BREAKTHROUGH partners with people affected by poverty to build connections, develop skills, and open doors of opportunity in Chicago. Breakthrough provides education and youth development activities, sports and fitness programs, workforce development training, transitional and permanent housing, mental and medical health care, among other services. The Breakthrough team sported their CLOZTALK gear when the hosts of NBC’s Chicago Today recently visited the Breakthrough campus for their MLK Day show!
The DETROIT CHEMPRENEURIST team uses the power of apparel and signage to spread the good word about their mission! The nonprofit exposes students to personal care chemistry and entrepreneurship through after-school and summer programs. Their personal care chemistry lessons focus on developing and formulating personal care and cosmetic products, by giving students the chance to experiment with product ideas and create unique formulations. Their entrepreneurship workshops focus on starting and developing a company, by allowing students to explore market ideas and generate a business model.
Shout-out to Caroline Hammond as she wears her CLOZTALK t-shirt with pride! SAFE IN HARM'S WAY helps people to navigate through trauma as they are facing or recovering from domestic violence. The nonprofit helps people to identify the different types of feelings in relationships as the hallmark red flags of abuse (emotional, financial, physical, verbal, etc.) and provides tools to assist them in healing through art, literature, music, dance, peer connection, podcasts, and social and family support.