OAKLAND, Calif., July 20, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
much-anticipated first day of school frenzy is just around the
corner. While this time can be hectic, our Clorox®, GLAD® and
Hidden Valley® products help parents and teachers simplify back to
school by making clean homes and classrooms, storage solutions and
meal and snack time easier. This year, we want to make school
supply shopping even simpler for those in need with a $100,000 donation to DonorsChoose.org, a charity
website that helps teachers get the funds they need for various
classroom projects and supplies.
"The process of going back to school can be overwhelming –
particularly for teachers who often fund many of their classroom
needs with their own money – which is why we are excited to team
with The Clorox Company this year," said Charles Best, Founder and CEO of
DonorsChoose.org. "Through this partnership, we will be able to
ensure teachers have what they need so they can focus on what
matters: their students."
With the donation, Clorox provides a "Double Your Impact" offer
on DonorsChoose.org, which allows the company to match donors'
contributions dollar-for-dollar. By donating to a project with The
Clorox Company match offer, donors will be doubling the impact of
their donation and helping get resources to even more schools in
need.
Join Clorox in supporting schools one shopping trip at a
time. Through Clorox's new receipt validation program
people across the country can help schools, just by shopping for
back to school necessities. Earn rewards when you buy Clorox®,
Hidden Valley® and Glad® products. Then choose to donate your
rewards to DonorsChoose.org or redeem for money back via
Paypal. For every $5 spent on
participating products, you will receive $1* that you can either redeem as a donation to
DonorsChoose.org or money off on future purchases. Your
reward, your choice. It's easy! Just snap a picture of your
receipt and follow the instructions on cloroxforschools.com to
redeem your rewards.
"We can all relate to the chaos of back-to-school preparations
and we understand the desire to make sure our children and their
teachers have everything they need for a successful start to the
school year," said Stacy Stokes,
Associate Brand Director, The Clorox Company. "That's why we are
excited to partner with DonorsChoose.org – so we can help make the
back to school time easier for all of us with products that keep
our home and classrooms clean and healthy."
In addition to the DonorsChoose.org partnership, Clorox will
host pop-up shops in communities in Chicago and Philadelphia. At each event, essential school
supplies and products from Clorox, Glad and Hidden Valley Ranch
will be distributed free of charge so that families and teachers
can focus on having a happy and healthy school year, rather than
worrying about the cost of school supplies.
- Clorox partnered with World Vision and Douglas Taylor
Elementary to host a pop-up in Chicago on September
7. World Vision U.S. Programs works to create environments
where all children and youth are healthy and thriving, cared for
and protected, and making a positive contribution to their
communities.
- In Philadelphia, Clorox
partnered with the Andrew Hamilton School to host a pop-up on
Saturday, August 20 in the school
gymnasium from 10:00 AM –
2:00 PM.
For more information, visit www.Cloroxforschools.com. To donate
to Clorox's match offer projects, go to www.DonorsChoose.org and
search for Match Offers.
*Up to $5
TERMS & CONDITIONS: Between 7/12/16
and 9/30/16, purchase any qualifying Clorox, Glad or
Hidden Valley product(s). Then,
choose to participate in the Offer or the Donation program. If you
choose to participate in the Offer, your Offer will be fulfilled
10/31/16. If you choose to participate in the Donation, Clorox will
donate $1 for every $5 spent to DonorsChoose.org (up to $100,000 in donations). For all details,
including a list of qualifying products, see the Program Terms
www.cloroxforshcools.com. For details about DonorsChoose.org, visit
DonorsChoose.org.
About The Clorox Company
The Clorox Company (NYSE:
CLX) is a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of
consumer and professional products with about 7,700 employees
worldwide and fiscal year 2015 sales of $5.7 billion. Clorox
markets some of the most trusted and recognized consumer brand
names, including its namesake bleach and cleaning products;
Pine-Sol® cleaners; Liquid Plumr® clog removers; Poett® home care
products; Fresh Step® cat litter; Glad® bags, wraps and containers;
Kingsford® charcoal; Hidden Valley® dressings and sauces; Brita®
water-filtration products; Burt's Bees® natural personal care
products; and Renew Life® digestive health products. The company
also markets brands for professional services, including Clorox
Healthcare® and Clorox Commercial Solutions®. More than 80 percent
of the company's sales are generated from brands that hold the No.
1 or No. 2 market share positions in their categories.
Clorox is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, a
community of global leaders committed to sustainability. The
company also has been broadly recognized for its corporate
responsibility efforts, most notably receiving two Climate
Leadership Awards for Excellence in 2015 and a Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award in 2016
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as well as being
named to CR Magazine's 2016 Best Corporate Citizens list and
included in the 2016 Newsweek Green Rankings. The Clorox
Company and The Clorox Company
Foundation contributed approximately $15 million in
combined cash grants, product donations, cause marketing and
employee volunteerism in the past fiscal year. For more
information, visit TheCloroxCompany.com, the CR Matters
Blog and follow the company on Twitter at @CloroxCo.
NYSE: CLX
CLX-B
About DonorsChoose.org
Founded in 2000,
DonorsChoose.org makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in
need. Teachers at over 71 percent of all the public schools in
America have created project requests, and more than 2 million
people have donated $439 million to
projects that inspire them. Over 18 million students—most from
low-income communities, and many in disaster-stricken areas—have
received books, art supplies, field trips, technology, and other
resources that they need to learn.
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