provides enironmental information and education for their customers by sending regular “Green Alerts”. These monthly updates provide information on pressing environmental issues and give customers easy ways to get involved and have their voice heard. Long distance customers receive toll-free numbers to call Congress and other decision-makers for free.

Earth Tones also strives to make all of their services as gentle on the planet as possible. Their bills come on 100% recycled paper and electronic, tree-free billing is strongly encouraged. They use recycled wireless handsets and will recycled your old wireless phones, as well.

For more information, go to: http://earthtones.com/default.asp

On November 16, 2004 from 5pm to close, Rizaggio’s, a local business that had recently changed its name but needed to promote the “same cook, new look” partnered with Little Voice Productions. Rizaggio’s donated 10% of the evening’s proceeds to go directly to Little Voice to aid in creating documentary-style productions with grassroots outreach initiatives and educational curriculum to invoke positive social change. To promote the event, Little Voice sent out an email invitation to their complete contact list.

Win for Little Voice: 10% of proceeds
Win for Rizaggio’s: increased exposure with current and potential customers, especially critical after a name change.

Contact Information:
Rizaggio’s Restaurant
837 East 17th Ave, Denver, CO
(303) 837-8887

Little Voice Productions
www.littlevoice.org/

“Low prices are the cornerstone of the IKEA vision, business idea and concept.
There must never be the slightest doubt that we take a responsible approach to
offering good design and quality at the best possible price. IKEA wants its
products to have the minimum possible impact on the environment. Products shall
be manufactured in a socially responsible manner. All suppliers must, within a
specified period of time, follow the IKEA code of conduct, The IKEA Way on
Purchasing Home Furnishing Products (IWAY). Child labour is not tolerated,
working conditions must be acceptable, and suppliers must adopt a responsible
attitude towards the environment. IKEA’s work with social and environmental
issues is a continuous process that will never end. Many things remain to be
done and we take many small steps to achieve our goal.” Page 13 of the 2004
Report.

On page 19 of the report, “Dialogues and partnerships”, IKEA reports their
contacts and partnerships with trade unions, UN organisations, NGOs, and other
authorities on social and environmental issues stating the purpose of such
relationships is to increase and, in some cases, work together with external
partners on selected projects. They highlight work with several organizations
including Save the Children(page 19), UNICEF (pages 20 and 32), and WWF (page
20). As an example, in the report IKEA states: “Save the Children and IKEA have
been working together for several years, mainly on issues relating to child
labour. Save the Children helped IKEA to formulate a special IKEA code of
conduct to address the problem of child labour. IKEA has, among other things,
contributed to projects in Kosovo, where International Save the Children has
helped to rebuild nursery schools, repair classrooms and support teacher
training.
Read more about Save the Children on www.savethechildren.net”

IKEA has a 10 year relationship with UNICEF. IKEA and UNICEF have initiated a
joint child rights project in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
“The aim is to prevent and eliminate child labour in the carpet belt, by
addressing the root causes, such as debt, poverty, the lack of access to
education,disability and ill health.

The project includes 500 villages and approximately 1.3 million people will
benefit from the project. Directly, around 75,000 children who otherwise would
receive no schooling will be educated.

Another aspect of the project is womens self-help groups. By putting aside
small sums of money, the women create their own fund so they do not have to seek
help from unscrupulous lenders when they need to pay for medicines, a wedding,
or want to start their own business. This helps to break down vicious circle of
debt that forces parents to put their children to work.

There is also a vaccination program under the auspices of UNICEF and the
World Health Organisation (WHO). During a five-year period 140,000 infants and
150,000 mothers-to-be in 3,000 villages, will be inoculated against serious
diseases. Illness in the family often leads to financial difficulties, which can
force children into work. In this way vaccinations, too, help prevent child
labour.”(2004, IKEA: page 32)

To view the complete report, go to:

http://www.ikea-group.ikea.com/PDF/IKEA_SaER.pdf