July 2, 2008

Common Threadz

Common Threadz is a t-shirt company with a mission. They will donate a school uniform to a child in need for every garment they sell. This may not seem like an important cause off the bat, but as the founder and executive director Zac Folk states:

For millions of disadvantaged children in developing nations, clothing is something that can either prevent them from an education or provide them with a huge opportunity to change their lives. Through our own line of socially-conscious apparel, CommonThreadz has created a vehicle to help sustain our charities' mission while making what you wear an expression of what matters to you as well as a way to help someone who needs a hand up, not a hand out.

Common Threadz also works with local seamstresses in these nations, so they are also helping with employment issues too. They sell tees for children from 3 months to 4T as well as for both men and women. We really like their designs as well, so if you buy from them you get an awesome tee as well as a good feeling for helping out. Some of our favorites include Protect the Water, Flat World, Water Hat, and Birds at School. Check out their website for more on the company and this important cause.