Join Neutrogena's Annual Wave for Change™ to Raise Up to $250,000 to Benefit Disaster Relief, Education & Environmental Charities

LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Neutrogena, the #1 dermatologist-recommended skin care brand, is kicking off of the second annual Wave for Change™ Campaign, a charitable program that makes it easy for teens everywhere to give back, in the U.S. and other parts of the world. With Neutrogena's Wave for Change™, teens can make a huge impact before they head back to school and this year doing good has a stylish reward.  Teens can show their support through the school hallways with a Wave for Change™ tote bag - each personally designed by Neutrogena Brand Ambassadors, Vanessa Hudgens, Hayden Panettiere and Miranda Cosgrove.  

This July and August, Neutrogena® will donate $1 for every Neutrogena® Acne, Cleansing or Cosmetics product sold and registered on our website, with a minimum of $100,000 and up to $250,000 to GlobalGiving. To activate the donation, visit Neutrogena.com/waveforchange and enter the UPC code by August 31st.

"Neutrogena Wave for Change is such an amazing campaign and I am so excited to be so involved again this year," said Neutrogena Brand Ambassador Vanessa Hudgens. "We are trying to spread the word to raise even more funds for Global Giving which benefits various charities including those linked to disaster relief, education and environmental causes."

Neutrogena Brand Ambassadors show support for their favorite causes with Vanessa Hudgens (Disaster Relief), Hayden Panettiere (Environment) and Miranda Cosgrove (Education) designing exclusive Wave for Change™ tote bags available for those who purchase two Neutrogena® products at Target and redeem while supplies last. Fellow Brand Ambassador Emma Roberts expressed regarding her fellow Brand Ambassador's Wave for Change™ tote bag, "Hayden Panettiere designed one of them and she did a beautiful job so I think I am going to use hers so I can show support for the campaign and also have a great summer tote." Roberts also went on to comment on the campaign, "I am a big supporter of Wave for Change and it is something that is so easy and simple to get involved in."

Neutrogena is putting power into the hands of teens to determine how the funds raised will be distributed to a charity within each cause.  By visiting Neutrogena.com/waveforchange, teens can learn more about each cause and make an impact by voting for the charity that inspires them the most within the causes of disaster relief, educational or environmental. The winning charities within each pillar will be selected based on the number of votes and GlobalGiving will distribute the Neutrogena donation equally shared among the three winning charities.  

Also, to stay connected with the cause, teens can visit the Neutrogena Wave for Change website and Neutrogena's Facebook page [http://www.facebook.com/neutrogena] to get real-time results (via the Facebook page) and view campaign details and feedback from celebrity brand ambassadors Vanessa Hudgens, Hayden Panettiere, Miranda Cosgrove and Emma Roberts.

About Neutrogena®

A worldwide leader in premium, dermatologist-recommended skin, hair and cosmetics products, Neutrogena® Corporation has been providing consumers with health and beauty improvements for over 40 years.  The Company manufactures and markets a line of premium-priced skin and hair care products that are distributed in more than 70 countries.  Headquartered in Los Angeles, Neutrogena® is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, the world's most comprehensive and broadly based health care products company.

About GlobalGiving

GlobalGiving (www.globalgiving.org) is the leading Internet-based network for peer-to-peer philanthropy. Our mission is to sustain a marketplace for good that connects donors directly to the causes they care most about.  Through GlobalGiving, individuals and corporations can maximize the impact of every dollar by efficiently and transparently directing their donations to projects here at home and around the world. Since its launch in 2002, GlobalGiving has helped more than 100,000 donors give more than $30 million to more than 2,700 projects.

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SOURCE Neutrogena