By day Lia and I work in PR, so we’re constantly thinking about things like CSR programs. Some companies come up with ones that I think are really, really cool. One came across our email from The Company Store the other day, and I thought this particular program was pretty neat, so I thought I would share it with all of you, in case you were in the market for a new blanket or comforter.
In the beginning of January, The Company Store launched a Buy One, Give One Comforter program, which will run until the beginning of March. For every comforter purchased from their website or catalog, The Company Store will donate a comforter to a child in need. 
That’s pretty neat, huh? And, if you’re already going to buy a down comforter, why not buy one where you can also help someone else out?
I know that everyone who reads this blog is aware that homelessness is a problem. But it’ll make my liberal bones happy if I’m preachy about it for a few seconds by sharing some facts on homelessness:
- Families comprise nearly 40% of the homeless population and are its fastest growing segment.
- This year 3.5 million people will experience homelessness in the United States.
- One out of every 50 children will experience homelessness before the age of 18.
- More than 200,000 children are homeless in America tonight.
- More than 1.3 million children will experience homelessness this year.
- 15% of Americans live in poverty, including 1 in 5 children.
- Every 29 seconds a child is born into poverty in the United States
**The company store is sending us a blanket for helping them spread the word about the campaign. I’ll give the blanket to my sweet co-blogger, Lia. But no matter what they offered us, I only wrote about it because I think its a really neat program and I truly believe homelessness is a problem we all need to work together to fix!
