purpose over profit Marcella Is a Fashion Brand With a Mission Beyond Just Beautiful Clothes Marcella is a New York City women’s clothing brand designed to create long-lasting and affordable clothes for its customers. But co-founders Siyana and Andy Huszar also have a greater purpose — empowering women and girls around the world. To accomplish that goal, they have partnered with Camfed, an organization that supports education for girls in Africa.
purpose over profit Meet the Staff at Soap Hope, a Texas Store Employing Adults With Disabilities Soap Hope near Dallas, Texas employs people with disabilities to work in the store selling natural soaps. Store owners say it’s important to welcome all employees and give them an opportunity to shine – plus, profits go toward My Possibilities, an adult education program for people with autism, Down syndrome and other diagnoses.
purpose over profit Sanctuary Project Is Offering Jobs and Hope to Human Trafficking Survivors Holly Christine Hayes is a survivor. And after breaking out of human trafficking and overcoming addiction, the founder and CEO of Sanctuary Project wants to help other women do the same. Her Austin, Texas-based jewelry company offers jobs and a fresh start for human trafficking survivors.
addiction recovery How an Austin-Based Beverage Company Is Helping People Recovering From Addiction Wes Hurt was in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction when he came up with his latest business idea — a beverage company that would help people who were also recovering from addiction. Clean Cause, based in Austin, Texas, now donates half its profits to supporting people in recovery. It also employs them.
inspiring america This Young CEO Kept Her Special Needs Staff on Payroll Through the Pandemic When the coronavirus pandemic hit, 321 Coffee had to shut down and its staff, many of whom have special needs, were sent home. CEO Lindsay Wrege talked about how the business adapted and actually grew thanks to a new idea.
purpose over profit A Dallas Coffee Shop Is Offering Women a Fresh Start After Prison Studies show that getting people back to work after they get out of prison helps reduce the chance they will return to crime. And yet it is very difficult for people with criminal records to find jobs. One coffee shop in Dallas, Well Grounded Coffee, is offering jobs, community and hope to women with criminal histories.
sex trafficking A Jewelry Business Started by a Sex Trafficking Survivor Is Giving Jobs to Other Victims Holly Hayes is a survivor of trafficking and the founder of Sanctuary Project, a nonprofit jewelry business that is giving job training and steady employment to other victims. Hayes joined LX News to discuss how her project is helping women through the long healing process survivors face.
purpose over profit How a Charlotte Cafe Is Helping People Recovering From Addiction With Jobs and ‘Relentless Love' A cafe in Charlotte, North Carolina, is giving people recovering from addiction a fresh start. The Community Matters Cafe partners with the Charlotte Rescue Mission to offer jobs and life skills to people leaving its treatment program. The café’s chief operating officer, Ed Price, joined LX News to discuss how the business is putting purpose over profit.
purpose over profit This Company's Program for Recycling and Donating Soap Is Helping Improve Hygiene, Health and the Environment The company SoapBox has donated just under 20 million bars of soap to people in need in the U.S. and around the world through its program of donating a bar of soap for every product it sells. CEO David Simnick joined LX News to explain that the company is not only improving health care and hygiene, but that by finding...
purpose over profit Mom Bomb: How This Bath Bomb Company Is Helping Mothers in Need After Heather Roberts went through a medical crisis, she decided to help other struggling moms through the sale of her aromatherapy bath bombs. Heather joined LX News to share how she built her company Mom Bomb, which donates 100% of its proceeds to providing services to mothers in need.
