By James Moore

July 1, 2024





Savings Cares

Smile Farms - July 2024

We’re excited to announce July’s partnership with Smile Farms as they work to create meaningful employment
opportunities and provide vocational training and education to individuals with disabilities.

Explore savingsCARES deals throughout July 2024 to increase our impact with a free donation to Smile Farms.



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Support Smile Farms With Savings.com

Savings.com is teaming up with Smile Farms to help individuals with disabilities secure the training, education, and vocational opportunities they need to pursue meaningful employment. Shop using savingsCARES coupons from this campaign’s participating brands to support Smile Farms as they help to create inclusive spaces in the American workforce. Donations will support Smile Farms as the organization carves out a space for those often excluded from the workforce. In the United States, 25% of adults have a disability and 8 in 10 disabled adults are unemployed (compared to 3 in 10 with no disability). Smile Farms is working to change that - and you can help.


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What is Smile Farms?

Founded in 2015 by Jim & Chris McCann of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., Smile Farms began as a single greenhouse operation. Since then, 1-800-Flowers has worked to expand the organization to 12 agricultural campuses, where they provide opportunities for over 375 Smile Farmers and their families.

Smile Farms works as a positive force in the labor market by leveraging partnerships with local non-profit and for-profit businesses to provide vocational, educational, and employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Their work generates purpose and pride, enhances life skills, and fosters socialization. Smile Farms’ unique agricultural campus-based model empowers individuals with disabilities to grow and sell products with a purpose, including a variety of plants and produce. Plants are sold at local Farmers' Markets and corporate pop-up sales. Produce is used in partners' culinary programs, sold to restaurants, and converted into preserved goods that generate sustainable revenue for their programs, including their Heat with Heart™ hot sauce. Smile Farms' signature products may be purchased locally, online, or at a variety of retailers throughout the United States. Smile Farms encourages giving back as a form of personal empowerment - seeking to combat food insecurity in local communities by donating a portion of crop yields at each campus. Smile Farms is shaping a better future where people with special needs are valued for the real contributions they make in their workplaces and communities.

Did you know?

● Smile Farms’ Heat with Heart™ hot sauce is made entirely from peppers harvested by Smile Farmers.

● According to the CDC, 1 in 4 adults in the United States have some type of disability. It is important to note that although some are born disabled, 83% of all disabilities are acquired later in life. Smile Farms works to address barriers to employment for all people with disabilities, throughout their life cycle, regardless of type of disability or age of onset.

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How to Support Smile Farms

There are plenty of ways to support Smile Farms online and in person. Follow Smile Farms on social media, subscribe to the organization’s newsletter, or volunteer on Smile Farms campuses to personally get involved. One hundred percent of all Heat with Heart™ hot sauce purchases go toward job training and education for Smile Farmers. Visit Smile Farms’ website for more ways to get involved, and drop by the Smile Farms donation page to make a one-time donation or commit to a monthly contribution.

Throughout July’s SavingsCARES campaign, you can also make donations to Smile Farms at no cost to you. Savings.com has donated $5,000 to Smile Farms to jump-start the campaign - shop online using select SavingsCARES deals to increase our impact for free. Look for the SavingsCARES tag (a blue price tag with a red heart) on participating brand pages to increase the donations given to Smile Farms.



Frequently Asked Questions

Can I choose the charity I donate to?

Yes you can via the browser extension tool! Simply download the tool directly from the charity landing page.

For participating brands featured in the savingsCARES program, all donations will be given toward our featured charity partner. You can check out who our featured charity is by visiting our homepage or the SavingsCARES page, where we will highlight the featured charity.

Will I be charged when Savings.com donates to a charity?

No - by partnering with participating brands to increase our impact through Savings.com’s affiliate model, we are able to make uncapped donations at no additional cost to you.

Where does the money for charity donations come from?

Savings.com has pledged to donate up to $5,000 to each charity through our $5 donation on each new browser extension install, capped at $5000. In addition to the browser extension, the SavingsCARES team works to make commercial agreements with hundreds of top brands. We’re able to offer uncapped donations at no cost to our users, thanks to the generosity of these amazing retailers.

Does every purchase I make using Savings.com coupons trigger a promotion?

We work with our charity partners via a range of donation models, which are outlined below:

  1. Donations are triggered across all sales generated on Savings.com if a user arrives on our website via the charity's digital channel. We donate 50% to each charity for every user who arrives on Savings.com via a third-party link.

  2. Shoppers can tell which brands are participating in the SavingsCARES initiative by looking for a price tag with a red heart next to retailers’ deals on Savings.com. Visit the SavingsCARES coupon page for a full list of our participating brands.

  3. The savingsCARES browser extension allows you to install an automatic money-saving tool for your desktop so that you can shop at any brand (with or without the heart price tag) and feel good knowing every time you use a coupon or deal via the tool, you’ll be raising a free donation for your chosen charity.

Charity FAQs

How can I get featured as a Savings.com/SavingsCARES monthly charity?

To be featured on Savings.com and begin to earn free, uncapped donations, send an email to savingscares@savings.com.

How do I request changes to the information on my charity page?

Send an email to savingscares@savings.com or assistance with informational updates or other issues.

How will my charity receive donations?

All donations are paid on a monthly basis directly by Savings.com as per the payment instructions supplied by each charity.