LOVE AT A LOCAL LEVEL
We believe each of us is more powerful than we know and that given love and the right opportunity, anyone can flourish. We believe that we are our brother’s keeper and responsible to and for the success of our community.
We commit a minimum of 3% of our bottom line back to our local community where we believe our donation has the strongest impact.
Your purchase helps provide scholarship assistance for neighborhood economically disadvantaged students to attend one of the most amazing non-profit schools we’ve ever seen: Academy Prep Center of Tampa.
In our own backyard, Academy Prep provides a thriving education program that transforms the lives of underserved students. At the core of their mission, Academy Prep provides an exemplary college preparatory middle school education coupled with a wide range of life changing services.
- Students attend school 11 hours per day, 6 days per week and nearly year-round.
- Small class sizes are half that of standard school environments.
- Students learn competitive chess, music, arts and are offered enrichment programs in dance, sports and leadership in addition to multiple other social opportunities and experiences.
- All students engage in volunteer activities in our neighborhood, inspiring them to become further stewards to their own community.
Academy Prep students are closely supported through graduation of high school, college and into their early careers. This extensive commitment to the student and range of strategies helps guide Academy Prep students to a life fulfilled.
Lack of education is inextricably linked to poverty, abuse, reduced psychosocial resources and resilience. In our neighborhood, the average high school graduation rate is 50%. Academy Prep boasts a 98% graduation rate and 100% of their 2022 alumni are currently attending college or serving in the military.
PAWS Assistance Dogs raises, trains and pairs service dogs with wounded combat soldiers and children free of cost. Their mission is to serve those who have served their communities.
We choose to support PAWS with a strong sense of solidarity to their mission. With two close family members who are disabled veterans, our animal loving founder felt immediately drawn to the organization’s goals.
After several years of partnering with PAWS fundraising, we had the privilege of learning first-hand how life changing these animals can be when PAWS provided a trained service dog to one of our own. The love, support and comradery of one of these dogs cannot be overstated and has transformative effects on the social freedom and experience for disabled veterans.
FACEPLANT GIVES BACK TO TEACHERS
With the incredible impact teachers have on the lives and dreams of young people, we believe they are our strongest advocates for social change. A sound education is the root of all success for an individual and a community. We wanted to thank our teachers - from the bottom of our soles. So we did!
FACEPLANT GIVES BACK TO NURSES
If Covid has taught us anything, it's taught us to improvise, adapt and find creative ways to care for ourselves, our loved ones and our communities.
When we couldn't get face coverings soon enough, we made them... by the thousands. One of our favorite customers hand-stitched buttons to hundreds of donated Faceplant headbands which were then given to nurses around the country to protect their ears from the discomfort of face masks.
FACEPLANT GIVES BACK TO HURRICANE VICTIMS
While the winds were still blowing over the Bahamas from Hurricane Dorian, we gratefully accepted the donations offered on GofundMe and hitched our boat, loaded with the supplies were told were needed most, and went to help rebuild a community devastated by high winds and waters.