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Health & Fitness

Sustaining Warm 1 Body

Warm 1 Body is a delivery of product to the homeless community. After negotiating with large apparel suppliers and retailers to donate or sell product at their cost, these three articles of clothing cost roughly $8.00 to keep one homeless person much warmer for the entire winter. These costs are approximately 35% below what it would cost by buying directly from retail outlets.  As more funds are raised, costs per three articles will continue to decrease. Warm 1 Body’s deliveries will be sustained indefinitely as I plan on continuing to run this non-profit directly with little overhead needed and expected product costs to continue to become more affordable. After paying for office supplies, accounting and tax costs, 98% of funds raised are directly used to buy product and there is no gain from the non-profit.

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