“SIU Carbondale began an initiative to “Start Seeing Pink” – a campaign to bring breast cancer awareness to campus and raise money for a new scholarship called the Saluki Strength Breast Cancer Scholarship Fund. As part of our efforts, we worked with Silkworm to use apparel sales as a fundraiser by using their temporary online store. The online store was set up quickly and was easy to use by those purchasing our “Saluki Pink” apparel. Items were ordered and paid for online by each individual, then items were picked up by the customers from one convenient location on campus after online sales closed. The outcome was great – we had a total of $3,862 in sales our first year and we certainly look forward to using the convenience and worry-free option of Silkworm’s online store next year.”
