Learn how to repair a frustrating but common form of damage to jeans and other pants- holes in the inner thigh area. We'll go over materials, filling and reinforcing the area, and ways to make your repairs as subtle as possible. Must be comfortable with the basics of a sewing machine (threading the machine, straight stitch, reverse). Materials will be provided for subtle repairs on blue jeans. Feel free to bring your own sewing machine, or you can use one of ours! Extra damaged pants will also be provided.
Guilty. Even though I read 41 books last year, my purchases doubled that. I'm a reader, but more than that I am a typical American consumer. Under the guise of supporting local authors and independent bookstores, influenced by raving heartfelt reviews from friends, family and, I'll admit it…#booktok, I look at my busting shelves not at all shocked when the host of Freakonomics Radio mentioned that 320 million books a year are thrown away. Thrown away! But it doesn’t have to be that way…
Impact. To have a strong effect on someone or something.
In 2025, we certainly had impact - some easy to quantify, but lots of it harder to track. We have tried to include both quantitative and qualitative datapoints here. If one metric is growth, we have increased our budget, people, space, and programs this year.
Download the full 2025 Impact Report below.