The Honest Company Celebrates Free Shipping to Military Post Offices with Special Operation Shower® Event Hosted by Co-Founder Jessica Alba

LOS ANGELES, May 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Kicking off Memorial Day, family brand The Honest Company (www.Honest.com) is excited to extend FREE shipping to Air/Army Post Office (APO), Fleet Post Office (FPO) and Diplomatic Post Office (DPO) addresses. To salute the new shipping offering, Honest will partner with Operation Shower® to host a special baby shower event for over 30 expectant and new military families in San Diego on June 2^nd .

"We are thankful for the men and women serving our country and we are thrilled to offer an accessible way to receive safe and effective products at home and abroad," said Christopher Gavigan, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of The Honest Company. "To help military spouses take care of everyday household needs while parents are deployed, The Honest Company wants to provide an easy and economical way for families to obtain healthy, non-toxic essentials."

Starting Memorial Day, The Honest Company will ship family essentials (excluding Collective items and discovery kits) to APO, FPO and DPO addresses free of charge. Available through Honest.com, service members and their families can ship the large suite of over 65 non-toxic items including household cleaning, personal care, health & wellness and baby items, domestically and internationally.

To honor America's Heroes, The Honest Company will partner with Operation Shower to throw a fun-filled baby shower for expectant and new U.S. Navy families stationed in San Diego, before they are set to deploy for action. The event will give attendees a joyful time to spend with their loved ones and connect with other military families.

"Growing up in a military family and having many family members in the service, I saw first-hand how tough deployment is on families and the time apart is never easy for either party involved," said Jessica Alba, President and Co-Founder of The Honest Company. "I am so thrilled to join Operation Shower to reward these brave men and women as a small token of The Honest Company's appreciation for their service and their sacrifices to help protect our country."

All families in attendance will receive an extensive array of Honest baby and family essentials, including six months of diapers and wipes, as part of Operation Shower's signature "Shower In a Box" - a gift of high-quality products for mothers and babies intended to comprise a full baby shower for each mom.  Local and national brands also contributing include: Petunia Pickle Bottom, Swaddle Designs, Stella and Dot, TOMS, Mini Boden, ORE Originals, Organic Kidz, The Land of Nod, Cloud B, Hanna Andersson, Aden + Anais, 4 Moms, Eric Carle, Little Pim, Begin Again, Trumpette, Milestone Cards.

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About The Honest Company

The Honest Company (www.Honest.com), founded by Jessica Alba, Christopher Gavigan, Brian Lee and Sean Kane, was created to ensure that parents have access to non-toxic, eco-friendly, effective and beautiful family products that don't break the bank. Honest.com offers essentials for every family member including diapers, wipes, bath, skin care, home cleaning and health & wellness products conveniently door-delivered through a monthly subscription service of customized product bundles or single item purchase. As a certified B Corporation, The Honest Company strives to promote sustainability, engage employees and community, and support non-profit initiatives working to solve critical health and social issues affecting children and families. Available in the U.S. and Canada.

About Operation Shower

Operation Shower (www.operationshower.org) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and honoring military families by providing joyful baby showers for military families to ease the stress of deployment.  Since Operation Shower's inception in 2007, it has showered more than 2,000 military spouses on  military bases and other locations for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and National Guard.  

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