Partner Offers
Several U.S. Fund for UNICEF partners have created special products to help children. The offerings include a wide and wonderful group of products and activities—from fun gifts for kids and sports fans to luxury items and specialty gifts. With each purchase these partners will make a donation to support UNICEF's lifesaving programs.
American Airlines | ATP | Cartier | Facebook | GUCCI | Microsoft | Pampers | Tommy Hilfiger | Volvic
ATP: Feder-bear Beanie Baby — a #1 Gift for Tennis Fans
Tennis fans can join the ATP and Roger Federer in their support of UNICEF through the purchase of the "Feder-bear" beanie baby, a take-home version of UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador and ATP's #1 ranked player Roger Federer. The Beanie Baby is wearing a shirt with an ATP logo on the front and the name "FEDERER" on the back above a number "1" of course!
The Feder-bear can be purchased for $8—visit www.atptennis.com/charity—$5 from the sale of each bear will benefit the "ACE" program (Assisting Children Everywhere), a global partnership between the ATP and UNICEF to help ensure health, education and protection of children around the world.
The top player on the ATP circuit, Federer has been proactive in leading charity efforts, and was named a UNICEF goodwill ambassador last year. (Bears can also be purchased via unicefusa.org/shop.)
Cartier: Declare your LOVE with special edition bracelets
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Since the Cartier LOVE bracelet was introduced more than 30 years ago, it has become one of the most coveted jewelry designs in the world and the ultimate symbol of love. Cartier has donated more than $1.2 million to global charities from the sales of its LOVE Charity bracelet, which features an 18K white gold mini LOVE bracelet on a silk cord. Due to the enormous success, the company is continuing the program this year.
Cartier will donate $100 from the sale of each bracelet (retail price $475) to one of 16 participating causes. A group of prominent celebrities have pledged their support for the project, including UNICEF Ambassador Sarah Jessica Parker, who is supporting the LOVE bracelet benefiting the U.S. Fund for UNICEF with the cyan-blue cord. Available in 33 boutiques across the U.S. and Canada. For more information, including boutique locations, call 1.800.CARTIER or visit www.love.cartier.com.
GUCCI: Indy Bag to Benefit UNICEF
GUCCI is pleased to continue the most extensive philanthropic partnership in the company's history. To honor this initiative, Creative Director Frida Giannini created a special edition “GUCCI for UNICEF” Indy bag (pictured) that will benefit UNICEF through November 2008. Gucci will donate 25 percent of the sales from this bag to critical treatment and prevention programs in Malawi and Mozambique.
Pampers: Help Women and Babies through the “One Pack = One Vaccine” Program
Purchasing Pampers can help protect women and babies in the developing world against preventable disease through the Pampers “One Pack = One Vaccine” program. The campaign, which began two years ago in the UK and expanded in 2007 to other countries in Western Europe and Japan, has helped provide UNICEF with funding for more than 25 million lifesaving tetanus vaccines and is now happening in North America.
For every specially-marked pack of Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive, Swaddlers, Cruisers and Easy Ups diapers, and Pampers Sensitive, Swipers and Clean ‘n Go wipes purchased in the U.S. and Canada from April 1 through August 31, 2008, the Pampers brand will donate 5¢ to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to provide one tetanus vaccine to a woman in the developing world. Actress and new mother Salma Hayek is serving as the spokesperson for the initiative to help raise awareness of the program. For more information, visit unicefusa.org/pampers.
Tommy Hilfiger: Fashion that Makes a Difference
Tommy Hilfiger has introduced two items to benefit UNICEF. The first is a book entitled Iconic America; A Roller-Coaster Ride Through the Eye-Popping Panorama of American Pop Culture (Universe; November 2007; $60.00). Inspired by Tommy Hilfiger's passion for Americana and George Lois' provocative visual power, the book presents a mosaic of over 400 iconic and iconoclastic images uniquely juxtaposed on its pages from the melting pot of the American experience. The second is the "Capsule Collection"—a unique group of T-shirts, which retail for $52, and sweatshirts, which retail for $75-$100. The collection will feature overlays of pop culture and Americana images and is sold in select Tommy Hilfiger stores.
Volvic: “Drink 1, Give 10” to Provide Clean Water for Children in Ethiopia
The “water for water” campaign—which has already generated over $2 million for UNICEF water programs in Ethiopia, Niger and Mali through sales of Volvic bottled water in Germany, France and Japan—has come to North America.
For every liter of Volvic bottled water purchased in the U.S. and Canada between April 1 and August 31 in 2008 and 2009, Volvic will donate 4¢ to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF with a minimum donation of $250,000 per year to support UNICEF programs that will provide at least ten liters of clean, safe drinking water to children in two districts of the Benishangul-Gumuz region of western Ethiopia. More than half of the population in these districts lacks access to safe water and sanitation facilities. For more information, visit drink1give10.com
Additional offers from UNICEF partners that benefit UNICEF:
American Airlines: Earn Miles by Donating to Support UNICEF's Emergency Response Efforts in Myanmar and/or China
American Airlines is teaming up with UNICEF to continue help for the millions of children and families struggling to survive in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and/or the recent earthquake in China.
From June 25 to July 31, 2008, American Airlines AAdvantage® members who donate $50 or more on www.unicefusa.org/aa will receive a one-time award of 250 AAdvantage bonus miles, or 500 bonus miles for a donation of $100 or more. Every donation will help UNICEF save children's lives in Myanmar and/or China.
Causes on Facebook: Gift a UNICEF icon to immunize a child
In a new initiative, users of the social networking website Facebook can give their friends a gift icon that gives back. Through a feature of the site called "Charity Gift," members can buy a UNICEF gift icon (pictured at left) for $17. This icon, which can then in turn be given as a gift to family or friend, will help UNICEF save a child's life by immunizing a child against the six major childhood killer diseases: pertussis, childhood tuberculosis, tetanus, polio, measles and diphtheria. To purchase a Charity Gift icon, click here.
Microsoft: i'm helping kids survive
i'm is the initiative from Windows Live(TM) Messenger where Microsoft donates a portion of the program's advertising revenue to some of the world's most effective cause organizations, including the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. There is no fee for joining or using the program; you simply select UNICEF as your organization when you join. Windows Live Messenger will then make a donation on your behalf every time you use it, for a minimum donation of $100,000. Now in its second year, the i'm Initiative has already generated more than $255,000 for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF—the largest amount for any cause. It takes just a few minutes to join, so you'll start making a difference with your next instant messaging conversation. To download i'm and begin supporting UNICEF, please visit im.live.com.
