DaD Sewing House

History

Designing A Difference (DaD) is a nonprofit whose mission is to create job opportunity and employment through a Workforce Training Program targeting people with employment barriers. DaD is creating employment in the apparel manufacturing industry by developing an apparel manufacturer and contractor that will employ the graduates from the training program. DaD will create employment, create stability, grow the local apparel manufacturing industry and help stop the cycle of homelessness in San Francisco! The organization started November 2013, through the program called #HashtagLunchbagSF, a fun and easy way to help others by volunteering to prepare and distribute lunches to the homeless community of San Francisco. In three years, the movement has made headlines and has caught attention from dozens of press outlets and has provided over 20,000 lunches and received support from over 1,500 volunteers! This has now allowed us to explore the expansion to Designing A Difference.