As you may remember, Rosewater won our pre-contest to name our upcoming contest to reward "creative fragrance writing": The Prix Eau Faux. Or, better yet, Le Prix Eau Faux. Shockingly enough, Rosewater is not interested in claiming her prize, which was described as "a 99.9% full bottle of the celebrity fragrance with the most ironic tag line of 2007". So instead, she's asked me to plug her favorite charity:
I'd like to tell you about ableplay.org, a unique web site that helps parents and professionals select toys appropriate for kids with disabilities. While providing a resource for parents and professionals, Ableplay also creates revenue for the national nonprofit Lekotek, which uses play to help children with disabilities grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. This is the "real" thing--nothing faux about it.
Thanks Rosewater!
She's a sweetheart for that! Love the website, will be sending the link to several people today.
*If you're feeling really warm and fuzzy, you could always take that bottle (and any others you'll never wear) down to the local women's shelter. We round up business clothes and such every once in a while here at the office. For a woman who's lost everything and is trying to get back into the workforce, perfume could be a nice Chrismas present. Just an idea.
Oh that's so nice Rose… this is a great idea for all of us.:))..
Oh Rose, this is such a good idea. I'm a firm believer in the necessity of pleasure — Bread AND Roses! As we all know, sometimes a little bit of something “frivolous”–something that's truly one's own–can give one the strength to be oneself in spite of hard times.
I think I'll go back to Marshall's and pick up a few things to go with the clothes I was about to bring down.
Rose, you're right, I ought to donate the bottle some place.
What a great idea! Thanks for posting about this awesome charity.