After years of going to tech networking events and trade shows, you end up with logo shirts and crappy hats. Unless you have the fashion sense of Robert Scoble, you wouldn't actually want to be seen wearing them in public. Which inspired consultants Michael Liskin and David Preciado to come up with The Schwaggin' Wagon, and BloggerReps CEO Marjorie Kase wrangled the van. They'll take your unwanted promotional goodies and turn them into support for InnerKids, a Southern California nonprofit committed to instilling Buddhist mindfulness in the young. The message on which our youth can meditate: That you care enough to give them something you got for free. (Photo by Andrew Mager)
Schwaggin' Wagon donating tech tees
4:40 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Jackson West
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Can I donate all the plus-sized golf shirts I pick up at the IT industry events? I didn't realize how corpulent the average IT cave-dweller was until I went to my first storage industry conference. When I signed in, the guy asked me what size shirt I wanted; I'm a pretty tall guy and I figured XL would be safe. Jesus Harold Christ! The hem of that shirt almost touches my fucking knees. It's like a geek muu-muu.
FlakJack: we will take your golf shirt schwag! Let us know where you're at (if in bay area) or drop by Moscone Center tomorrow.
wagon [at] schwagginwagon [dot] com
There's an organization like this in Vancouver called Urban Source. They take not only swag, but also industrial remnants. I've copper-leafed many a project with the foil from printing business cards. $3 a grocery bag full, I think it costs.
rock on Marjorie...she did more than wrastle up the van btw, homeskillet
If I gave away my freebie shirts, I'd have nothing to wear while I did yardwork and changed the oil in my cars.
Matto: There's plenty of schwag left over to give, unless you're changing the oil every day!
Hey thanks to everyone for all their contributions; a team of people created the wagon, not just David and myself. Integral were Marjorie Kase and Andy Sternberg during project inception and Kyra Reed and Daniel Hartman during the several days of creation and implementation. This team of six people should all be acknowledged for their herculean efforts.
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