Stanford’s Thrift Sale Venture
This past fall, Nourish's Stanford University chapter ran the Stanford Thrift Sale, which turned out to be one of the most successful ventures ever run by a Nourish International chapter!
For this venture, Stanford University’s chapter members went around to dorms, laundry rooms, and the broader Palo Alto Community to collect donations of used or unwanted clothing. They then sorted and priced the clothing during weekly meetings and sold them in a huge yard sale in the quad on campus. The chapter's hard work paid off- the sale raised around $750, drawing around 100 to 200 customers! Additionally, because the Stanford Thrift Sale venture incurred no start-up costs for this project, they were able to direct all profits towards their summer 2010 project. The chapter was also able to use the sale to increase community awareness of Nourish's goals to help eradicate global poverty and promote sustainable development by putting up posters with information about the chapter's previous work in Ecuador.
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