Meet The Lake Oswego Natives Behind Out of Print Clothing

Rebecca Robinson has a great interview with the co-founders of Out of Print Clothing, a company that lives by the motto “Books on shirts. Shirts on a mission.” Those co-founders, Todd Lawton and Jeffrey LeBlanc, met as 2nd Graders at Lake Oswego’s Westridge Elementary School, and are now helping to promote literacy by working with Books for Africa to donate a book to a community in need every time they sell a t-shirt:

RR: You say your shirts are on a mission. How so?
TL: We’re partnering with Books For Africa, which works with over 45 countries in Africa. For every shirt we sell, a book will be donated to a library or youth center in Africa. It’s another piece of our cause to celebrate and raise awareness of literacy.

RR: Why Books For Africa? Why not give books to low-income communities right here in the U.S.?
JLB: I did a lot of the legwork early on to find a series of partners, and while there are plenty of things we want to do in the States, there are already plenty of groups doing that work [in the U.S.] We looked across the spectrum, and saw that we could have the greatest benefit immediately through Books For Africa.

Image credit Out of Print Clothing.