Walking Within Wisdom #33 - Threads Worldwide Meets CampExperience https://campexperience.com/
Sometimes I look around me and I shake my head in wonder, how did I get so lucky to have such EXTRAORDINARY people in my life? I sat down in the first row of tables at Camp Experience last night to hear from outstanding women including my dear friends Angela Yost Melfi and Kara Valentine founders of Threads Worldwide. These ladies are the phenomenal duo who brought me to Guatemala for the first time in 2017 to meet Maria Pacheco, so as you may imagine they have had a “bit” of an impact on my life!
Despite the fact that we weren’t walking during their interview with Betsy Wiersma last night at 9:00 pm, I promise they shared some marvelous wisdom!
So briefly who are these ladies???
Meet Angela Yost Melfi and Kara Valentine, Threads Co-Founders. https://threadsworldwide.com ⠀ In 2011, Angela and Kara started Threads as a way for friends (including themselves) to work together while doing meaningful and impactful work.
Their story… “Our friendship began in college with a road trip across the U.S. Since then, we’ve traveled to over 50 countries together! As we explored the developing world, we were struck by the poverty we witnessed. We remember a little girl in Cambodia begging for grape soda as she walked through an open sewer. We remember children in Vietnam who frantically adorned us with bracelets, then smiled sweetly to request payment. We remember countless families living on highway medians in India.
Each trip sparked the question, “what more can we do?” As we thought about this question, we were struck by another phenomenon: the ripple effect of women rising out of poverty. Time and time again, we saw how empowering women transforms communities. When women earn an income and discover their voice, they educate their children, improve their homes, and advocate for their rights. The result? The entire community thrives. Suddenly we understood how we could make an impact and Threads Worldwide was born.”
Last night the ladies shared funny and poignant stories about how they met playing volleyball, they were literally attached at the hip an even by the nose ring! Kara described when Angela told Kara about the new business they needed to start together coincided with the miracle of bringing her very premature 4 pound baby home from the hospital and how she knew if she could be lucky enough to have her daughter live she know what she needed to do, start this new company…
They discussed their partnership with Wakami and then Betsy in her Oprah like reveal gave everyone in the audience an exclusive Threads Camp Experience Bracelet/Necklace created by Wakami, although I am very biased, and the most extraordinary women in the world!
There is so much more amazing wisdom to share from Threads and these two friends of mine, I will certainly be talking about them again… For now follow them on social media and their website and interviews like these
Their ultimate goal is to have Threads be a household name associated with conscious buying. They are WELL on their way!!!
