Jasmine S.'s List: Krochet Kids

• born in 2007
• sustainable wage means that these women can provide food, water, clothes and education for up to six dependents.
• “Best Social Idea”
• the company has been growing to the healthy tune of about 250% a year.
• Seattle’s One Day’s Wage
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• expanding the boundaries of digital connection, philanthropy and retail with a business rooted in a very personal experience
• and a talent for crocheting.
• In the summer of 2007,
• walk their employees through an "education cycle," teaching them about finance and budgeting
• For many of their employees, this is their first real job; Kohl and Krochet Kids help them look toward the future and inspire genuine self-reliance.

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• Their model for love is that of the ultimate servant’s: Jesus.
• make each product with quality, style and comfort.
• Kohl has inspired me to believe that I don’t have to leave the country to be involved in a life change.
• combines art, social media, and life change all the way in Africa

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• “Gen Y is a generation of doers,”
• “real people doing inspiring, cool things and inspiring other real people to do inspiring, cool things.”

• differentiate between great marketing campaigns and sound strategies making a true impac
• creative pairing of great products and sound developmen
• role as global citizens.

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• (brimless caps sometimes worn by surfers)
• fashion accessories

• “I think it’s just to really help people realize their potential to create change, both the lady in a developing world…and the person in the US who is supporting our product,” he said.