­­Your Healthy Habit Just Got Healthier, Thanks To Vitamin Angels

As the holiday season of giving approaches, did you know that just 25 cents can be a life-changing donation to a child or mother at risk for malnutrition? That's the small amount it takes for charitable organization Vitamin Angels to provide essential vitamins and minerals to a pregnant mother or young child in communities where micronutrient deficiencies can have severe impacts on health.

At mindbodygreen we're all about making well-being accessible, and we believe that proper nutrition is essential to whole-body well-being. So, after a year that has us feeling more gratitude for our health than ever before, we're excited to support a charity that helps ensure mothers and kids everywhere get the benefits of proper nutrition.

Vitamin Angels' mission is to give every child, everywhere, a chance at a healthy and productive life. And it starts with every child's mother during pregnancy.

Many women here in the United States and around the world do not have access to the essential prenatal vitamins and minerals they need, which puts both their own health and the health of their baby at risk. Vitamin Angels partners with over 2,500 local organizations in underserved communities to provide access to the high-quality supplements that the World Health Organization recommends to support maternal health and positive pregnancy outcomes. And they're making a huge difference, right here in all 50 U.S. states and beyond.

"Mississippi has some of the poorest birth outcomes in our country, including the highest rate of babies born with low birth weight," said Meagan Parker, grants compliance manager at Coastal Family Health Center, a community health center serving 21 sites in over six counties in Mississippi. "Our partnership with Vitamin Angels has been instrumental in helping pregnant women in our community who don't have access to essential nutrition to receive free prenatal vitamins and minerals that will help them have a healthy pregnancy and, ultimately, give their baby a chance at a healthy future."

From December 1 to December 27, shop at The Vitamin Shoppe or Super Supplements store near you, and opt-in to donate to Vitamin Angels at checkout—it's that simple. As a token of gratitude for your support, if you donate $5 or more, you'll receive a coupon for $10 off your next purchase of $50 or more, making your donation a true win-win for yourself and Vitamin Angels. Customers who donate $10 or more will receive the coupon offer plus a bracelet handmade by communities in Guatemala that benefit from Vitamin Angels programs.

Additionally, The Vitamin Shoppe and its brand partners will donate $1 to Vitamin Angels from the purchase of any New Chapter or Nordic Naturals children's or maternal health products (up to $50,000). During the promotion period, Nordic Naturals is offering 15% off those products, and New Chapter is buy one, get one 50% off.

Your vitamin purchases can do more than just support you and your family's health this December—they can support communities in need.