Check out the Kids Konserve lunch bag giveaway below!
Who doesn’t want to be the cool kid at school? Reducing classroom waste is the new black. So every kid will want a Kids Konserve waste free lunch bag, which will significantly reduce your child’s school waste of aluminum tin foil, plastic baggies, paper bags, and juice boxes. How much? Easily, on average, 67 lbs worth! Will the other kids be green with envy? Absolutely.
Founders, Chance Claxton and Lynn Julian, (pictured above at an NYC expo), are two moms on a mission, knowing first hand the amount of waste generated by their kids’ lunches. In creating the Company, they wanted to empower children to make changes for the future. What better way to do that, then by using one of their lunch bags to show them how they can impact the amount of waste generated at their schools?
So, what does a Kids Konserve lunch bag contain?
- An organic cotton lunch sack in white or in a caterpillar or butterfly print
- Stainless Steel beverage bottle
- 2 stainless steel containers with lids, which is great for storing grapes, apples, pretzel, nuts, chips, or any assorted food you desire.
- A food kozy, which is an easy fold-over sandwich wrap, with a Velcro fastener. It is made out of recycled, FDA approved, non-toxic, non-leaching, recyclable PE plastic. This product does not contain Bisphenol-A (BPA) and is Phthalate free.
- An organic napkin
- A recycled aluminum name tag
The signature white waste free lunch bag is priced at $40 and the butterfly and caterpillar print lunch bag are priced at $42. Additional items that can be purchased separately are:
- Drawstring Bag (4 for $25.00)
- Thermos, which is great for cold or warm food such as fruit salad or soups/pastas. Priced at $20.00
- 2 large tier tiffins (5″ by 4″) for hot and cold items. ( A tiffin is a small metal container with a lid that stack and snap together with a carrying strap or latch mechanism.) Priced at $25.oo
Note, a large tiffin and thermos will not fit together side by side in the bag. Order a small tiffin and the thermos so that you can put the two products together in the lunch bag. Best of all, if you want to create your own lunch bag, all products can be ordered separately. Different size beverage bottles are available for the thirsty kids. Where are the products made? All Kids Konserve products are made in Asia, are fair trade and with suppliers that the founders have a long standing relationship with.
So, how do I care for my Kids Konserve products? Ask no further. The care instructions are on a tab in the product description.
So how did I rate the Company’s products? My first thought was how could you keep your sandwich cold with a cotton bag? Christy, a spokesperson for the Company, told me to fill it up the bottle, and put it in the refrigerator and then use this bottle to keep the sandwich cold. I tested to see how long the bottle stayed cold while sitting on my countertop. It definitely stayed cold for a few hours. In the summer, the Company will be offering an insulated bag.
I further experimented with the bottle and turned it upside down for a while to see if it would leak. It did not leak at all, unlike some of my other stainless steel beverage bottles.
I then filled up the containers with water to see if they would leak. They leaked but they really aren’t for soup or food that has liquid in it. I did have problems taking off the lids. As a disclaimer, I have weak hands. Christy told me that the lids do loosen up after a few washings in the dishwasher or bend them back and forth to make them more pliable.
The food kozy easily fit the sandwich that I made. It takes two hands to close up the cozy. My overall rating for lunch bag was very favorable. I also loved the environmental attributes and the attention paid to creating the website with its easy to follow information.
In addition to the lunch bag, the Company also sells a Kids Konserve Party Pak, which is great for classroom parties.
“Imagine the mounds of landfill waste created by a classroom of 25 students having 4 holiday classroom parties and an average of 6 student birthday celebrations per school year. This would amount to upwards of 250 paper plates, cups and disposable cutlery in a single school year. Multiply this by an average school with 400 students and 16 classrooms and you arrive at an astonishing 4000 paper plates, cups, plastic forks, spoons and knives being tossed in to our ever growing landfills,” according to the Company.
The Pak consists of 12 each of 7″ plates, 16oz tumblers, forks, knives, and spoons. The products are made of 100% recycled #5 plastic from yogurt containers and are stored in cotton drawstring bags. (Remember when the PAK is trashed, recycle them at your nearest Whole Food, Gimme 5 display.) Christy further explained:
“I have gotten my son’s school to use them for classroom parties instead of signing up to bring paper goods. The kids love them and they have learned so much about not always going straight to the garbage with plates etc.. The plates, cups, and utensils are put in a box to be brought home (mom’s take turns sharing this job) for washing so it is ready for the next party. They have been a great hit for birthday parties, too!”
