If you’re looking for something special to gift to your attendees, Chicago-based Bright Endeavors is a nonprofit that hires new moms 24 years old or younger to make soy candles, bath salts, and reed diffusers. The work helps them build experience and develop transferable skills—such as time management, task initiation, emotional regulation, and metacognition—for future employment.
The company’s products, which can be purchased in bulk or gift sets, have scents including Coffee & Cashmere, Argentine Lemon, and Woody Bergamot. “Evoking a sense of warmth and comfort, our candles and home fragrance items make great gifts for both grand and intimate events,” says Nika Vaughan, Bright Endeavors director of social enterprise. brightendeavors.org