I love that it’s getting easier and easier to find companies that give back. Of course there are TOMS and Warby Parker, who both participate in buy a pair, give a pair programs. There’s also Yoobi, a colorful line of school supplies, that donates to a classroom in need for every one of their products purchased.
Bridgewater Candle Company gives back in a slightly different way. Rather than providing a candle for every candle sold, Bridgewater makes a donation to Rice Bowls, a non-profit whose mission is to feed orphaned children worldwide. Each donation provides three meals for a child in an orphanage in one of eight countries around the world.
To mark the 5th anniversary of their Light a Candle • Feed a Child™ program (LACFAC), Bridgewater Candles is hosting “Party with a Purpose,” a week of virtual celebrations. Since its inception, the LACFAC program has provided more than 4.5 million meals, and Bridgewater’s goal is to hit 5 million by the end of the year.
Wanna help out? Head over to Bridgewater Candle Company and pick up some of their LACFAC products for yourself or as hostess gifts for all the summer BBQs and parties you’ll be attending. Choose from large or small jar candles, Inspirations for Life candles, and Mingle tin candles. (The Mingle candles in Sweet Grace and Tickled Pink are my favorites.)
Giveaway! (now closed)
And because this is a party, I have a present for you! Bridgewater is giving away three (3) Light a Candle • Feed a Child™ candles to one lucky reader. The winner gets to pick the candles!
To enter, simply visit Bridgewater Candle Company and leave a comment telling me which candle you’d choose. For a bonus entry, sign up for my up-and-coming newsletter and leave a second comment with the email address you used to join.
All entries must be posted by Friday, June 5th at 11:59pm EST. One winner will be picked at random and contacted by email. Soon after, the winner will also be announced at the bottom of this post.
Good luck!
Update: Congratulations to Lindsay - Shrimp Salad Circus! Her entry, number 4, was selected by Random.org.
18oz Large Jar Sweet Summer Tea
I’m moving away from the coast and would love a seagrass candle to remind me of home!
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What a wonderful company — I hadn’t heard of them before! The Carnival jar candle sounds amazing. 🙂
18oz Large Jar Afternoon Retreat — sounds yummy and something I’d like to do!
Oooh, I would love Blue Door or Sea Grass! Lots of great scents and what a great company!
I would choose these candles:http://www.bridgewatercandles.com/eec/Catalog.aspx?pageid=396&nt=p&ct=465&utm_source=Homepage&utm_medium=SmallBanner&utm_campaign=IFLTallJarCandle
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I know it’s so basic, but I’d go for the Less is More White Cotton candle. I love the smell of fresh linens. Maybe it balances the harsh smells of living in NYC 🙂
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Geo white cotton!
The “Mingle Tin Paint the Town White Cotton” candles are so cool. First off the scent is great for an everyday clean smell- and I love how they have a variety of fun printed tins!!
Great cause too 🙂
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Oo they all sound so great! I think I would have to go with Sea Grass 🙂
Bridgewater, Hayride, and Sweet Magnolia all sound divine!
Andrea G
Sweet Summer Tea sounds like it would smell lovely.
Andrea G
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Those look and sound so beautiful! Such a simple, chic design! I would definitely want to try the CABANA SPLASH which would be so perfect for this hot weather in Georgia. Also- would make me dream that I was actually on the beach! 🙂 xo
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I LOVE companies that give back, I wish every company did that. Well I sure wish the website had a scratch and sniff section ha ha, but since I have no idea how they smell I will go off your recommendation and say tickled pink 🙂
Love finding out about awesome companies like this, thanks PJ! I’d pick the tickled pink 🙂
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I would get the Inspirations for Life Soar Tall Jar Candle.
what a great idea!! The candles are all so beautiful… I think maybe Seagrass… It would be so hard to choose!
i second what you said about companies that give back. so awesome. i’m normally a big fan of woodsy fragrances but i think their orange vanilla sounds really great for summertime 🙂
I’d choose Lavender Lane
Mingle Tin Winter Funderland Merry Morning is the candle I like best!!! Thanks so much!
Rita Matos Oliveira
Congrats to Bridgewater Candle Company!
I love Mingle Tin Hyde and Seek Open Road
I’d choose the Mingle Tin On the Geo Afternoon Retreat.
Tanya Lynn Williams
Cotton would be great!!! 🙂
Thank you for the chance!!