![]() ![]() ![]() We develop and prototype all kinds of products at a variety of skill levels and are always looking for creative types like you!Īs an Educator: If you would like to share your skill set by hosting a workshop, teaching with us or incorporating us into your class curriculum. There are a variety of ways that you can share your time and talents as a volunteer with Magpies & Peacocks!Īt Events: Join us to network and help out at the same time! Our events are typically arts, fashion, environment, philanthropy or community related.Īs a Retail or Inventory Helper: We always need help with the logistics of keeping our resource library and retail inventory tidy and would love your helpĪs a FUNdraiser: Generous funds from our donors keep Magpies & Peacocks and the work we do going and we'd LOVE your help in raising some!Īs a ReMaker: We are constantly looking for ways to transform the materials that we harvest. ![]() When you donate shoes or clothing, you’re caring for the planet and changing someone’s life. We aim to be an agent of change in the way people celebrate and appreciate the business and creation of fashion, with a better understanding of our planets resource constraints, ethical practices and a more circular approach to consumption. At Soles4Souls, we turn unwanted shoes and clothing into opportunity, by keeping them from going to waste and putting them to good use - providing relief, creating jobs and empowering people to break the cycle of poverty. By educating consumers on how to responsibly shop, dispose of their clothing, and the issues surrounding our current system creating programs for school participation and encouraging emerging designers to incorporate sustainable practices, we can significantly impact that textile waste statistic.īy collaborating with the community, business partners, schools, artists and designers we find that social enterprise can thrive – opening the door to educating consumers and creatives about our take/make/dispose economy and presenting an environment for sustainable change and responsible innovation. Houston boasts one of the largest consumer economies in the country, but as a port city, it is also home to many of the nations largest textile recycling plants that process, ship out and sell our post consumer textile waste problem to developing countries. 25% of the donated items are used to supply materials to local schools, colleges and extracurricular programs, the balance are repaired, reworked or up-cycled into new collections for sale.Īs part of Magpies & Peacocks Arts Education program we teach young designers about sustainable fashion practices and incorporating post consumer textiles into their production process – to decrease the large percentage of textile waste that hits landfill. BABY 2 BABY provides children living in poverty with diapers, clothing and all the basic necessities that every child deserves. Magpies & Peacocks has collected over 195 tons of post consumer textiles and accessories since 2011. DONATIONS DISTRIBUTED INCLUDING DIAPERS, WIPES, CLOTHING, CRIBS, BACKPACKS AND MORE. ![]()
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