What would you do with 7500 pounds sterling...

Awhile back the body shop foundation sent an email out to all of us consultants asking for nominations for their '08 grants.

If you've never heard of the body shop foundation, they are the charity that was set up by the body shop to provide grants to non-profits that work in the areas of human and civil rights and environmental and animal protection.
It's the body shops way of consolidating all of their charitable donations and doing the most good with their money.

Every year they choose which specific areas that they would like to fund. This year they were looking for groups in the following areas:
• GREEN LIVING - Education & implementation of green living
• ANIMAL ABUSE
• EMPOWERING WOMEN AND CHILDREN – sustainable programs that provide skills training for disadvantaged women and young people.
When I saw this, the first thing that came to mind was "I bet the Milagro house would qualify for that grant".
So, I followed the link in the email that led to an online nomination form. I took 5 minutes out of my busy day and filled it out.
Unfortunately, it's more complicated than just fill out a form and they get mailed a check.
First they had to be nominated, 5 minutes and I had that done easy-peasy.
Next all the nominees had to be reviewed, and then a select few would be invited to apply for a grant. That part took a few weeks, but after it was said and done, they were one of the lucky few that was invited to apply!!!!
Then more waiting, a few months this time. Would they get it? Would there be a more worthy cause? Did they apply when invited? I was on pins and needles waiting. I mean really, this is a world wide organization with so many wonderful causes asking for money, what are the odds that a little local place that I nominated would get a grant?

All I have to say, is that it was worth the wait! I just found out that the Milagro House was one of the grant winners this year!!!!! They got 7,500 pounds sterling, which comes out to about 15 thousand dollars! How cool is that? Imagine what they can do with that money. They are always in need of "stuff" donations, but money is really what they can use the most, because unfortunately you can't pay the electric bill with used clothing donations :-).

I wanted to tell you about this not to get a pat on the back or your praise, but to show you how just a few minutes of your time can make a big difference to someone else. It literally took me 5 minutes to fill out the nomination form. That 5 minutes got some people in need some much needed funding. Did I have $15000 to give? No way. Did I have 5 minutes? Heck yeah!

"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito"
-Dame Anita Roddick

International orders

I just got a comment from a customer who inquired about international ordering. If you would like to order and live outside of the U.S., please visit my web site and order through there with your credit card.

My web site is listed directly to the left of this posting. Click on "my web site" and you'll be taken there.

Thanks a bunch!

-E

Full list of sale items!

Hi-
For your convenience, I am listing a full list of the items that are on sale for the month of June!
Let me know if you have any questions! This is a list of products only, feel free to check out my web site or contact me for prices.
www.thebodyshopathome.com/web/ebowman

-E
Apple Blossom EDT
Pomegranate:
-Body Butter
-Body Polish
-Body Lotion
-shower gel
-body spray
Ginger
-bath cream
-shower gel
-scrub
-body souffle
Green tea shower gel
Jasmine tea shower gel
Chamomile and white tea shower cream
Blueberry body butter
Hemp Hand scrub (one of my personal favs!!)
Satsuma foaming bath
Strawberry foaming bath
Mango shower gel (in the BIG size)
Coconut shower cream (in the BIG size)
The whole moisture white line
The whole grapeseed line

The following product collections:
Aqua lily
Casis Rose
Neroli Jasmine
White Musk
Peppermint foot
Almond Hand
All Hair collections
Home fragrance haven collection
summer scents home fragrance collection

Everything on this list is 30% off of it's original price!!!!! This means that you can get some awesome limited edition body butters for less than $15!
If you like grapeseed or moisture white, now's the time to stock up!
Want to try our shampoos? Now's a great time to do so!

Questions? Let me know, I have many answers, most of them are correct too!

They really do listen!

Ever give up on complaining about something because you think no one listens? We'll I just found out that the Body Shop really does listen to what it's customers think!

Let me take you back a couple of months.... It was February, spring was starting to spring, birds were starting to sing, and The Body Shop at Home had just put out a new catalog. It was a great catalog, it had new makeup, new home fragrances, and a new fragrance. But something was missing... Almond! In order to make room for the new Moringa,(which btw is fabulous) The Body Shop decided to discontinue it's Almond body line, much to the dismay of many.

Well you, the loyal body shop customers (and almond lovers) spoke up! And you were heard. The body shop is bringing Almond back! Starting in August, we will have Almond back for good.
Kudos to you for being heard!

2 host bonuses?!? and a sale??? How cool is that?

Ok, so The Body Shop, in it's continued effort to make us beg for more and give it to us, has a double host bonus this month as well as a sale!

First, the host bonus- have a $350 party, (which is average and totally attainable) and get a shower gel in either satsuma or strawberry and a lotion in either satsuma or strawberry AND and electric oil burner AND a home fragrance oil of your choice. Cool host bonus, great products, very summery. They could have left it at this and all would have been right with the world, but being The Body Shop and being awesome, they took it a step further.

Have a $400 party and get all of the $350 stuff, plus a peppermint foot lotion, a peppermint foot soak, and an awesome beach/pool tote bag. Earn both, and you've gotten $115 worth of stuff for FREE! How cool is that?

What could make this deal even better? How about a sale for your customers? We've got grapeseed, moisture white, limited edition and select product collections all for 30% off.

Can they make this month any better? Actually, they can!

Sign up to become a consultant and not only is your start up kit only $150, but you have the opportunity to earn part or all of that money back plus brand new free products that you can't even buy yet! This is on top of our usual consultant promotions and any money that you would normally earn by being a consultant.
I really wish that they had this promotion when I signed up. I would have totally gotten the hook up!

-E