David Palmer, co-founder and president of Good Threads, is also the founder of the Joan Rose Foundation. Their mission is to help impoverished children in Haiti break the cycle of poverty in which they were born. 96 children attend the foundation Monday through Friday, from 1 pm to 5 pm. They eat breakfast before going to school and then come back to the foundation after school where they will be fed lunch and then have tutoring and educational reinforcement classes. The foundation also pays for them to attend a local high end private school and pays for medical emergencies and other significant medical issues/expenses.

Each child is evaluated individually to determine whether college or developing a trade will best serve the student and their family. Supported by patrons across America through kind donations, many of these children will be the first members of their family to earn a college education.

So you see, it isn’t just the makers of our needlepoint goods that benefit from sales by Good Threads. In fact, each time a high-quality, hand-stitched dog collar is sold, it will provide at least 8 meals for a Haitian child.

Our company is a Certified B Corporation, a new corporate structure also called a Benefit Corporation (the first one was established in 2006) which balances profits with purposes. To become a B Corp a company must pass a rigorous qualification process involves an extensive assessment of the organization’s policies, structure, actions, financials, and operating agreement.EThey spend dozens of hours investigating a company’s claims, financials, conditions and structure to ensure that the company. We are proud and honored to have passed their assessment and earned the Benefit Corporation certification.