We recently hit a very cool milestone. 200 bags donated to our bag recycling program! Timbuk2’s recycled bags are donated to the San Francisco based non-profit, At The Crossroads (ATC). The economy has been tough on organizations like ATC but founder, Rob Gitin, and his team have dug in and ensure their service level to San Francisco’s youth does not decline. We visited ATC at their office in the Mission a few weeks ago and learned just how exceptional their service level is.
The ATC team forms meaningful relationships with their clients that often last as many as ten years. And when clients come into their office for supplies, they select items from a merchandised assortment of high quality food, clothing, hygienic supplies, and Timbuk2 bags. The goal is create a shopping experience in which clients select items with pride and dignity rather than feeling like they’re taking hand-outs. That means the bags we donate to ATC must be in good shape. If they’re not, ATC can’t use them. So if you’re recycling your bag, think about if it would look sharp in ATC’s store. If not, maybe you can find another home for it. A big cheers to ATC; impressive impressive organization.
A funky little bag we received for our recycling program along with a note from its owner.
Most sweats are dumpy, but skeleton sweats are rather sophisticated and totally relevant, particularly when worn by a Feldenkrais practitioner. Eat your heart out Kanye.
A Timbuk2 Facebook fan spotted this on NatGeo and it’s so cool we had to post it here. And I thought my Timbuk2 bag had been to exotic places . . .
“November 2009, Antarctica — Radiating charisma on a 23°F morning, a three-foot-tall emperor penguin strikes a pose on the pack ice of the Amundsen Sea. The photographers were taking a month-long cruise aboard a Russian icebreaker.”
A student named Chris San Agustin recently made this 15 second video on his love of our Hemlock. He’s studying Motion Graphic Design here in San Francisco and used this video as his final class project. Pretty cool.
The costumes are rolling in and the competition is stiff. Papa Smurf may take it this year, but we have a very harry Tinkerbell in the house too . . . stay tuned for final costume reveals and voting later today. Mwuah! See more here.
Will was spotted by the paperazi (i.e. me) on his ride home last night. His red, white, and blue messenger felt like a less aggressive version of classic t-shirt. What did Will have to say about it? “Eight years and going strong.”
Will at the corner of Polk and California with his eight year old road warrior.
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