UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

I’ve been carrying around a PeopleTowel for about a month now. At first I thought it was simply just a great way to go green and reduce paper waste. However, I have found a PeopleTowel is actually an indispensable item I’m not sure how I ever lived without. That might sound a bit over the top, but I’m dead on serious. I’d put keeping a PeopleTowel in my purse right up there with keeping lip balm and safety pins. All things I don’t want to be without because of how handy they are when you need them!

So what are PeopleTowels? PeopleTowels are highly absorbent 100% organic B.Y.O. Towels. They are compact size to easily fit in a purse, backpack, or lunchbox.

As I said, I thought I would love them just because they are a step toward sustainability. Then I discovered how much I have enjoyed having one in my purse. Take this for example:

My girls play volleyball in a warehouse. These are the community sinks at the back of a court. That means if you use the restroom, you come out and wash your hands right in the line of flying volleyballs. As if this wasn’t rough enough, do you see a paper towel dispenser? Hand dryer? Not there. There is a hand dryer, but it’s on a post – right next to the court. I’ve loved having my PeopleTowel with me so I can limit any time I have to spend here.

Then, as I’ve shared before, I pick a purse for only one reason:

The ability to hold a drink. I cart water, coffee or tea with me everywhere I go. As a result, I visit more public restrooms – and clean up more spills – than I’d like to admit. With PeopleTowels I no longer get frustrated with dirty bathrooms that aren’t stocked with paper towels (ahem. hello Safeway.), busy bathrooms where you have to wait to get a towel (like the movie theater after a showing of New Year’s Eve), or when my cup runneth over, and I need a handy way to wipe up spills.

In case I haven’t convinced you, I am giving one away, so one lucky winner can try a PeopleTowel too. Not just because if 1 in 4 adults in the US switched to PeopleTowels we could save enough trees to cover the state of Alaska. No. I want to give someone else a chance to try these to see how much they will appreciate them.

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This giveaway will close at 10 PM EST on Monday January 16. Entrants must be 18 years old and located in the US only. The winners will be chosen at random and announced here on the Greenbacks Gal and notified via email. If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be randomly chosen.

Disclaimer: This giveaway was sponsored by PeopleTowels, but PeopleTowels is not a sponsor, administrator, or involved in any other way with this giveaway. All opinions expressed in the post are my own and not those of PeopleTowels.