![]() ![]() We hit our crowdfunding goal in like six days. After a few days, we had a crazy whirlwind week. Then we got to work trying to pull together some prototypes and put the prototypes out. So we launched the project within a couple of days of the inauguration just with a sketch of what we were planning to do. Let’s stand in for Jen and do what we can. And we were like, hey, maker community, let’s step up. I heard that the original maker, Jen Ellis, wasn’t going to make any more mittens because she’s a teacher in Vermont, and she’s too busy teaching to hand stitch thousands of mittens. It was really meaningful to me, really impactful. Then we had a moment in the political world where we all could just come together and giggle about some mittens at the inauguration. It really seemed like we couldn’t agree on much of anything. ![]() IGG: What’s the story behind the Bernie Mittens Project?ĬHAD SCHUMACHER: I think we can all say that 2020 was a really rough year politically. We caught up with Chad to hear his heartwarming, and handwarming, story. The best part? He’s donating a huge portion to teachers as a gesture to give back to the creator that started it all. The original Bernie Mittens were unavailable for most of January and February - the creator was busy shaping the future as a school teacher - so Chad Schumacher, CEO and Founder of Allegory Goods, took it upon himself to fill the void with the Bernie Mittens Project. Yes, Bernie Sanders absolutely shattered the internet on January 20th with his DMV-ready sartorial choices, and he left behind a meme-sized crater and a world clamoring for his one-of-a-kind sweater-turned-mittens. Anyone with an internet connection and a Reddit account will know that the star of this year’s presidential inauguration was not a president. ![]()
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