Month: February 2022

When we opened the doors to Turn90 Columbia in October 2021, truth be told, we had no idea how it would go. We were confident we’d prepared as best we could. The staff was trained and ready, and the program participants were on time for class. But! This was our first time replicating our pilot program. What were we missing that we didn’t even know about?

It turns out, there was plenty we didn’t know, and plenty of lessons to learn for our next expansion.

Still. Turn90 Columbia is more than we ever dreamed it could be. It’s served 18 men in the past four months, and a few participants are getting ready to become the first Columbia graduates. That being the case, we thought it was a great time to check in with our Columbia Program Manager, Sarah Brown, to see how things are really going up there.

At Turn90, we make every effort to make our ordering process as smooth and transparent as possible. To that end, we recently sat down with Maura Langston, our Business Development Manager, to learn a bit more about how orders move through our system, and how we’re working to meet every customer’s needs

They decided to offer the Association fourteen (14!!!) different items. From polos to windbreakers, beanies to baseball caps, this is by far the most products any Turn90 client has sold in a single campaign. Each garment will have the FPPOA logo hand-printed by a man out of prison who is working to change his life.

If I had one thing to teach those camp directors after a year of working here at Turn90, it would be this:

When ordering t-shirts, the fabric is everything.

Here’s a basic rundown of what fabrics work for what purpose, and why 100% cotton isn’t *always* the fabric of our lives.