The watch is ticking for the launch of Roozt’s Marketplace and we are as busy as ever!  To celebrate this big occasion and also as a warm THANK YOU to all our dedicated fans, we are giving away an earthy-chic, eco-friendly WeWOOD Date Watch to one lucky winner!

WeWOOD first began in Italy as an ‘emblem of eco-luxury and design’.  The company is dedicated to the health of our planet and follows strict sustainability guidelines.  Every watch is free of artificial and toxic chemicals, leaving only the most natural touch on your skin.

To bring to life their philosophy of sustainability, WeWOOD works with American Forests, the nation’s oldest nonprofit conservation organization, to plant one tree for every watch purchased.  Talk about bringing nature back!

Roozt is so proud to support companies like WeWOOD and all the hardworking, wonderful, socially innovative companies that we have encountered.  We can’t wait to finally give our customers a platform to shop and engage with all these businesses and hope you’ll find it as inspiring as we do!

But for now, enter for a chance to win your own WeWOOD watch and help us count down to the big day!

Every veteran hostess knows that throwing a great dinner party is not only about the gourmet food and endless supply of cocktails – you’ve also got to have an awe-worthy tablescape!  Let Wabisabi Green help you mesmerize your guests this year with their new Art to Table collection.  The exquisite eco friendly table linens are made of recycled polyester organic cotton fabric that’s hand printed with environmentally-friendly water based inks.  Choose from an array of colorful coastal and botanical designs to match your own unique style.

For an even more memorable party, wrap some of these pieces up as parting gifts.  There’s bound to be something perfect for every one of your friends and family and it’s a great way to say thank you while sharing your passion for a greener, healthier planet.

Wanna check out these American made, premium quality linens yourself before buying them as gifts for all your friends and family?  Then enter for your chance to win a set of napkins and placemats here on Roozt!  Follow the instructions below to be entered into the giveaway:

Who doesn’t love a good, fresh, bountiful salad bar – from the peppery arugula and vibrant mixed greens to the endless combinations of veg, protein and specialty deli items, topped with the creamy, vinegary or sweet dressing of your choice, it’s so much fun to customize to your heart’s content.

Now relive the lunchtime joy in a new way by building your own nutrient-packed, 100% organic YouBars!  YouBar puts all the power in your hands by letting you build your own unique bar from over 50 different all-natural ingredients, determine how much of each ingredient you want, choose the size of your bar, and at the end, name the bar you created!  Apart from the satisfaction of making your own personalized, delicious, healthy snack, YouBar also helps you feel good about buying their products by:

- Creating its packaging from 100% recycled post-consumer content;

- Getting all their ingredients from certified Fair Trade farmers and organizations;

- Guaranteeing that every YouBar worker receives a fair wage that can comfortably support them and their family;

- And contributing to neighborhood schools through fundraisers to support health and education

Grab a bar of “Randy’s Reward” or “Dana’s Dinner Delight” on the go and it’ll be easy to enjoy a healthy, personalized snack wherever you are!

Enter for a chance to create your own YouBars and experience what the media and celebrities have been raging about!

More often than not we make donations to organizations without knowing where our money goes or who the money supports.  We feel distant from the cause and eventually downsize our contributions because we can’t see the change.  We all want to witness our hard earned dollars make an impact on another’s life.

Well today, meet Musu. Musu is about 6 years old and was found selling nuts in the slum area where we work in Monrovia, Liberia. The founder of More than Me, Katie, smiled at Musu, who was sitting in the dirt with her peanuts for sale on her side. She started following Katie with her broken flip flops slapping against the pavement. Katie walked by a vendor selling flip flops and offered to buy Musu a new pair. She was quiet when receiving them but Katie said she could tell Musu was happy with her new flipflops. Katie had to leave but put a few dollars in Musu’s peanut money bucket as well as a slip of paper with Macintosh, our Liberian program volunteers’ phone number and asked if Musu’s mom could call him. Musu’s mom called Macintosh and he went to meet up with both Musu and her mother. Musu’s mother has an eye disorder and has difficulty seeing and she has several children, none of whom are in school. Musu is one of the breadwinners for her family. Musu will now be enrolled in school next year for her first time because No One Without!

Here is the amazing part: You can help fund Musu and countless of children’s continued education by shopping at No One Without! More Than Me is just one of five amazing non-profits that N.O.W. works with in their ‘For Purpose’ business model. When you checkout with all your new tees and hoodies, you’ll have a chance to select one of the following organizations to contribute 20% of your purchase to:

More Than Me Foundation, Inc.: An organization working in developing countries to reduce poverty through the power of education.  More Than Me believes that “it is education that will provide the next generation with the tools to fight poverty and conquer disease. School also offers children a safe environment, filled with support, supervision and socialization.”

Thirst Relief International: An organization working to save lives through granting access to safe drinking water. Their goal is “to overcome death and disease resulting from the consumption of contaminated water by providing safe, clean drinking water to those in need around the world.”

Giving Children Hope: An organization supporting the roughly 22,000 homeless children in Orange County, California “by continuously providing a stable and nutritious source of food to carry home during the weekends along with providing them with nutritional education.”

These Numbers Have Faces: A non-profit working to provide college scholarships for ambitious township youth in Capetown who wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity for higher education. In return for their college scholarship, TNHF scholars participate in the TNHF Community Impact Model in which they engage in community service, mentoring, tutoring, leadership & financial literacy training.

