February 26-27, 2010Tyra Hodges and Melissa Parker are owners of Tymel Promotional Solutions, a company dedicated to helping businesses and organizations grow their business, recently participated in The Eight Annual Social Venture Institute at The Hub Cira Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Social Venture Institute is the brainchild of the Social Venture Network and is the only organization of its kind to focus on the triple bottom line approach to doing business. Since its inception in 1996, SVI has offered leaders of socially responsible businesses and innovative non-profits, a national forum in which to participate in a "marketplace of ideas." SVI offers participants the unique opportunity to network with established national and regional businesses and to hear firsthand how these innovative companies are "effecting social change and making a positive impact on their community, while also making a profit."
If there are two idioms that ring true when describing a successful entrepreneurial business model in 2009 it is the following: 1) Necessity is the mother of invention. 2) Timing is everything. With so many Americans astutely aware of reducing their carbon footprint, the green industry is thriving with creative concepts that speak to the nation’s environmentally-cautious consumer. Despite a down economy, all signs point positively towards a growing demand for socially responsible business models.
Tymel Style was one of twenty eco-friendly companies selected to participate in MTV Networks Lean To Green Earth Day Expo at the MTV Headquarters in New York City. The 1500 to 1800 employees were able to learn more about incorporating green practices into their lives and order products to help achieve that goal.
Co-owners of Tymel Style, LLC, Tyra Hodges and Melissa Parker, attended the Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference in Washington, DC. The 2009 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference brought together over 2,000 prominent leaders from the labor movement, businesses, environmental organizations and community groups, as well as elected officials, to forge an agenda for transforming our economy through innovative environmental solutions. The purpose of the event was to focus on creating jobs, increasing energy independence, reducing global warming and facilitating the dramatic expansion of clean energy and green technology markets.
Yesterday, the Cradles to Crayons warehouse - the Giving Factory - in Horsham, Pa. hosted A Family Time to Give-a family friendly "ungala" fundraising event. Families gathered under a huge tent to go through thousands of donated books, clothing, toys and school supplies for Philadelphia’s impoverished children. New “green” company, Tymel Style, LLC, donated hundreds of custom reusable bags to be given away as gifts for event participants. Tyra Hodges, co-owner of Tymel Style served on the planning committee along with Jennifer Case, founder and president of Cradles to Crayons Philadelphia. Clothing and supplies were collected to provide for over 4,000 area children.