A new t-shirt campaign is helping raise both money and awareness for the St.
John's Homeless Shelter.
AROUND OURCOMMUNITYWE PREVIOUSLYSHOWED YOU THEEFFORTS AT THE ST.JOHN'S HOMELESSSHELTER.IN TONIGHT'SREBOUND REPORT..NBC26'S MATTJARCHOW SHOWS USHOW THEORGANIZATION ISNOW GETTING SOMEHELP.AT GOD'S PURPOSEAPPAREL..SELLING T-SHIRTS ISMORE THAN ABUSINESS.BRITTANY BELL, GOD'SPURPOSE APPARELCO-OWNER"What our big purpose isis we give back."A MISSION TOHELP..THAT'SCONNECTED DR.BRITTANY BELL ANDHER HUSBAND TO THEST.
JOHN'S HOMELESSSHELTER..BRITTANY BELL, GOD'SPURPOSE APPARELCO-OWNER"It's something that really -it hurts, just to be able toknow that there arepeople who really needhelp in ways that some ofus might not think about."AFTER SOMETHOUGHT..BRITTANY BELL, GOD'SPURPOSE APPARELCO-OWNER"We started the discussionabout multiple ways thatwe can help."THEY'VE FOUND THEIRANSWER..BY DOING WHAT THEYDO BEST..SELLING T-SHIRTS..THESE ONES WITHTHE WORDS HOPE,WORTHY, AND LOVE.ALEXA PRIDDY, ST.JOHN'S HOMELESSSHELTER"And those are the thingswe try to instill in theguests that we serve eachand every day."100-PERCENT OF THEPROCEEDS FROM THET-SHIRT SALES WILLGO TO ST.
JOHN'S..AT A TIME WHENBUDGETS HAVE BEENSTRETCHED..AND THENEED IS GREAT.JOHN'S HOMELESSSHELTER"Just having these extradollars to support us rightnow is so important."BUT THIS T-SHIRTCAMPAIGN DOESN'TJUST RAISE MONEY..BUT AWARENESS ASWELL.BRITTANY BELL, GOD'SPURPOSE APPARELCO-OWNER"When you wear thosewords, what does it do foryou?
What purpose doesit bring out of you?
That'sreally what we're trying todo, we're trying to spreadawareness so that peopleknow more about St.John's."..A MESSAGE AND AMISSION OF HOPE,WORTHY, AND LOVE..PUT ON A T-SHIRT FORALL TO SEE.MATT JARCHOW,NBC26.THE T-SHIRTS COST20-DOLLARS EACH.FOR MOREINFORMATION ON THECAMPAIGN AND TOGET A T-SHIRT..FINDTHIS STORY ON OURWEBSITE AT NBC-26-DOT-
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