A mother-daughter team of volunteers who, in becoming aquainted with some of BUILD's teen girls, recognized both a need and an opportunity for mentoring, work experience and income initiated Brand BUILD.  Brand BUILD is a model small business project that engages 14 young women in producing and selling beaded jewelry, with marketing and design input from staff and volunteers.  The young women are offered a mentoring program that works in two ways: volunteers and staff mentor all program participants; and, more experienced students' mentor less experienced ones.  Each student receives 70% of her net sales in a paycheck, agrees to have deposited 20% of her earnings in an Educational Fund, and gives back 10% to the program to support the Enrichment Fund that offers activities for all Brand BUILD participants.

CLICK HERE to learn more about this program.

Want to help?  HOST A JEWELRY SALE like the one shown below!

For more information about Brand BUILD, including donations of beads or hosting a sale in your office, please contact Alexis Hardy.

Click below to view samples of the jewelry created by participants.