Thanking the Helpers and Lifting Spirits
Pete Bolsoni of Same Day Tees used his love of screen printing to make a difference in his community when it was needed most.
Print It Forward
When Atomic Threads started their fundraising campaign in response to the pandemic, they applied the principle of paying it forward to the goal of supporting local businesses.
Big Bravery in Small Hoodies
Embroidering “Cancer Survivor” on her daughter’s hoodie was a lightbulb moment for Allison Yacht, when she realized they could create hoodies for other children and families going through the same thing.
One Cincy For All
It’s often the simplest message that resonates the most deeply. It doesn’t get much simpler, or more powerful, than “be nice to each other.”
Plant Your Flag – Here For Good 605
EASW’s campaign is built on a simple principle: sell shirts promoting local businesses with half the proceeds going back to support those same businesses.
A Rallying Cry For the New Normal
“This wasn’t part of the plan.” As a business owner, you can spend a lot of time worrying about things that never happen. How do you react, then, when things do go wrong? What do you do when social distancing, closed doors, and the Coronavirus pandemic become the new normal for everyone? For Brendan Pape, […]
Climbing Kilimanjaro to Save Lives
When Karin Cassidy, owner of Impact Promotional Products in Lake Elsinore, California, heard that one of her clients was climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money and awareness for people living with a rare blood disorder called hemophilia, she immediately sprung into action. “My client, Wendie Chadd, and her son both live with the bleeding disorder,” […]
Trading T-Shirts For Life-Saving Treatment
For years, Mitch Rhodus, president of WIT Promotions—a branded promotional merchandise company in Cincinnati, Ohio—sent apparel donations to Haiti with a medical missions team. But each year, a doctor on the trip would ask him to join the group. Finally, after five years, Mitch decided to see what it was all about. “That was 10 […]
Making a Kid’s Day, One Shirt at a Time
For Bob Baiguy, owner of Bob the Screenprinter in Windham, Maine, giving back is a main tenet of business. “I have never done any advertising,” he says. “It’s all just word of mouth.” Bob doesn’t have any salespeople on his team—instead, he drums up business by getting involved in the community, both as a volunteer […]
Printing a Legacy
On Oct. 24, 2013, Kelsie Rae Barger, an 18-year-old college freshman studying graphic design, was killed in a head-on collision. But through her art, her family, and her community, Kelsie’s legacy lives on. After Kelsie’s death, her family knew they wanted to both spread Kelsie’s message and find a way to support other artistically-inclined students […]
