{"product_id":"threads-of-renewal-the-founding-100","title":"Threads of Renewal: The Founding 100","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThreads of Renewal is Barakah Beauty Collective's annual fundraiser, and this is the first one. On September 20, 2026, at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, immigrant, refugee, and Muslim women will present collections they built from reclaimed and donated cloth, alongside a free marketplace of women-owned businesses selling their own work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe hope to hold it every year. To do that, we need people willing to believe in it before there's anything to point to. The Founding 100 are the hundred businesses and organizations who say yes at the beginning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ask $1,000, one time, from a hundred businesses. That's our whole first-year fundraising goal, and it's most of what it costs to run Barakah Beauty Collective for a year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere it goes Stipends for the designers and seamstresses, so their work is paid work. Materials. Venue and production. Live interpretation in Arabic, Dari, and Spanish, so the women in the audience who don't speak English can follow what's happening on the runway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBBC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 99-0936830. We are almost entirely volunteer-run. Contributions like this are how the work gets done.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow we'll thank you Your name and logo in the Founding 100 display at Meydenbauer Center on September 20, where everyone who comes through the doors will see it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA printed certificate, designed with care, for the wall of your shop or office.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecognition through our channels during the campaign, including our mailing list of more than 6,000 people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA permanent place on the Founding 100 list, carried forward at every Threads of Renewal we hold. Years from now, when this is an established annual event, your name will still be on the list of the people who made the first one possible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFAQ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is Threads of Renewal?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u003cspan\u003et's BBC's annual fundraiser and our flagship program: a garment construction and design incubator for immigrant, refugee, and Muslim women, ending each year in a public runway show and marketplace. The first show is September 20, 2026, at Meydenbauer Center.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does my $1,000 pay for? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduction of the show, compensation for staff, and sustaining the yearly operations of the Barakah Beauty Collective. The cloth on the runway comes from our community closet, which has kept more than 10,000 pounds of clothing out of the landfill and served over 300 people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy \"founding\"?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause we intend to do this every year, and the people who support the first one deserve lasting credit for it. Members who join in later years will be supporting that year. Founding members stay on the list permanently.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs it capped at 100? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYes. Once your payment is in, your spot is confirmed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDo I have to be a woman-owned or Muslim-owned business? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo. Our work centers Muslim, immigrant, refugee and women of color, and we welcome allies of any background.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs it tax deductible? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBBC is a registered 501(c)(3) and will send you written acknowledgment for your records. How your business treats the contribution depends on your structure, so please check with your tax advisor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan I join after September 20th? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYes, for as long as spots remain. 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