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Sewing our love into every plushie
Plushies with Purpose is a non-profit organization dedicated to donating hand-sewn and gently used stuffed plushies for children in underserved communities. Our goal is to foster a community of comfort while promoting sustainable practices by recycling and reusing fabrics.
Each handmade plushie comes with a personalized letter that describes the wild and silly backstories of the stuffed toy.
Sew a plushie
It starts with you.
With your help, we can help change lives, one plushie at a time.
Path one
Handmade
All parts of the process are done by hand using recycled fabrics, to bring new life into old materials.
Path two
Donated
Gently used plushies are sorted, repaired and rehomed, so nothing donated goes to waste.
Milestones
- 2024
Plushies with Purpose begins
Founded by high school students sewing plushies from recycled fabric.
- 2024
The first chapters open
Students launch chapters at schools across Southern California.
- 2025
Plushies reach three more countries
Deliveries expand beyond California to India, Nicaragua, and Cambodia.
- 2026
Twelve chapters, one thousand plushies
More than 1,040 plushies delivered, each with a handwritten letter.
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