Covered's business model has been to utilize your leftover scrap material further, upcycling it into sturdy, comfortable, brand-new, freshly-laundered quilts for donation to extreme-weather and women’ shelters. But now there is a region of our shared North American-funded continent that is in need of aid, as well as a Canadian/American gesture of friendship as soon as possible- The Refugee Detention Centres along the US-Mexican border.
“We’re currently accelerating production of quilts for distribution at Refugee Camps. This issue is far from over. Our customers are able to not only get their own custom upcycled quilt, but also give something back- Almost all of the excess usable material, (backs, sides, graphic remnants) are then remanufactured, using our own Canadian labour, to be donated to our “Give the Shirt Off Your Back” initiative - Quilts which are constructed, laundered and then shipped to charitable organizations.”
We were given the opportunity to work with The Kino Border Initiative / Iniciativa Kino para la Frontera as well as the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service to donate our surplus quilts made from your offcuts. We jumped at the chance.
Americans and Canadians alike can order their own custom quilts, knowing that their unused material will go toward this worthy cause.
There is every reason to start by organizing your closet, upcycling your t-shirts, helping to save the planet by upcycling your t-shirts, and helping separated and detained children and families at the same time with this small gesture of comfort in their time of need.
Now is the time to join this effort and literally give the shirt off your back to help a family or a child in need of comfort.