Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate 50 years of sustainable style throughout 2024! Buffalo Exchange started out as the original buy-sell-trade fashion shop in Tucson, AZ in 1974. Today, we have over 40 stores across the U.S. Without you, we couldn’t have grown from a 400 square foot shop to what we are today!
In celebration of 50 years of sustainable style, we showed our thanks by giving back with 50 Acts of Kindness throughout 2024 – one in each community we’re a part of! In January, we helped plant 5,000 trees through One Tree Planted, in April, we collected over 242 pounds of clothing for Second Chances in Boston and, in September, we doubled our Tokens for Bags donations by extending tokens to sellers. Overall, we hosted 15 donation drives, 7 fundraising shopping events and a voter registration booth, participated in a neighborhood cleanup, packed up almost 2,500 boxes of food at Community Food Bank of Arizona, held raffles and yard sales to raise funds for nonprofits, spread kindness throughout our company and donated over $53,829. Check out our monthly recaps to find out how your local Buffalo Exchange participated.
January Acts of Kindness
BE Albuquerque kicked off our 50 Acts with a donation drive for Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless. Then, we partnered with One Tree Planted to plant a tree for each reusable BE tote bag purchased. Cheers to all of you for helping us plant 5,000 trees! Finally, BE San Diego Hillcrest sponsored Argus at Frosted Faces (spoiler alert: he got adopted).
February Acts of Kindness
We spread the love in February with donation drives at BE Chicago Andersonville & BE Austin Guadalupe, a fundraising event for the The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center at BE Chelsea, a neighborhood cleanup at BE Portland Hawthorne & support for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County at BE Costa Mesa.
March Acts of Kindness
March started off in Texas with Buffalo Outlet San Antonio supporting wildlife rehabilitation. From March 11-17, we doubled down with double donations through our Tokens for Bags® program! Then, BE Phoenix supported the Arizona Community Tree Council and BE Las Vegas made their mark on the lives of those in need by donating period supplies to Project Marilyn.
April Acts of Kindness
April is the kindest month! We hosted our annual Earth Day $1 Sale to raise over $41,500 for Goats of Anarchy, plus BE Chicago Wicker Park hosted an event supporting local artists, BE Boston Brookline collected clothing for Second Chances, BE Seattle spread the love to our furry friends and BE Houston helped their local youth.
May Acts of Kindness
May the kindness be with you. It was sure with us, from donation drives at BE Sherman Oaks and BE HQ to a fundraising shopping event at BE Tempe, participating the New York Aids Walk at BE NoHo and, finally, sponsoring Flappy the Fur Seal at BE SF Haight.
June Acts of Kindness
BE Spokane kicked off June with a donation drive for Transitions. Meanwhile, BE Dallas donated pajamas, board books & more to Foster Village DFW. Wrapping up the month, volunteers from BE HQ visited the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, boxing over 2,000 food boxes for those in need!
July Acts of Kindness
July brought a fundraising shopping event for GLSEN at BE Melrose, plus BE Tucson sponsoring Ruby the bobcat and support for the League of Women Voters at BE SF Mission, Fairmount Park Conservancy at BE Philadelphia and Brooklyn Animal Action at BE Boerum Hill!
August Acts of Kindness
In August, BE Pasadena collected donations for Pasadena Humane, BE New Orleans hosted a voter registration booth with Bike N Vote, BE Tucson HQ hosted a yard sale where all the proceeds went towards the Pima Animal Care Center and, last but definitely not least, BE San Diego (Pacific Beach) donated to the San Diego Coastkeeper.
September Acts of Kindness
Time flies when you’re being kind! This month, that meant supporting those facing housing hardships at BE Richmond, migrants at BE Nogales and those facing food insecurity at BE Bellingham, plus a shopping event at BE Somerville to help the LGBTQ+ community.
October Acts of Kindness
October was filled with kindness, from helping abandoned animals find their forever homes at BE Austin & BE Minneapolis to making the world a greener place at BE Fullerton & BE Eugene!
November Acts of Kindness
November’s Acts of Kindness were a success, from supporting women and children in need at BE Portland Downtown, fighting food insecurity at BE NYC East Village & helping animals in need at BE Ventura to showing gratitude to our amazing employees!
December Acts of Kindness
We ended the year strong by raising money for the Oasis Center at BE Nashville, collecting donations for the annual New York Cares Coat Drive at BE Williamsburg and raising funds for the Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter & Sanctuary at BE HQ.
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