Have any plans for June 21st? Why not teach your children an invaluable lesson on how to give back to the community!?

Crayons® All Natural Beverage Company is doing a “Pink Lemonade Brigade��? a nation-wide lemonade stand fundraiser empowering kids by enabling them to support a charity of their choice. The one-day event on Saturday, June 21 will unite children across America and raise funds for an array of philanthropic causes. Crayons will supply the first 1,000 child registrants with a free lemonade stand and 120 cans of its popular all natural Tickled Pink Lemonade; all funds raised will be donated to the child’s charity of choice.

The contest deadline is this Sunday, June 8. To register, go to their Web site.

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Do you want to give or receive free baby, children’s or maternity items?

Freepeats.org is an online forum that just launched in Denver. It allows parents to pick up gently-used baby, kid, and maternity items for free from nearby parents who have finished with them.

Freepeats opened in the Denver area on June 1. Freepeats groups are also up and running in Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Washington DC, Houston , Dallas, New York City, Detroit, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Seattle, Cleveland, Nashville, Seattle, Orlando and Philadelphia.

Denver-area residents who join Freepeats before June 16 will receive a free lifetime membership. After that, there’s be a $4.95 one-time membership fee. Freepeats has now registered over 4,000 members. Offerings have included bouncers, swings, cribs, infant formula, baby and toddler clothing, zoo tickets, diapers, strollers, high chairs, baby gyms, parenting books, toys, and more.

The site has been featured at Discovery.com’s Planet Green website, Apartment Therapy.com, Nickelodeon’s Parents Connect website, Green Deals Daily, and more.