Calling all travelers out there! We hope you’ll join us in making an impact through your travels!
You see, we realized many years back that when we open those little toiletries we get at hotels, they get discarded when we check out even if we did not use them! So, we brought them back with us. We’re also guilty of taking some unopened ones home with us because we figured we could use some of them for our camping trips! Admit it, some of you take them just because the bottles are just so cute, right?! Jeremy and I have a ton of “little toiletries” from planes and hotels that we’ve accumulated over the years.
Anyhow, we were chatting to a good friend of ours who volunteers at the food bank and she was mentioning how they were putting together little care packages (e.g. soap, toothbrush, toothpaste etc…) because those are essentials that homeless people need too.
That’s when it struck us! If each and everyone of us can bring back those little toiletries we get from our travels and donate them to a local food bank, Goodwill or any charities that help the homeless, these toiletries can be put to good use! All this at no extra cost to travelers!
The care packages we put together to donate to the food bank our friend volunteers at includes: unused airline socks (e.g. Cathay Pacific gives us socks on international flights), little toiletries from hotels, little perfumes (those we get from cosmetic stores etc… for free), toothbrushes & toothpaste (the ones we get from hotels as well as airlines) etc… We are not encouraging that you take everything provided in the hotels (if you dont use them, they will reuse them for the next guest); We’re saying, donate the ones that you already have or for the ones that you’ve opened and just maybe used a little bit, bring those home and donate it.
We hope you’ll join us in this initiative and make a little impact in your local community too!
This is our way of making a small difference in this world. What are some other ways you help make a difference through your travels? Do share!
26 Comments
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I don’t usually stay in places that do this, but when I travel with my family I will definitely think to do this next time. Thank you for taking an initiative to do this! We hope you’ll give this concept a go too! I hate to see things wasted so this is also good from an environmental perspective as well.
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Great to hear you’ll give this a go! Every little bit helps!
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hey Shirls, this is a great idea! Will have to find out where in KL we can pass it on to 🙂
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Glad you like the idea, San! Let us know if you find a good place to donate it to in KL 🙂 Thanks for taking the time to leve a comment!
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When I was in college a few of the student groups would collect these kinds of items and put together little kits for folks who were homeless and/or at the local women’s shelters. It’s a fantastic use for all those little bottles most of us have, but don’t really know what to do with! 🙂
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Glad to know others out there are doing the same thing! Good point that other charities like orphanages and women’s shelters can use the help too! Thanks for sharing!
Idelish (Jeremy & Shirlene) recently posted..{China} Picturesque West Lake of Hang Zhou
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What a great idea! I don’t usually stay in places that do this, but when I travel with my family I will definitely think to do this next time. Thanks for the post!
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Awesome! Thanks for giving this initiative a go!
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Great idea! Someone, a long time ago, said the same thing but I keep forgetting. Thanks for the reminder. I will try to do a better job. This is so simple and yet can help so much.
Debbie Beardsley recently posted..Rococo – Flirty & Decadent-
Thank you for taking an initiative to do this!
Idelish (Jeremy & Shirlene) recently posted..{UAE} Dubai Desert Safari
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That’s a really great idea. And yes, I always steal the leftover toiletries in hotels for my travels. I paid for the room, therefore, I paid for the toiletries 🙂
The Travel Chica recently posted..The Most Gluttonous Night of My Life… So Far-
Totally agree with you there! We have a drawer full of them too and they can be very useful when you go camping 🙂
Idelish (Jeremy & Shirlene) recently posted..{China} Picturesque West Lake of Hang Zhou
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Such a simple yet effective way to help. I hate to see things wasted so this is also good from an environmental perspective as well. Count me in!
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Awesome! Let’s all make a difference together!
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Been doing this for many years. Collect as much as we can, then drop of to an orphange somewhere, particularly the smaller underfunded ones. I noted a large well organised one in Phnom Pehn didn’t seem to think they were enough, rather wanted a cash donation.
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That’s awesome to hear! It’s great to know that there are others making a difference through their travels! Good point about donating to the smaller underfunded charities/orphanages. We’ll keep that in mind for our next round of donations! Keep up your good work 🙂
Idelish (Jeremy & Shirlene) recently posted..{USA} Modern Twist to Camping at Rolling Huts
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This is a great idea and reminder. I should be bringing these back home more often.
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Agreed! We hope we’ve inspired you to donate the ones you bring home!
Idelish (Jeremy & Shirlene) recently posted..{USA} Glacier Cruise @ Prince William Sound, Whittier (Alaska)
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What a great idea!
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I hope you’ll give it a go too!
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http://t.co/NWbcqYK A novel concept !
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Thanks for the share, Michael! We hope you’ll give this concept a go too!
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