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The Patchwork Bear

Business Information
Name of Organization: 
The Patchwork Bear- recycled, remade, remembered.
Organization Type: 
Retail
Business Description: 
We upcycle favorite clothes into custom memory bears, quilts and tote bags
Contact Person: 
Jennifer Cura
Title: 
Founder
Business Location: 
The Patchwork Bear
20 S. Main St
08534 Pennington , NJ
United States
40° 19' 38.3052" N, 74° 47' 27.9636" W
See map: Google Maps
Phone: 
(609) 285-2591
Email: 
jcura@thepatchworkbear.com
Website: 
thepatchworkbear.com
Testimonal: 
Renewal Date: 
Monday, March 4, 2024
Management and Leadership
Adopt Environmental Policy Statement
Description of Action: 
We are a clothing keepsake company that upcycles clothes to keep them out of landfills. Our tagline: recycled, remade, remembered describes what we do best to help mitigate the amount of textile waste while saving memories that clothing holds from special times.
Identify Sustainability Leader
Description of Action: 
Our entire company and everyone who works here is part of our sustainability team since this is the heart of what we do: recycle clothes into something new and sentimental.
Provide Environmentally Preferable Products Services
Description of Action: 
We help keep out some of the 21 billion pounds of clothing sent to landfills annually by turning favorite clothes into beautifully crafted memory bears, quilts and bags.
Video Link: 
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zgXOkUyujQ4
Website Link: 
Our collection of upcycled products
Waste
Waste Reduction
Description of Action: 
We have optimized pattern layouts to reduce the amount of fabric waste (we use stabilizing fabric in addition to clothes to make products).
Lbs Saved: 
50
Money Saved: 
200
Waste Reuse
Description of Action: 
We reuse boxes to send out our finished products rather than purchase new boxes.
Lbs Saved: 
50
Money Saved: 
300
Waste Recycling
Description of Action: 
We recycle any unused cardboard, bottles and paper products used in the studio
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Description of Action: 
We have switched much of our lighting to LED lights.
Transportation
Employee Commute
Description of Action: 
We have located our business in a pedestrian friendly town, walking distance from where our designers drop off their kids at school. They can walk to work and back to school to pick kids up at the end of the day.
Community
Support the Well-Being of Your Employees
Description of Action: 
We provide a family-friendly, specifically mom-friendly work environment by being flexible with work hours, summer schedules and bringing kids to work when needed.
Serve Customers with Disabilities
Description of Action: 
We moved to a location with handicapped access
Support Community Initiatives
Description of Action: 
As part of the community, we support the Pennington Business & Professional Association
Adopt a Cause or Project in your Community
Description of Action: 
We have collaborated with Sustainable Princeton to develop and sell reusable market and produce bags at the local farmers market. (Ongoing) We also donate time and products by holding a bear making workshop with Good Grief, an organization that supports kids who suffer the loss of a family member. (one workshop, future ones pending) We donate time and products to SHUPP, Stand Up To Hunger Princeton which tackles food insufficiency in the greater Princeton NJ area (ongoing) We donate bear gift kits to The Luca John Foundation annually to raise funds for funeral expenses for infants. (ongoing)
Sustainable Jersey
Description of Action: 
In addition to upcycling clothes into keepsakes, we have a retail shop in Pennington NJ that features zero waste and sustainable products with packaging that is minimal to no plastic and compostable and uses all natural products.
Shop Local
Description of Action: 
As part of the Pennington NJ community, we are on Main Street and encourage locals to purchase sustainable and zero-waste products from us and participate in the Annual Holiday Walk. We support the local elementary school with donations to their fundraisers to build community support
Finished Application: 
1
required_descriptions: 
7
Member Since: 
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Description of Action: 
We moved our primary location closer to main employee homes, reducing travel/driving time by half for everyone

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