Don’t forget these Paks are great for outdoor parties and picnics too! A set of 12 is priced at $35.00 and a set of 25 is priced at $55.00.
Even the fundraising options offered by the Company make it easy to go waste-free. See more information, here. There are two options. Either your school can receive 10% on all products purchased by school members or school members can receive a 10% discount for the products. Either way, you will help to reduce waste with this feel good fundraiser.
What I love about the fundraiser is it is so easy.You can either have people send you the money and order at one time or the Kids Konserve people will list your school online for people to come at their leisure to buy products. My school is doing “the online” concept for back to school.
In addition, the Company offers a bottle fundraiser to eliminate plastic bottles and juice boxes at your school. All you need is a logo and a minimum order of 50 bottles. See more information here.
My only wish for the Company is that they produce bags that are for the tween and teenager crowd. According to Christy, this is in development.
Coming soon:
- insulated bags
- 25 oz beverage bottle
- utensils
- new patterns for the lunch bags
The folks at Kids Konserve have graciously donated the above signature lunch bag to give away to one lucky Green Talk reader. Here are the rules:
- You must be over 18 and live in the US.
- Leave me a comment here telling me about your favorite lunch as a kid or adult. If you don’t have one, just say so.
- To double your chances consider joining my Feedburner email list or subscribe to my RSS feed. Both subscriptions are listed on the upper right hand column. Be sure to come back and leave a separate additional comment to tell me which one you joined. If you are already a member, just say so.
- To triple your chances of winning, twitter about this contest and come back and leave a separate additional comment of the url (weblink) of your twitter comment.
- You must enter by Friday, May 22, 2009 6 PM EST to win. A winner will be chosen at random on Monday, May 25, 2009. Good Luck everyone!
Let’s help Kids Konserve reduce waste, one lunch bag at a time!
Tammy says
My favorite lunch as a kid was chipped ham and american cheese sandwich with mayo, lays potato chips and a dill pickle. YUMMY!! Then I grew up and so much for the chipped ham.
Tammy says
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Tammy says
I tweeted.
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Katrina V says
My favorite lunch as a kid was ham and cheese sandwich! It was easy to eat in school for lunch and it was great room temperature!
Katrina V says
Tweet’d about your contest.
http://twitter.com/katrina_v/status/1776125643
Sue says
Now my favorite lunch is a big salad. There’s a restaurant I love that makes this Southwestern Cobb that’s the yummiest thing ever.
I don’t remember a favorite as a kid, but my LEAST favorite was bologna boats in the school cafeteria.
executive gifts expert says
Launch bag is good and very handy for children that is going to school. 🙂
Theresa Shafer says
My favorite is honey baked ham with grey poupon mustard on rye. Dessert is chocolate with coconut.
Thank you for giving so many of us a chance to win a very green way to become greener.
Meredith Rogen says
My favorite lunch as a child was grilled cheese & tomato soup!!
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Meredith Rogen says
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MRS.MOMMYY says
salami/swiss cheese on a fresh onion roll- yep my granny got me addicted- if there was not an onion roll wheat bread but yummy
Jenn S. says
My favorite lunch was a peanut butter and raisin sandwich, an apple, and a milk.
Denyse says
My favorite luch NOW is nachos.
Tawnda says
I love a ham & am. cheese sandwich, cheese puffs, and chocolate milk
Tawnda says
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Shilo Beedy says
I loved grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup and chocolate milk at school.
Shilo Beedy says
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Angel Larson says
I know this might be a cliche but my favorite lunch item as a kid was peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. As a kid I ate them with gummy snacks, apples and milk. I still have PB&J cravings every so often, I prefer a slightly grown up version now though. I am just crazy about St. Dalfour fruit conserves and fresh peanut butter on honey whole wheat. I eat them with soymilk and papya. YUM! Of course, if I make one for myself I have to make one for one or all of my four nephews, as I am the live-in Auntie.
Thanks for the green talk!
cheri morgan-opie says
My favorite kid lunch was balogna and cheese on leftover dinner rolls with dried apples. Today I love hummus, avocado, bean sprouts and sea salt on wasa crisp bread. You can tell I take better care of myself now.
lynn says
I like egg salad.
Erika Elizabeth Meyer says
a cold turkey sandwich with a pickle and a v8
Tisa says
My favorite lunch as a kid was when I could take soup in a little thermos rather than the typical sandwich. Also loved when there was a granola bar in the bag. ~:)
Jeet says
My favorite lunch was noodles that my mom made – I still crave it! 🙂
Meghan Nesta says
My favorite lunch included a butter and grape jelly sandwich on white bread (oh, how my tastebuds have matured!) with potato chips and a granola bar. (Thanks for the give-away and great detailed review!)
