Stay Hip

October 24, 2011

-

ut 

We’re officially halfway through the semester, and according to ShopAcrossTexas.com by-laws it’s time to spoil yourself.  As therapeutic as a shopping spree feels, we bet the lingering effects on your bank account aren’t worth it.  Our solution?  The Hip Humanitarian Project.   This project offers gently-used, designer brands for prices that are (almost) too good to be true.  Read: major discount. From meager beginnings as a used clothing sale from her sorority’s living room, the brains behind this project, Hayley Swindell, has watched her efforts bloom into a full-blown stall at First Thursdays on South Congress.

Hayley, like any sensible, fashionable woman, knew there was a better use for the unused designer clothing collecting dust in her sorority sisters’ closets.  In efforts to raise money for her sorority’s philanthropy, Building Tomorrow, Hayley asked friends to take the time to clean out their closets and donate any gently-used clothing towards a sale whose profits would be donated to Building Tomorrow.  During the first lunch hour alone, she was able to raise $600 for her cause—she knew she was onto something.

Due to the success she found in the spring, Hayley has continued her project this fall.  In September she made the move to a stall at First Thursdays on South Congress, where you will be able to find her every month.  The next First Thursday is scheduled for November 3^rd.  In the meantime, you can find her in the Kappa Kappa Gamma living room next Thursday on October 27 from 11am to 2pm with designer duds and accessories at great prices.  For more info and updates on the Hip Humanitarian Project, follow her blog—we hear Kendra Scott just made a big donation of fun fall jewelry!

Stay Hip

-

ut,

We’re officially halfway through the semester, and according to ShopAcrossTexas.com by-laws it’s time to spoil yourself.  As therapeutic as a shopping spree feels, we bet the lingering effects on your bank account aren’t worth it.  Our solution?  The Hip Humanitarian Project.   This project offers gently-used, designer brands for prices that are (almost) too good to be true.  Read: major discount. From meager beginnings as a used clothing sale from her sorority’s living room, the brains behind this project, Hayley Swindell, has watched her efforts bloom into a full-blown stall at First Thursdays on South Congress.

Hayley, like any sensible, fashionable woman, knew there was a better use for the unused designer clothing collecting dust in her sorority sisters’ closets.  In efforts to raise money for her sorority’s philanthropy, Building Tomorrow, Hayley asked friends to take the time to clean out their closets and donate any gently-used clothing towards a sale whose profits would be donated to Building Tomorrow.  During the first lunch hour alone, she was able to raise $600 for her cause—she knew she was onto something.

Due to the success she found in the spring, Hayley has continued her project this fall.  In September she made the move to a stall at First Thursdays on South Congress, where you will be able to find her every month.  The next First Thursday is scheduled for November 3^rd.  In the meantime, you can find her in the Kappa Kappa Gamma living room next Thursday on October 27 from 11am to 2pm with designer duds and accessories at great prices.  For more info and updates on the Hip Humanitarian Project, follow her blog—we hear Kendra Scott just made a big donation of fun fall jewelry!