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.
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,” […]
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 […]
Inspired by Survivors: Shirts for a Cure
Nearly a century ago, Walter Emerson founded W.S. Emerson Company Inc., then a wholesale apparel company. In the early 1930s the Vickery family acquired the business, and it’s still a family-owned and operated business today. The company has expanded over the years from wholesale apparel to branded and promotional products. “I began working in the […]
A Company Built on Giving Back
For Tony Poston, philanthropy isn’t just a part of his business model—it’s the very foundation it was built upon. From the beginning, his Pullman, Washington-based apparel and screen printing company, College Hill Custom Threads, has donated 10 percent back on orders that support charities or philanthropic causes, including more than $100,000 donated to those supported […]
Helping Kids Believe in Themselves, One Wakeboard at a Time
Julius Bloomston grew up going to Alabama’s Lewis Smith Lake. It’s where he feels at home—it’s in his blood. So when the opportunity arose for him to put his passion to work for a good cause, he jumped at the opportunity. “I read in a publication about this organization that provides a day on the […]
Why You Do What You Do: When Customers Become Like Family
In October of 2018, Margaret Baker received what she thought was just another order at Printed Faith, a faith-based screen printing and embroidery company in Charleston, S.C. “I had a lady call me because she wanted to order some shirts with a Superman logo and her son’s name on it,” Margaret says. “We printed and […]