Meghan Nesta says
I also tweeted about your contest: http://twitter.com/mjnesta/status/1795197453
J. Rizzo says
My favorite lunch was speghetti and meatballs and chocolate milk.
As an adult I barely get to eat “lunch” but I will sometimes go to my grandmas for dinner and eat her left overs. Everyone at work pretty much knows the only time I get a good lunch is if I’m having grandma’s left overs. You can smell the Delicious coming down the hallway
Karen says
My favorite lunch is a BLT with cheese, carrot sticks and apples.
Courtney says
My favorite lunches were the ones my dad would make for me. He was always writing me cute notes and inventing new ways to pack my food. All of the other kids were envious of my lunches that my dad made!!
chicago drapery says
Such a great idea!
Dan says
I never had good bagged lunches. My best lunch was fried chicken day at my middle school.
Michelle says
I can remember that my favorite school lunches when I was a little girl (40 years ago) were peanut butter and fluff sandwiches — affectionately called fluffernutters (I believe Marshmallow Fluff is a New England thing!) — and my mom’s homemade meatloaf sandwich . Along with a piece of fruit, of course!
Amir says
As a kid and still today I always love a tuna sandwich and an apple.
Melissa says
I’m pretty boring. I really liked PB & J and apples growing up.
Melissa says
Tweeted! http://twitter.com/camelfam/status/1810101135
Jennae @ Green Your Decor says
I was really finicky about food when I was a little girl, and in fact I still am somewhat squeamish about trying new things. But there was one lunch from my mother that I was always guaranteed to eat: Arroz Con Pollo (Puerto Rican-style chicken and rice). I still love it to this day 🙂
Jennae @ Green Your Decor says
I’m an email subscriber 🙂
Absolute Green says
My favorite school was soup BUT back in the day, the glass thermos always broke! This left me brokenhearted and lunchless. I wish you’d been around then…..
Annie says
My favorite lunch as a kid was soup in a thermos. If I bought lunch, it was definitly grilled cheese with tomato soup.
dianne says
I love PP&J w/ celery sticks.
Sarah Z says
Lately, my fav lunch is a BLT made with turkey bacon and fruit!
Thanks
Deanna says
I don’t know that it was my favorite, but I lived off of bologna and miracle whip sandwiches on white bread all summer! I don’t even think they had cheese. It was quick and I was not obviously too worried about nutrition back then. As long as I got to the pool in time to tan for a few hours under a nice thick layer of baby oil! (Yikes)
Jenny says
My favorite lunch as a kid was PB&J. The PB had to be crunchy and the jelly had to be strawberry. Yummy!
Denise says
My favorite lunch is a great tofu salad with basil, tomatoes, and a peanut sauce dressing.
Jen says
Hm…my favorite kid lunch was definitely macaroni and cheese, but peanut butter and jelly came in a close second. 🙂
Rachel D. says
My favorite lunch as a kid was peanut butter and jelly! Mmm!
Sonya says
I love a good ham and cheese sandwich!
Beverly M says
I loved peanut butter and jelly samdwhiches
Anastasia Harrison says
I love this concept and we have been searching for a incoming 1st grade gift for all new students. This just may fit the bag!! I’ve ordered one for my youngest daughter for camp this summer.
Carol says
Grilled cheese and tomato soup.
Carol says
Tweeted http://twitter.com/cdziuba/status/1831884526
Barbara says
As a kid, I never really had a favorite lunch (unless you could say NOT canned green peas in the cafeteria), but over the years I have come to love chicken soup of just about any stripe. And crackers with thin slices of apple.
simone says
I still eat bologna and cheese sandwiches at work today. Sad, but I love them! Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com
Gail Terrell says
My favorite lunch as a kid was peanut butter & honey. I am signing up for the emails.
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Jennifer says
I’m a traditionalist: PB&J with carrot sticks and apple slices!
Jennifer "Green Mama" Rasmussen says
The lunch I had as a kid was NEVER as important as the SHAUN CASSIDY LUNCHBOX it was in!!!!!!!!! It was the metal kind, complete with matching thermos. Aaahhhhhh…..*dreamy nostalgic sigh* The original green lunchbox!!!
Jennifer "Green Mama" Rasmussen says
I signed up for the emails too. Thanks much!
