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Give Something Back

We were founded almost 20 years ago to sell office supplies, focus on service and relationships, give half our profits to worthwhile causes, maintain low prices, and make people feel really great about doing something most of us do at work anyway - use business products.

http://givesomethingback.com

San Francisco, CA

Who is Participating

Lori Hope

Lori Hope

Paper=Food Project Manager

Sean Marx

Sean Marx

CEO and Co-founder

Mike Hannigan

Mike Hannigan

President and Co-founder

Recent Coversations

Do you believe in magic?

Lori Hope

Lori Hope (Paper=Food Project Manager) Posted about 1 year ago

Do you believe in magic? We do, so much so that when we launched a new initiative and decided to create a video about it  - a very short piece in which the pictures would speak at least as loudly as the words - we went with a concept that at first seemed somewhat odd. It involved a magic trick of sorts, and one that was truly unique.As anyone who's made a video knows, such...
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I Didn't Give Anything Up to Create Give Something Back

Sean Marx

Sean Marx (CEO and Co-founder) Posted about 1 year ago

I grew up in Cambridge, Mass, a city rich in diversity and on the leading edge of political and social thought. My parents fully embraced progressive thinking, with values that encompassed human rights, equality, and the importance of community. Each demonstrated a firm understanding of compassion and personal integrity that, at that time, was regarded as unconventional and monetarily uncertain. Their faith and belief in helping others became a guiding and fundamental principle in my...
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Star struck? No. Hero struck? Yes.

Lori Hope

Lori Hope (Paper=Food Project Manager) Posted over 2 years ago

Fame itself has never impressed me, maybe because in my career as a journalist I met so many "personalities". But when I meet someone exceedingly inspiring and generous, I have been known to get star struck – or, rather, "hero struck". It happened several years ago and again last week with Nell Newman, when we worked together shooting a video for Give Something Back and Boise Inc's Paper=Food initiative. P=F donates $1 to an area...
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Recent Responses

Lori Hope

Lori Hope

San Francisco, CA

about 1 year ago

Just tried your bars for the first time (sampled them at Whole Foods), and YUM! Great to know you're out there, and more important, to finally taste your wares!

Lori Hope

Give Something Back Business Products (another member of this fine community)

Lori Hope

Lori Hope

San Francisco, CA

about 1 year ago

Thanks for this, Lalia - great to know!