Giant clothing swap is a fun way to save money, natural
resources and keep clothing out of landfills
The
S.W.A.P. Team, an North American non-profit social enterprise, is expecting
over 300 people at its 3rd Calgary edition of
Take Off Your Clothes
–
a giant clothing swap for charity to be held at Soho Bar & Grill on June 12.
The event kicks off at 11AM on Sunday, June 12
to the live mixes of local event production company, Two Towers Entertainment and witty
commentary from emcee Amy Darling.
"
Thanks to the
continued community support of Take Off
Your Clothes, we’ve decided to bring back the event for spring 2011!" says
Necole Hines, Calgary Chapter Director of The S.W.A.P. Team. As the largest
known public clothing recycling initiative in North America and pioneers of the
Collaborative Consumption
movement in Canada, The S.W.A.P. Team has been hosting Take Off Your Clothes since 2007. To date, it has counted over
23,000 garments exchanged and has donated over 21,000 garments to charities – a
total of 44,000 garments diverted from landfills.
Participants
who wish to attend Take Off Your Clothes
should bring clean clothing items for men, women or children in excellent
condition. They will then be issued tickets valid for a 1-for-1 exchange at the
event. All remaining clothing from the
event will be donated to
Goodwill Industries
of Alberta
with monetary proceeds helping to cover The S.W.A.P. Team’s
year-round operating costs and plan its next Calgary event.
To request a clothing pick-up
or find out about our clothing drop off locations and dates, email us at:
mailto:clothingpickups-cgy@theswapteam.org
.
The event is made possible in
part by sponsors
Sentinel
Self Storage
,
Mark Derry
,
Numa Models
,
Tru
Elegance Salon
,
Two Towers Entertainment
,
The Camera Store
,
Cat’s
Eye Vintage
,
Cody Tkach
,
The Trop
Kim
Flanagan
and Chris
Matteo. New clothing & accessories for this season’s event is
being donated by Calgary designers
Ruby
Ellen Designs
, Cinder & Sage
Designs
and
She’s So
...
Calgary boutiques
Eleven
Eleven
,
Feisty Consignment
&
Rewind Consignment Clothing
are
also donating clothing to the event. Vintage purveyors
Bonton Vintage
,
Vintage
Pop Shop
,
Patina Design Works
,
Modern Vintage Love - a Button Collection
and
Vintage
Bliss
have contributed retro-chic garments to the event. "All the more
incentive to clean out your closet and bring us your unwanted clothing,"
noted Necole Hines. "You never know what you might find at our
event."
A limited supply of tickets for Take Off Your Clothes can be purchased
in advance for $8. The price of admission at the door is $10. To purchase
tickets, visit:
http://takeoffyourclothes-calgary.eventbrite.com/
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The S.W.A.P. Team
is a North American non-profit social enterprise based in Montreal,
Quebec. It is the creator of "Take
Off Your Clothes" – a giant clothing swap for charity. The S.W.A.P.
Team currently has chapters in Montreal, Boston, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary,
Halifax and Northampton (MA), and is ever-expanding. The organization is run
entirely by volunteer effort, has exchanged over 23,000 pieces of clothing since
2007, and has donated over 21,000 garments to local charities for distribution
to individuals and families in need.
For more information, please visit:
www.theswapteam.org/
Goodwill of Industries Alberta
is a not for profit agency that
provides training and jobs for Albertans with disabilities and employment
barriers. Your donations are sold in our retail stores to support employment
programs for these individuals, so every time you donate to Goodwill you are
helping to make a difference in someone else’s life.
For more information, please visit:http://www.goodwill.ab.ca/
For more information on the event please visit:
http://www.theswapteam.org/calgary
For more information and
directions to Soho Bar & Grill, please visit
http://www.sohobargrill.com/