Growkids Means Smart Green Fundraising for Schools
by Kenny Luna, North Babylon, NY 
on 07. 4.08
School may be out for the summer, but the truth is that many PTA’s and school organizations start planning for next year’s fundraisers a good deal in advance. And there’s an eco-minded fundraising company called Growkids that’s offering 50% of the proceeds to your school or organization, a vast improvement over some of the organizations offering much, much less that we told you about in a post called “Green Fundraising with One Big Caveat” not so very long ago.
It turns out that Growkids was founded in 2004 by Sarah Talley, a mom who envisioned planet conscious fundraising for schools and organizations through the sale of sustainable, natural products.
Today Growkids promotes products that are produced organically, are made from recycled materials and serve an environmental purpose while being fashionable as well.
It looks to me like this could be a terrific opportunity to raise the cash you need to fund programs through a company that’s genuinely dedicated to making both a profit and a difference without putting the financial squeeze to your organization in the interests of making it happen.
via: Tipster Jill Buck at the Go Green Initiative
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No offense to Growkids, great idea, but if we want people to buy and use green products via afundraiser shouldn't they be priced similar to other green products on the market. It seems like your products are grossly overpriced compared to similar products on the market. I only say this because part of a "green" fundraising initiative should be to raise money AND get the products into peoples hands.
Nice site though.
Why does everything have to be so politically correct on Treehugger? This website is read by mostly off-center environmentalists who don't care about PC. Case in point: Why is there a picture of a little blond girl being balanced by a little black girl? Why not just show one or the other? I don't think anybody would claim that Treehugger is racist by not showing a black or blond girl if they only pictured one of them.
My partner and I have started an earth friendly fundraising program called My Earth. We encourage you to check out the site and see what you think. I will say that when pricing the products, it's very hard to be competitive and also stay in business when you are giving a percentage back to the school or organization. We believe strongly in making a difference and are whole heartedly trying to keep our prices low.