Back-to-School 2017
This past Saturday, at Threads for Teens Santa Rosa, Threads for Teens hosted its seventh annual back-to-school event. Thirty-one girls from Sonoma and Marin counties came to the boutique and received a backpack filled with school supplies, along with a brand new...
2017 HERlead Ambassador Forum
Background: HERlead Ambassador Forum In 2012, I spoke at the UL ‘Responsible Sourcing Summit,’ as inspiration. One attendee who spoke happened to work for ANN Inc. and she mentioned a new initiative that ANN Inc. was spearheading with an organization called Vital...
Threads for Teens on Tour 2016: Salt Lake City
We started our day bright and early in beautiful Salt Lake City! We held our event at Publik Coffee Roasters. They were kind to let us hold the summit at their warehouse location. We were greeted by several rue21 volunteers immediately as we drove into the parking...
Threads for Teens on Tour 2016: Reno, NV
As I write this post, we are making the long journey from Cheyenne, WY to Detroit, MI. Just several days ago, we hosted the first stop of our fourth annual Threads for Teens on Tour in Reno, NV. While we distributed clothes in Las Vegas the past three summers, we...
Grace Opens Threads for Teens Minnesota!
Name: Grace Myler Location: Minnesota How did you hear about Threads for Teens? In 2012, I saw a commercial on Disney Chanel talking about Threads For Teens. I was really inspired by what Allyson was doing for the girls in her community so I sent her an email. Three...
Threads for Teens in Hawaii Pop-Up Event!
Name: Leanna Thesken Location: Kauai, Hawaii How did you hear about Threads for Teens? I heard about Threads For Teens a while back while watching the Halo Awards on Nickelodeon. As a 12 year old at the time, something clicked. I knew that this was something that...
Abigail is Opening Threads for Teens London!
Name: Abigail Christie Location: Bromley, London How did you hear about Threads for Teens? I heard about Threads for Teens through Clubhouse magazine a few years ago. Why did you want to be involved? I always knew that I wanted to help others and give back. The more I...
Threads for Teens Visits Middletown to Clothe Victims of the Valley Fire
The Valley Fire swept through the southern portion of our neighboring county less than a month ago. In its wake, it burned over 76,000 acres, 1,958 structures, and displaced thousands of residents. This was a fast-moving fire and many people had to flee their homes...
Threads for Teens and rue21 for rueGIVESback!
This summer, as you most likely saw from all of our Facebook updates, Instagram posts, Blogs, and YouTube videos, rue21 was a major sponsor of Threads for Teens on Tour 2015. Deanna Tomaselli, the media relations manager for rue21 was even kind of enough to sit on our...
Threads for Teens in Long Island
Day 9/10 – August 15th - 16th 2015 I can’t believe it! We hit the last stop of our tour. While on one hand, the trip has been absolutely incredible and surpassed what I ever could have imagined, but it is still bittersweet that is has moved so fast. After...
