We know that without our community's support, there could be no Atomic Threads. We take pride in being a part of the vibrant North Idaho small independent business scene, using our unique skills and resources to help others attain their goals, and especially enjoy giving back to this community that we love, however we can.
In addition to sponsoring many community events, clubs, youth organizations, sports, schools and charitable causes, we often host our own fundraising activities. Here are a handful of the fundraisers we've played a role in.
Jen McKenna Paddle & Run
A charity kayak & run event benefitting cystic fibrosis patients awaiting a lung transplant.
https://www.jenpaddlerun.com/
Canopy Village (formerly Children's Village CDA)
Several of our commercial clients have agreed to use the 365 Company Store sites they use to order company apparel, to help support our community. $1 from every item purchased on the Kootenai Health and others' stores gets donated to local charity.
Canopy Village is a trauma responsive safe haven, restoring trust and hope for children and families who experience abuse, neglect, or are in crisis.
https://thechildrensvillage.org/
University of Lake Coeur d'Alene
A tongue-in-cheek clothing brand for a made-up university! Put on by the CDA Sunrise Rotary Club, and benefitting their general fund which supports a wealth of good works in our community.
Bryan Elementary School
Each year we host a school spirit wear "order collection store" online, where school parents may purchase T-shirts, hoodies, crewneck sweatshirts & other printed clothing items for themselves and their kids. Then, Atomic Threads makes a donation back to the school. Everyone wins!
Josie's Warriors
A yearly fundraising effort to help offset the costs of cystic fibrosis treatment for a local girl named Josie. All profits go directly to Josie's family.
Our customized Online Store service helps make order collection & fundraising a breeze. Contact us to learn how we can put this great tech to work for your cause!
More community T-shirt projects we've been involved with
Causes
School fundraising
Raising awareness
Community events
Fun runs, 5K, marathon, triathlon. You name it, we print it!
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These are just a handful of the local community projects we've been fortunate to be involved with. Keep reading to learn about the biggest community T-shirt fundraiser that Atomic Threads has ever put on:
Print It Forward | by Atomic Threads
A Mission to Support Small Businesses
A fundraiser designed to help small local businesses affected by the COVID-19 quarantine, during the shutdown.
In an instant, most of our business colleagues were not able to operate. With no revenue coming in, we knew that our friends (and ourselves) were in big, big trouble. We had to do something.
Using our then brand-new Online Store tech, we launched a store with a crystal clear mission: to help keep our people in business through the shutdown. Here's how we were able to help:
How It Worked
- Logo Submission: Clients & new-to-us business contacts alike sent us their logo or design for us to mock up on a T-shirt.
- Online Sales: We made their shirt available for purchase by the general public through the Print It Forward online store site.
Marketing and Revenue Sharing
- Spread the Word: Business owners were encouraged to market their shirt to their contact lists as much as humanly possible, and the AT team did the same.
- Revenue Sharing: We sold shirts for $20/each and $10 of that went directly to the business whose shirts were purchased. AT covered our costs & was able to keep running, while closed businesses could have at least some precious cash still flowing.
Supporting the Community
- Some businesses opted to have their proceeds donated to local non-profit CDAIDE, which supports food & beverage industry workers.
- This initiative helped some of the people most heavily affected by the shutdown order, in addition to small business owners.
The Impact
In all, we raised over $11,500 that went straight back to help our local business community & to help fund CDAIDE.
Gratitude and Reflection
Several clients later told us that the money raised by the community through Print It Forward was the only money they had coming in, for weeks.
We were overwhelmed by the response and support from individuals in our community and were overjoyed to have played a small part in helping our business owner friends and CDAIDE through such a challenging time.
A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who participated in Print It Forward.
It was an experience we will not soon forget.
As we are fond of saying at Atomic Threads-- "There are no problems, only solutions!"
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