Posts Tagged ‘Stitching Change’
Celebrate Women’s History Month in #DowntownOP!
March 22nd, 2017
Join us on Facebook during the month of March as we celebrate National Women’s History Month by highlighting many of the amazing and unique women-led businesses found right here in Downtown Overland Park. Starting March 2nd, we’ll feature a different women-owned or women-led business each day! Did you know… Since 2007, there have been 1,072 net new women-owned firms launched each and every day, Between 2007 and 2016, the number of women-owned firms increased at a rate five times higher than the national average, Women-owned businesses now comprise […]
Join us for February’s Local Life 3rd Friday event in Downtown OP!
February 14th, 2017
We have a jam packed night full of food, drink, shopping and fun in Downtown Overland Park for you during February’s Local Life 3rd Friday event on Friday, 2/17, from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Bring your #DowntownOP Stitching Change market bag – Downtown staff will be on the lookout for the bags and will be handing our prizes whenever one is spotted! Click here for more information on where to get a Stitching Change bag of your own. You’ll also want to be sure to stop by Downtown […]
Make a Difference in Downtown OP: Support Stitching Change
January 6th, 2017
Downtown Overland Park is excited to continue our partnership with Stitching Change, a grassroots project that provides opportunities for social enterprise for refugee women from Bhutan, Nepal and Burma, to provide a line of one-of-a-kind, handmade #DowntownOP market bags. “Stitching Change offers free sewing classes to women, primarily those who have refugee status and are still learning English. The goal is to help them support themselves by making handmade crafts and clothing,” says Stitching Change founder Rakmi Shaiza. “I have great hope that we can blend our women’s traditional […]
Downtown Overland Park Introduces Reusable Shopping Bags Created by Stitching Change
October 3rd, 2016
Overland Park, Kansas – August 22, 2016 – Downtown Overland Park is excited to announce that a new line of bags will be available at a variety of retailers to lead into the holiday shopping season. These bags have been created through a partnership with Stitching Change, a grassroots project that provides opportunities for social enterprise for refugee women from Bhutan, Nepal and Burma. “Stitching Change offers free sewing classes to women, primarily those who have refugee status and are still learning English. The goal is to help […]