Youth-In-Business Social Enterprise Offers Opportunities for Independence

By
Megan Blondin

Tumbleweed, Arizona’s “champion for homeless and forgotten youth,” operates an innovative social enterprise that provides an opportunity for youth to learn real-world business skills such as customer service, customer communication, sales and manufacturing. TumbleTees provides quality screen printing services to the Phoenix business community while training and employing homeless youth. Through its career readiness model, TumbleTees helps equip these youth with self-sufficiency and employability skills to escape homelessness.