Kristina P. says
My favorite lunch as a child was a bologna sandwich with american cheese, miracle whip and doritos. The doritos added a great crunch to the sandwich. Yummy. Not healthy but incredibly tasty.
jiyoung says
This luch bag is what I looking for. Thank you for the great post!
Janet says
My favorite lunch was leftover rice in my thermos tucked into my bugs bunny lunchbox.
robin says
my favorite lunch was peanut butter on toast. still is!
Stephanie - Green SAHM says
I don’t recall my favorite lunch, so I will share my daughter’s favorite, which we call Sand and Shells. It’s cracked wheat with pasta. She’s utterly nuts for it. My stubborn girl pretty much will not eat sandwiches.
Sherry says
When I was a kid I loved PBJ and potato chip sandwiches. Now that my tastes are a bit more refined, I think, I love a prime rib sandwich or a really good salad.
Thank you for having such a cool giveaway. My niece is starting first grade in a few months.
Sherry says
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Rachael says
I love this product! My son starts school this year and this is exactly the kind of thing I have been looking for.
I always love a good salad for lunch. I bring the dressing and things like croutons in separate containers and add them on when it’s time to eat.
Danielle says
My favorite lunch as a kid was PB&J!
sommer says
I love our Kids Konserve bag and could use another. As a kid I had the plastic blue Smurf box and then a Strawberry Shortcake one.
Kelly says
Fav lunch as a kid: cheese sandwiches. I ate them every day for YEARS.
Off to tweet!
Jennie says
My favorite lunch: Turkey & Cheddar on White Bread with Lettuce, Tomato, Dill Pickles, Mayo & Mustard, Cool Ranch Doritos, my mom’s homemade chocolate chip cookies, an Orange and a Capri-Sun. Now I’m hungry!
sito says
I loved PBJ as a kid with grape jelly. Now that I’m older and more sophisticated, I like a PBJ with currant jelly.
sito says
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sito says
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Katherine says
I LOVED peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as a kid! 🙂
Katherine says
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Jennifer M says
As a kid, I liked to get a canteen of Chicken and Stars soup!
Marianna says
I remember getting really excited as a kid when I got to order a “hot lunch” at school
Jammie says
I like egg salad sandwiches but as a kid yea you cant take that to school unless you wanna be teased
Tanya Anna Wilson says
I was fanatical and I LOVED peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chocolate milk, and fruit roll ups as a kid! Ironically, I cannot stomach any of that nowadays!
Tanya Anna Wilson says
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Tanya Anna Wilson says
I tweeted about this contest post here:
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katie says
My favorite lunch has gotta be delicious PB&J!
Joann Hutsell says
My favorite childhood lunch was tuna sandwich. My mother made it with mayo, salt, black pepper and a splash of lemon juice. So good! I actually still like it to this day.
With a side of seedless grapes and a bag of chips. Washing it down with homemade lemonade. Mmmm..
I HOPE TO WIN A LUNCH BAG FOR MY 3 yr OLD THATIS STARTING PRESCHOOL THIS FALL. THANKS!! 🙂
amanda schmidt says
my favorite lunch as a child was chips & cheese! my mom would melt colby cheese on tortilla chips! i still love it today!!
Jane Marsching says
Just plain ole pb&j! My tastes were pretty boring as a kid! Thanks! Jane
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Julie says
My fav lunch as a kid was PB & J. I still like PB & J but would prefer something else now…hard to pick a favorite lunch now, but I’d have to say a meatball sub or sushi would be top picks.
Dddiva says
I didn’t have a favorite lunch as a kid- it was always sandwich fruit and snack- nothing stands out.
For my younger girls I learned about bento and try to make their lunches more special.
Great giveaway, I love how everyone is trying to reduce their waste & impact.
Dddiva says
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Erma says
I would love the chance to win, thanks.
Kim Rhoton says
My favorite lunch as a child was an egg salad sandwich. This is still my favorite. Now I like it packed into a toasted, whole wheat pita. Yum! I like it with bread & butter pickles & carrotts. I already use many recycled products & totally dig the lunch kit. I especially like the stainless containers. . . we really need to reduce the usage of plastics.. I usually use glass containers for my lunch when I can. . .however glass is not a good choice for children’s lunch & I don’t want to pack things in plastic. THanks for coming up with an adorable, green alternative. Please enter me in the sweepstakes- i’d love to try out your product! Thanks!
Laura G says
PB&J with Lays chips.
