FEED + Clarins 2017
One of beauty’s most heartwarming campaigns returns to counters this month. It’s an ongoing collaboration between Lauren Bush-Lauren’s FEED charity and French skincare brand Clarins. It’s a new twist on the beauty staple called “Gift With Purchase”. For decades cosmetic companies have offered a pouch filled with sample with a minimum product purchase. But Christian Courtin-Clarins, President of the Supervisory Board at Clarins, spotted a new way of approaching the program. He calls is ‘Gift With Purpose’. Why not team up with a charity and offer meals for children in third world countries with the pouch? This could actually save lives. And it has.
Christian Courtin-Clarins & Lauren Bush Lauren
Clarins Feed programSince 2011, FEED & Clarins have provided more than 10 million meals to needy school children. Each FEED cosmetics bag equals ten lunchtime meals for children. This gives them the energy and stamina to be able to learn at school. The campaign has now expanded to more than 30 countries and has been an overwhelming success.
“Seeing a child’s face light up is the best reason to continue our work and strive to do more.” – Christian Courtin-Clarins
Here’s how the program works. Visit the Clarins counter at a Hudson’s Bay store in Canada and purchase $75 worth of Clarins products. You can reserve a FEED10 tote containing a travel-sized Super Restorative Day cream, HydraQuench Cream Mask, Extra Firming Eye Serum & Feed10 cosmetics pouch (while supplies last). Clarins will then donate 10 meals to needy school children in underdeveloped countries via the World Food Programme (WFP).
FEED 10 tote 2017
After witnessing the effects of hunger firsthand when traveling as a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) honorary spokesperson, Lauren founded FEED with the goal of creating good products that could help feed the world. She dreamt up the idea of designing a tote made of white cotton jute that when purchased could provide food for one child for a year.
“A school meal can be a child’s only meal of the day so it is absolutely vital. And often it is the reason families send their children to school. We’ve found that this program greatly increases the number of children attending school, especially girls, and really works to break the cycle of poverty through education in addition to providing essential nutrition,” she says.
FEED has been able to provide over 94 million meals globally through the WFP and Feeding America. FEED has also supported nutrition programs around the world carried out by Unicef.
Clarins and the FEED Gift with Purpose is available at select Hudson’s Bay stores in Canada. Contact the Clarins counter to reserve your FEED10 GWP with any $75 purchase. (dates will vary per store)
11 Comments
Melanie E
December 2, 2017 at 3:32 amGreat idea!
Karen Dietrich
November 29, 2017 at 6:50 pmWhat a wonderful project!
Rhonda Lushington
November 29, 2017 at 5:36 pmSuch a great charity ????
Flossie
November 29, 2017 at 5:20 pmAmazing story, I plan on going to the city next week so maybe this will also have to go on my list, what a wonderful idea.
Hazel
November 29, 2017 at 4:37 pmWhat a wonderful program for a great cause. It’s beautiful.
Emily Mitton
November 29, 2017 at 11:19 amI absolutely love this!! Gift with Purpose is such a heart warming and wonderful idea! Well done, Clarins!
September Dee
November 29, 2017 at 10:37 amI love everything about this! Will be treating myself!
Catherine Burke
November 29, 2017 at 9:18 amWhat a great idea – on my way to the Bay later.
Kay
Chrissy Christensen
November 29, 2017 at 8:44 amThis is a brilliant idea!
MarrysBloom
November 29, 2017 at 8:27 amThis is so heart warming idea, i remember when i was in the Philippines way back on my youthful days, i was part to do a children’s program in every year together with my fellow Youth, And We did feed a hundreds of children’s in my hometown. We have no sponsors we used our own money, because that’s how we celebrate thanksgiving
Tonya Lovett
November 29, 2017 at 7:28 amThis is the greatest thing I’ve seen all year. Way to help a round the world.???????????????? It makes my heart warm.