After Seeing His Mother Living on the Streets, He Took Action Against Homelessness
After Seeing His Mother Living on the Streets, He Took Action Against Homelessness
Bob Dalton, the CEO and founder of Sackcloth & Ashes, started the business after seeing his own mother experience homelessness. Suddenly, he appreciated how easily good people fall into homelessness through no fault of their own.
Sackcloth & Ashes is a social enterprise that sells beautiful blankets. For each blanket sold, it donates a blanket to the local homeless shelter of the purchaser.
Interview with Bob Dalton, the Founder & CEO of Sackcloth & Ashes.
The following is the pre-interview with Bob Dalton. Be sure to watch the recorded interview above.
For-profit/Nonprofit: For-profit
Revenue model: Retail sales
Scale: Team of 10 right now and will double in size by YE 2019. We have grown 100% YoY since the launch of the company in 2014.
What is the problem you solve and how do you solve it?
Quality product that gives back for corporate gift giving and donating blankets to the homeless.
More about Sackcloth & Ashes:
Twitter: @sackclothxashes
Facebook: facebook.com/sackclothxashes
Instagram: @sackclothxashes
Website: www.sackclothandashes.com
For every blanket you purchase, we give a blanket to your local homeless shelter. On June 1st, 2018 we launched our first major campaign where our goal is to donate ONE MILLION blankets by 2024.
Bob Dalton. Photo Credit: Photo by Kayla Sampson
Bob Dalton’s bio:
Twitter: @bobxdalton
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/bobxdalton/
Instagram: @bobxdalton
Bob Dalton was inspired to help the homeless population when his mother, a hardworking single mother, found herself living on the streets in 2013.
Because of his mother’s story, Bob realized that not all choose to become homeless, but that some people need a second chance. He began to call homeless shelters in his area to ask what they needed. They all said blankets. That’s when he founded Sackcloth & Ashes.
For every blanket you purchase, Sackcloth & Ashes gives a blanket to your local homeless shelter.
In 2018, he launched Sackcloth & Ashes’ first major campaign: Blanket The United States. The goal of the campaign is to donate ONE MILLION blankets to homeless shelters by 2024.
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