Bobette Seymour-Linder says
Thanks for caring about our environment and doing your part!
Steph says
Wow, how cool is that? I am a high school teacher, and I’m tired of brown-bagging it! I’d totally sport this at the lunch table!
Amy says
My favorite lunch has always been grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. Yum!
Gina says
My fav lunch was definitely PB&J…lots of PB!
Cynthia Mercado says
I love chicken and biscuits for lunch.
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Karen says
I loved fluffer nutter sandwiches! – if you dont know what that is – I hear a lot of people don’t – it is peanut butter and marshmellow fluff between two pieces of wonder bread.
Hey don’t say gross till you tired it – it is yummy!!!!
Now I eat a salad everyday for lunch
Mary says
In 8th grade, I used to eat tuna fish and dorito sandwiches. Much tastier then they sound.
Natalie says
I always loved the oh so common peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But… oddly, I never liked jelly as a kid, I think it was a texture thing, so I would just eat peanut butter sandwiches. Not the normal amount of peanut butter though, I had to have tons of it. Mmmmm… I’m getting hungry just thinking about it. However, I now love jelly and can’t eat just a plain peanut butter sandwich. Funny though, I’ve recently been reminded by my son of my favorite lunchbag snack, because he tells me that he doesn’t want jelly, just lots and lots of peanut butter! And of course I couldn\’t have a peanut butter sandwich without an ice cold glass of milk. :0)
Christine says
My favorite sandwich is the medeterranian veggie from Panera…yum! Thanks for the chance!
Kiona says
I don’t remember what I ate in my lunches as a child but I do know that I love making my daughter a healthy lunch everyday for school.
Vicky says
This might sound crazy but my favorite lunch when I was a kid was the cafeteria pizza and a carton of milk.
Vicki Wurgler says
as a kid-I loved my mother’s egg salad sandwich plus chips, chocolate milk and a cookie
Tara says
My favorite lunch as a kid was a turkey sandwich and fruit.
Merissa says
I ate a peanut butter sandwich every day from kindergarten to sixth grade, usually with a granny smith apple, a granola bar and a frozen jiuce box. Still sounds pretty good to me.
Amber says
I always loved a good PB & banana sandwich. My mom made the best ones out of anyone in my family. Not sure if she did something extra special, or if was just that mom’s special touch!
Ann says
My favorite lunch now is a pepper turkey sandwich on whole wheat toasted bread with a slice of pepper jack cheese on it. I could eat that every single day.
Ann says
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Veronica Garrett says
My favorite lunch was a hamburger and chips.
Caroline Conroy says
My favorite lunch as a kid was macaroni and cheese!
jenn says
my favorite lunch always was, and still is, simple – pb & banana and a big glass of milk!
Erica says
My favorite lunch as a kid was peanut butter, banana and marshmellow fluff sandwiches on white bread with carrot sticks and potato chips. Oh, how I wish I could eat that now without it going straight to my hips!
Erica says
Tweeted 🙂
http://twitter.com/EricaBier/status/1884014251
Amber says
My favorite lunch was pepperoni and cheese on crackers. Pretty good with apple or other fruit.
Amber says
I subscribe to RSS feed
kathy pease says
my favorite lunch is ham on rye with hot mustard
Shajuan Simmons says
I just want to commend you for creating a product that is helpful to everyone, especially our little ones. I have become newly aware of how harmful the food and products in our school cafeteries are to our kids. Products period! Are loaded with toxins. I’m an infuriated mother! I want better for my kids. I think I will pass this along to my daughter’s school PTA.
Reina Fresquez-Garcia says
My favorite lunch as a child was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, chips, and Hostess cupcakes.
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Suanne Giddings says
My favorite lunch as a child was grilled cheese & tomato soup! Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!
Helen says
I love to have a Gouda & apple panini on rosemary bread with tomato basil soup for lunch.
Gianna says
Italian sub sandwiches and nutella sandwiches 🙂
Kelly F says
My favorite lunch was always peanut butter and jelly (with extra peanut butter)! It is simple, but soo tasty!
Kelly F says
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Randy Bailey says
Peanut Butter & grape Jelly
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Shelley Slider says
i never wind up with all my food becuse it always feal out of my paper lunch bags
so i would love to get one my daughter
really needs this plz pick me
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Lily Kwan says
I don’t have a favorite lunch.
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CMC says
My favorite lunch as a kid was ham and Swiss on a roll with mayo, a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos and a Coke. Not healthy at all, but boy, did I love it!
CMC says
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