The Chisomo Idea: An African-born global grassroots movement connecting the privileged young (and young at heart) to issues of poverty in Africa and providing them with a framework for action. The group creates learning centers to build leadership skills and provide safe, engaging extracurricular activities.

Now that you know more about the 5 foundations No One Without supports, enter the Give-A-Way Contest! All you have to do is ‘Like’ N.O.W. and become a fan of Roozt on Facebook, then tell us which of the organizations you would support and why!  Entries must be posted before Midnight on October 10th. Best of luck and keep believing!

If you are in Downtown LA tomorrow, please join Roozt in bringing your dusty, unused, or broken electronics to be recycled for a chance to win gift cards and prizes!  Roozt will be at the 7th and South Park View corner of McArthur Park from 11am – 6pm Saturday for the ReGreen Corporation’s Electronic Recycling Fundraiser.  The proceeds will go towards building a solar panel for local radio station KPFK.  Participants who bring in electronics will also be entered into a raffle to win cool prizes, including a $10 gift card for Roozt!  Twenty Roozt gift cards will be raffled out by ReGreen and if you stop by the Roozt booth and don a cool Rooster hat for a picture, you will be automatically entered for a chance to win a $50 gift card!  Please come support your Roosters and ReGreen at a day of fun, food and music.  We look forward to seeing you there!

September 21^st marks the United Nation’s International Day of Peace.  The event was established in 1981 as a way for the UN to commit itself to the spread of worldwide peace and encourage individuals, communities, and nations to work in cooperation towards this goal.  By creating one day of global truce, the UN along with various international groups such as the World Health Organization and UNICEF have been able to reach previously inaccessible at-risk populations to provide them with vaccinations, food and humanitarian aide. We at Roozt believe wholeheartedly in this mission and are inspired to make our small mark on World Peace Day 2011.

To celebrate this movement, Roozt could not have teamed up with a greater life-changing, awe-inspiring company than This Shirt Helps to give away a free premium-quality shirt to one lucky winner!  Company founder and apparel expert, Joe Huff, created the company after going through some tragedy of his own. In just one year, Joe had lost his father, his dog, and was separated from his wife.  The painful chain of events forced him to reanalyze his life and figure out what really mattered.  Instead of dwelling on his losses, Joe found strength and focused his attention on ways to positively impact the lives of others.  He wanted to commit himself to making a difference for those who wouldn’t get the opportunities he was privileged enough to receive.

Thus, This Shirt Helps was born.  Joe combined his skills for creating upscale, trendy apparel with his multiple philanthropic passions to create his dream job.  TSH takes conscious consumerism to the next level by developing a transparent business model that allows shoppers to choose the cause they wish to promote with every purchase.  When adding a shirt to your cart, you can decide if a portion of the proceeds will:

• Provide clean water for a year for a person at risk of
life threatening waterborne illnesses
• Enable a child to receive one week of schooling
• Plant 3 trees through much needed reforestation projects, or;
• Save an animal in a shelter, either through spay and neuter
programs or food and health services

A quarterly report will reflect all the aid the sales have contributed to and show customers just how many lives were improved through their purchases.  TSH hopes to inspire and engage more companies to get involved in social contributions and work together to change the world.

The Contest:

Through the generosity of This Shirt Helps and the celebration of World Peace Day, Roozt is giving away a TSH shirt to one lucky winner!  The winner will get to pick the shirt of their choice and also their preferred cause.

To Enter:

Simply “Like” This Shirt Helps on Facebook then “Like” and leave a comment on Roozt’s Page telling us what humanitarian cause you’d like to contribute to for World Peace Day and why.  Enter before Sunday Night 11:59 P.M. PST.  The winner will be chosen at random on Monday, September 26th to receive his or her free feel-good tee!

We’re so excited to watch Joe and his team bloom and prosper and hope everyone out there participates in World Peace Day on September 21st!

This Shirt Helps apparel will be displayed at Conveyer in Fred Segal, Santa Monica this month. Additionally, to celebrate its launch, TSH will be giving an extra week of schooling for every shirt purchased in the month of September! Want to know more?  Find out about the company’s mission in this video.

Looking for a way to protect that shiny new back-to-school laptop? Enter for a chance to win a FREE Upcycled neoprene notebook sleeve from Looptworks! Made from the same durable, snug-fit material as comparable name-brand laptop sleeves, Looptworks manufactures their quality products with discarded wetsuit fabrics while incorporating a fun surfer style in every design.

All you have to do is sign in to your Facebook account and ‘Like’ Looptworks’ page as well as Roozt’s Facebook post about this contest!  It’s that simple.  Make sure you do so before our current Looptworks deal ends to be entered for a chance to win!  The grand prize winner will be randomly chosen the day after the deal ends.

Save your laptop and wallet in true style with this great Roozt and Looptworks giveaway – Good Luck!

The weather’s warming, the sun’s shining, and it’s time to have some fun! Get your Egg Hunt on, this week only.

How it works: we’re going to post 1 trivia question on our Facebook page (Facebook.com/RooztDeals) on M, W, F. Each question has to do with the current deal, and the answer can be found on our homepage at www.Roozt.com.

Send your answer, along with your mailing address, to promo@roozt.com. Next week, 5 lucky winners will receive a “golden egg” in the mail with a Roozt.com gift card inside! Gift card values range from $10-$40, good for any Roozt.com purchase. Even better than the chocolate-filled eggs you got as a kid, huh?

5 different gift card values, 5 chances to win!