Beauty for Brokeness Campaign Update

Hello all. We're getting closer to the close of the campaign with one month to go til June 30th. We've collected one bag full of donations. This is fabulous, but it will only reach a few. Safe House can fill up to 50 beds at once. I really want to be able to bring enough at least for one set of residents, but it would be great whatever we are able to bring.

Please make sure your donations consist of Bath & Body Works products (the purpose of this campaign and so they call get the same brand), and they must be NEW, UNEXPIRED, UNUSED, and they must be either FULL SIZED Shower Gel, Shampoo, or Lotion. Please no other products like pump soaps or body sprays

 If you're still planning to donate, the Bath and Body Works Semi Annual Sale starts June 8. They will have many retired products 50-75% off. Last year, many of their soaps and lotions were marked down to $3.13, plus coupons are allowed on top of that. Check ebates.com and retailmenot.com. you can purchase online or print or show the coupon from your phone in store.

I have a collection box set up at Open Arms Lutheran Church, or if you need to make other arrangements to get them to me, please message me.

One final thought is that Safe House caters mostly to women and children, but some may be teenage boys. I had some suggestions on gender neutral scent types. Some guys don't care if a scent seems geared towards women, and others do. I am attaching some pictures of examples of scents that are gender neutral after speaking with some men and are also ones women enjoy. A lot that I have talked to both enjoy coconut, woody, citrus, and musk scents. Many of the scents that are enjoyed by men and women contain lemon, orange, coconut, sandalwood, bergamot, and teak wood. Just some suggestions.

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Hey guys, order smart. It's a must if you're on a tight budget or if you want to maximize your donation. I got shower gels and lotions for less than $2 each. Plus $ back. How?

1. Buy discount gift cards online at places like raise.com. You can save 10-25%. Buy a $50 gift card for like $35. Use the coupon code online.
2. Before you start shopping, go to ebates.com and earch for bath and body works. Click on one of their coupons or sales. It opens up a shopping trip number with ebates to track your puchase for $ back.
3. Ebates had no coupons today, so I used a sale link. I went to retailmenot.com and got a 20% off coupon
4. At the end of the shopping trip, I entered my 20% off coupon (my soaps were already 75% off, so it made them more than 75% off). Then I entered the gift card that I had gotten 20.1% off and checked out.

I was able to get 3 times what I normally would have thanks to this to help the campaign. Just thought I'd share my trick in case you had a set amount you were planning on as well.