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Contributing to our Community

Giving back to the community is a cornerstone of Earth Friendly Products founder John Vlahakis’ personal philosophy and an inseparable part of his company.

As the largest manufacturer of natural cleaning products in the USA, with four manufacturing facilities, Earth Friendly Products creates jobs in the U.S., sources raw materials in the U.S. and helps sustain local businesses. As our international presence increases, so too will our ability to create jobs globally.

Social responsibility is of utmost importance in the company, with monetary and in-kind donations being made annually to a variety of animal rights, environmental and social causes, including homeless shelters and pre-schools.

While our concerns are global in nature, we focus our efforts on making changes at the local, even individual, level to make our world a better place. To that end, the company supports several local social service, animal rights and environmental groups.

Below are just some of the local groups and activities we have supported through either monetary or product donations over the past few years:

• All Creatures Great and Small (California) Annual Benefit
• Animal Rescue and Horse Sanctuary)
• Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education
• Bea Gaddy, Baltimore, MD (Educational, social development and rehabilitation programs, helping the homeless)
• Carolina Jack Russell Terrier Club: Jack Russell Rescue (for displaced/abused dogs) and the Jack Russell Research Foundation (canine health research)
• Center for Environmental Citizenship
• Center for Environmental Citizenship Kayak-a-thon (Education, training and organization of a national network of young leaders to protect the environment)
• Center for Health, Environment and Justice (formerly Citizens • Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste)
• Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago (helps build sustainable and inclusive urban communities)
• Chicago Vegetarian Society
• Davis Food Co-op Celebration of Cooperation (California)
• Delancey Street Foundation (helping substance abusers, homeless people, abused women and children, ex-convicts in San Francisco, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and Los Angeles)
• Earth Connection (California)
• Earth Day, Atlantic community College (New Jersey)
• Earth Fest, University of New Orleans
• Ecology Action Center
• Family Expo, Scottsdale, AZ
• Farm Sanctuary (farm shelters for animals from factory farms, stockyards, slaughterhouses)
• Feed the Hungry, Greek Orthodox Diocese and Hellenic • Family and Community Services
• Fort Irwin Community Activities, March Madness festival (military base)
• Friends of Susan Leukemia Research Foundation
• Gentle World, Inc. (non-profit educational organization)
• Green House Project, Messiah College
• Homeless Helpline, a program of the Community Emergency Shelter Organization (CESO) of Chicago
• In Bloomingdale, New Jersey, helping to renovate a nature trail that contains many rare trees, plants and animals
• Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse, Chicago Park District
• Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
• Mobilization for Animals, Animal Friendly Festival
• Preservation of the Hackensack River Watershed
• Salvation Army (for flood victims)
• Sierra Club, Earth Day Run
• SPEAK (Supporting and Promoting Ethics for the Animal Kingdom), Peace for the New Millenium: Conference on Non-Violence to All Creatures
• Student Coalition for a Better Environment, North Canton, OH
• Students for a Better World, Earth Day celebration (Loudonville, NY)
• Tekoa, Inc. (residential treatment facility for adolescents in southwest Virginia)
• Towards Freedom/WorldFest Los Angeles (Celebration of health, environment and animals)
• Ukiah Natural Foods and Ukiah Valley Medical Center (California)
• Warren W. Cherry Pre-School
• Winnetka Rotary Club
• Winnetka Women's Exchange (Women's issues)