ALL ARE WELCOME to drop by the Retreat on October 24th for an evening of donating, learning, socializing, snacking…and more!
We’re so thrilled to join with DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN to host our Fall Collaborative Community Event! If you’ve been to the Retreat lately, then you’ve surely browsed our RACK OF IMPACT, which features premium, pre-loved yoga and workout apparel. By shopping the RACK OF IMPACT you’re making a positive impact in the lives of women (with proceeds benefitting the Dress for Success Workforce Development Programs) …and you’re making a positive impact on the environment by contributing to SUSTAINABILITY!
At our Fall event, we’ll be focusing on sustainably through the fashion lens with a panel of community members and guest-speakers, including Mia Johns (Executive Director of Dress for Success Austin) and Sara Stewart Stevens (MS, Textiles and UT Professor). We’ll learn not only about ways to contribute to the sustainability movement in the fashion world, but also how simple changes in our lives can help support the Earth!
We’ll also be accepting donations of VERY gently-used or never-worn yoga & fitness apparel from premium brands to refill the Rack of Impact: leggings, tops, athletic shorts & skirts, sports bras and jackets, kids & teens items and men’s fitness wear. (You know those Lulu leggings you bought a while back but never wore because they just didn’t fit right?? Consider donating them to the RACK OF IMPACT!) Proceeds of sales from the Rack Of Impact benefit Dress for Success Austin’s workforce development program. And each sale equals less waste in landfills since these items are bring re-used and re-loved! After the event, we'll carefully curate the Rack of Impact with items we feel YOU will want to purchase and give new life to. Leftover unsellable items will be donated to Settlement Home, a local non-profit in Austin. We’re also hosting a HANDBAG DRIVE during the event! Please bring very gently-used handbags to the event, which are needed by Dress For Success clients!
In addition to clearing your closet for the Rack of Impact, you’ll also get the chance to clear your ENERGY! Mantra Community Member/Reiki Master & Energy Healer, Tiffany Fede will be offering complimentary reiki sessions and oracle card readings! We’ll also enjoy snacks donated by local restaurants, tea & kombucha by Flora, wines from Bogle Wine, a donation-based Yin Yoga class with Kaitlyn Campbell…and of course, GOOD COMPANY!
Y'all we are STOKED about ALL of this! Thank you for joining us and Dress for Success Austin to create positive change in the community AND the environment through our sustainability efforts!
Here’s the timeline for the evening:
5:30 - 6:15pm: Socializing, snacking and sipping with Community
6:15 - 6:45pm: Sustainability Discussion Panel in the larger studio room
7:15pm: Free or Donation-Based Yin Yoga class with Kaitlyn Campbell
Reiki Sessions and Card Readings will be happening throughout the evening in the smaller studio space with Mantra Community Member, Tiffany Fede. There will be a sign up sheet at the event to reserve your spot - first come, first seve.
We love doing GOOD THINGS with y’all! ❤️