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OA is very excited to announce the creation of a preliminary online shop aimed at not only providing a tangible way for people to support its projects but also providing consumers with a product that has both high ethical and quality standards. 100% of the proceeds from the sales at the OA shop go directly to help facilitate OA’s projects — both abroad and locally.

For now, the OA shop consists of an assortment of OA t-shirts and select photos from our most recent projects in Rwanda and Ecuador.

The OA Shirts are available in two general categories:

1) a brand new line of 100% organic cotton shirts, with original OA designs, manufactured in a sweatshop-free environment;

2) past OA designs from our fundraisers and soccer camps, which are available at a discounted price.

The new line of shirts comes in a variety of colours and are also available at HTO Sun Surf and Swimwear, on Broad Street, in Victoria.

The shirts are screened locally, in Victoria, by Incite Screening Company (we should also note that they have given OA a significantly discounted price allowing a greater % of the retail cost to go to OA’s “groundwork”, overseas and in BC), and the stock is from American Apparel’s organic line of shirts.

Furthermore, for every project, OA will illustrate what the funds raised from the OA Shop specifically contributed to the project. From number of soccer balls to the % of an Eco-friendly field re-construction, those who bought something from the OA Shop will know how much of a collective impact they had.

Also, if you have specific questions about the shop or if you want to get more involved with the Shop, then please email OA’s Andrew Brownlee at brownleeandrew@gmail.com

Everyone at OA is very excited about the shop, and we are asking everyone in the OA community to spread the word about it and about our shirts in HTO.

Many thanks!

The OA Team.